<div>Hey Marvin,</div><div><br></div>If you drag select an object or group of objects you can use the "nudge" functionality with cursor keys, you can also hold shift for block moves. So that functionality is already there.<div>
<br></div><div>In regards to a key, like enter, to "complete" an object I think that's a great idea. I was just thinking the same thing actually.<br><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 4:56 AM, Marvin Humphrey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marvin@rectangular.com">marvin@rectangular.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Greetings,<br>
<br>
A couple questions from a PD noob:<br>
<br>
First, is there any keyboard shortcut to signal "I'm done editing text"? When<br>
entering text into an object, a message, etc, it seems that the only way to<br>
signal that you are finished is a mouse click outside of the item being<br>
edited. I'd like to press a key -- <ESC>, <TAB>, <ENTER>, whatever -- and<br>
have the focus leave the text box.<br>
<br>
Second, is there any keyboard shortcut to "nudge" an element? It would be<br>
great to select an object (or a group of objects), then press <LEFT_ARROW> to<br>
move it one pixel, or <CONTROL/COMMAND><LEFT_ARROW> to move it 10 pixels (or N<br>
pixels).<br>
<br>
If such things are not possible, I'm curious what other mechanisms people have<br>
come up with to streamline the editing process, because it feels like I'm<br>
having to touch the mouse waaaaaaay too often and it's slowing me down. It<br>
seems I'm not the only person to have made such observations:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://artengine.ca/~catalogue-pd/18-Lee-Bouchard.pdf" target="_blank">http://artengine.ca/~catalogue-pd/18-Lee-Bouchard.pdf</a><br>
<br>
One obvious shortcoming is that users are required to constantly switch<br>
between keyboard and mouse to operate the program. This becomes especially<br>
problematic in the context where patches are developed rapidly.<br>
<br>
I'm using PD Vanilla, built from the latest sources. I'm an experienced open<br>
source developer, fluent in C and learning Tcl, so suggestings that involve<br>
hacking the source are welcome.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Marvin Humphrey<br>
<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Richie<br>
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