[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 137494] Mode for text marking

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137494

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
This cyclic selection sequence is already provided, but is lmouse click based:
2 - word, 3 - sentence, 4 - paragraph in the editshell, not UNO based.

There are direct UNO controls for selection that can be assigned Tools ->
Customize dialog to keyboard shortcut, e.g. Select Word (uno:SelectWord),
Select Sentence (uno:SelectSentence) , Select Paragraph (uno:SelectText). 

And I personally will assign a shortcut to Select Word for reduced mouse use.

So I guess similar to the current <Shift>+<F3> 'Cycle Case' transliterations, a
selection could be made cyclically to match the lmouse click selection.

However LO already provides a very robust keyboard based block selection [1].
The <F8> is already assigned for Extended selection mode, <Shfit>+<F8> for
Adding selection,, and <Ctrl><Shift>+<F8> for Block selection.

Selections are extended with cursor <L,R,U,D> with modification using <Ctrl>
and <Shift>.

Current Selection-mode is available on the Status bar (which does require mouse
action to expose the mode list and selection).

But sure, a simple cyclic selection behavior with the existing UNO--even
overloading the <F8> might be workable.

+1  

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[1]
https://help.libreoffice.org/7.1/en-US/text/shared/02/20050000.html?&DbPAR=WRITER

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