Added keyboard functionality in Layer/Class visibility screens

[Ethan]

In the Class and Layer Visibility screens, I notice you can scroll up and down using the up/down arrows. However, the left/right arrows do nothing. They should be made to move the little diamond left and right, thus allowing you to completely control that screen without having to reach over to your mouse.

You should also be able to hold shift and arrow up/down to select multiple layers.

Ethan

Vectoroworks 11.5

Mac OS 10.3.9

[Delmer]

re. part B, shift arrow up/down selects multiple layers on my PC.

[Jonathan Pickup]

on a Mac, use the shift key to select all the layers or classes in the list, or use the command (Apple) key to select specific items in a list. This works in all dialogs in all programs.

[Ethan]

That's correct, but on the Mac, you have to hold Shift or Command and use the mouse to select multiple layers.

I am talking about Shift or Command+Arrow Keys, like Mr. Delmer can do on his PC.

[Jonathan Pickup]

Yes, that would be nice.

Another thing I found I can do on a windows machine is to use the scroll wheel to scroll through choices in a pop-up menu.

[Ethan]

That is true. Microsoft has certainly integrated the use of a mouse wheel into the Windows interface better than the Mac software.

One of the first things a PC user will say when he or she doesn't want to switch is "I can't function without a 2-button mouse." Despite the automatic Apple user's response of "You CAN use a 2-button mouse with a Mac," it's still an obviously new concept for the Apple programmers, in that the right mouse button still has limited capability. For instance, right-clicking on the title bar of a window on the Mac does nothing, where in Windows you always get a contextual menu.

However, if Apple is going to pass the ball on to the 3rd-party software manufacturers, then that makes it Nemetschek's responsibility, and they have dropped the ball.

Continuing my tirade....

If Apple really wants to continue courting Windows users, they are going to have to get off their high horse soon and start making a 2-button mouse standard, and start really supporting it with their own software. On a similar topic, I haven't seen a single new feature in Tiger that merits even a thought about upgrading...