select all and deselect

[Casper Boemann]

On Saturday 19 May 2007 13:28, Sven Langkamp wrote:
> > The major problem we have with select all/deselect is that unlike the
> > gimp or
> > photoshop we don't show wether a selection is active or not.
> > I am a bit concern by removing either one, will the user who wants to
> > remove a
> > selection understand that select all is the same ? and the other way
> > around ? "Deselect / Select All" won't be good either. But maybe we can
> > find a name that would match both actions.
>
> Now there is a difference: When everything is selected  marching ants
> would be around it, just like in Gimp or Photoshop.
hmm, that would mean we have marching ants all the time. I don't say I mind, 
but it could be considered destractive. Maybe a config option to say "dont 
show ants when all is selected"
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best regards / venlig hilsen
Casper Boemann