Feature Request: select multiple lines with "click + shift-click" in PDF viewer

wc222
This is very useful for touchpad users: click the starting position, hold down Shift, and click the ending position to select a range of text. This operation is widely supported in other applications, such as code editors, note editors, and browsers. Therefore, I hope Zotero can support it as well.
  • dstillman
    edited 8 days ago
    That works fine for me. Can you provide a Report ID and a link to a PDF where this isn't happening?
  • gustms
    As Zotero doesn't have a cursor, like a text editor, you have to first click and hold to select something (even a single letter is fine), then hold shift and click at the ending position.

    Just single clicking the first time doesn't work. This is what @wc222 seems to be trying.
  • dstillman
    edited 8 days ago
    Ah, yeah, that might be.
  • dstillman
    I guess browsers and other apps with non-editable text do allow you to just click at a point within the text and then use Shift-click. We'll see if we can enable that in the reader.
  • wc222
    Yes, what @gustms said is exactly what I wanted.
    Thanks to @gustms, the "hold click + shift click" works for me, so I can use it for now.
    However, it’s still not as convenient as "single click + shift click," because holding click is not user-friendly for touchpad users.
    Also, thanks to @dstillman for creating the GitHub issue.
  • dstillman
    edited 7 days ago
    You can just double-click the first word to select it and Shift-click the end. You don't have to drag to select anything unless there's punctuation or something that won't be selected by the double-click.
  • wc222
    Wow, that’s really a great idea! @dstillman
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