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Bug 94111

Summary:	RFE: Ctrl+A should select only top-level component in a composite relationship
Product:	obsolete	Reporter:	bugbridge <bugbridge>
Component:	visualweb	Assignee:	issues@obsolete <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker	CC:	sjangity
Priority:	P3
Version:	5.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description bugbridge 2007-02-02 20:45:25 UTC

Original Target Release: shortfin_dev; Suggested Target Milestone : 5.5


Original submitter: sjangity

Description:
I initially asked Tor if we can implement this and it is something I use ALL the
time. When you have composite type components like (Table/Tree) and you do
Ctrl+A to select the comp's on the designer, every sub-component gets selected
in the parent-child relationship. This creates a very unclean designer (see
MessySelection.jpg please for table selected). Can we make it so Ctrl+A only
selects the top component w/o selecting the sub-components (as in
CleanSelection.jsp)?

Evaluation:
Well, I am not that sure, Ctrl-A is a standard shortcut for "select all" not for
select something, so I don't think we should change that, but there might be
provided a different shorcut (some kind of equivalent to "select word" ->
"select component"). Passsing to HIE to asses.