Re: TGListBox behavior for multiple selections

From: Ilka Antcheva <Ilka.Antcheva_at_cern.ch>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:33:34 +0200

Hi Reiner,

The way you described works for me having CVS head and running macro $ROOTSYS/tutorials/gui/listBox.C on linux.

What are your version of ROOT, environment settings?

Thank you, Ilka

ROHLFS Reiner wrote:
> Hi Tom, Hi Ilka,
>
> I do support the request from Tom. Actually I mentioned something like
> this already in an e-mail some month ago (See below). The fix Bertrand
> mentioned in his reply unfortunately never worked out.
>
> Cheers Reiner.
>
>
> Ilka Antcheva wrote:

>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> The list box was implemented and behaves as you described since the
>> beginning (1998!). May be at that time users did not  require the
>> functionality we are using in our every day work today (selecting a row
>> of entries by shift-click). This looks like the reason (for me) why the
>> code provide such a functionality. Of course this can be changed in a
>> way you have expected. I will keep you informed.
>>
>> Best regards, Ilka
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch
>> [mailto:owner-roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch] On Behalf Of Tom Roberts
>> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 12:07 AM
>> To: 'ROOT Talk'
>> Subject: [ROOT] TGListBox behavior for multiple selections
>>
>> When I have a TGListBox configured for multiple selections, its behavior
>> is an unwelcome surprise -- it's as if the CTRL key was always held
>> down, with no way to release it. That is, every click adds the item to
>> the selection, or removes it if already selected -- there is no way to
>> select a row of entries (shift-click) or to simply click on one entry
>> and select it alone.
>>
>> Is there any way to make this widget behave as users expect? That is,
>> the way all other multiple-select list boxes behave in other
>> applications.
>>
>> I'm using Root 5.14 on Linux.
>>
>>
>> Tom Roberts
>>
>>
>>

>
>
>
> Hi Reiner,
>
> This has been re-implemented and updated in CVS.
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Cheers,
> Bertrand.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch
> [mailto:owner-roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch] On Behalf Of Reiner Rohlfs
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:14 PM
> To: roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch
> Subject: [ROOT] selecting several items in a TGListBox isn't handy
> anymore
>
> Dear ROOT team,
>
> in old ROOT versions (for example 3.04.02) it was possible to select
> several items in a TGListBox by selecting the first item and moving the
> mouse while be mouse button is still pressed. This was very handy. Of
> course this works only if SetMultipleSelections() is set to kTRUE. Now I
> changed to ROOT version 5.02.00 and I have to select each item in a
> multi selectable TGListBox with a new press and release of the mouse
> button.
>
> Is it possible to go back to the old situation, which I think was very
> handy.
>
> Thanks Reiner.
>
Received on Mon Aug 27 2007 - 09:33:31 CEST