[Libreoffice] LO status bar annoyances

[David Tardon]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:26:54AM +0100, Sebastian Spaeth wrote:
> - I have to single-click on the INSRT and STD->EXT->ADD->BLK and
>   language selection thingies, but to double-click on the Page 1/1 and
>   "Default" for something to happen. I just found out by coincidence
>   today that I can launch some action for the latter.
> 
> - Despite being a heavy writer user, I have no clue what EXT/ADD/BLK
>   mean, or what they are being used for (so I never use it). They have
>   no tooltip whatsoever to give me a clue either. The toolbar help
>   button unfortunately launches the generic help, rather then the more
>   useful "what's this". In a "what's this" mode, I do see a tooltip help
>   (why not always????), saying this is about the selection mode. What
>   the selection mode EXTEND, ADD, or BLOCK are, I have still no clue
>   about. Perhaps a right-click on that thing could offer to open a more
>   elaborate help page? (keep the tooltip always in any case).

EXT extends the current selection to the new position of cursor (really
    nice for selecting long chunks of text)

ADD is for creating multiselections

BLK selects (roughly) rectangular blocks (is this useful for anything?)

D.