Cannot create a disjoint selection with the keyboard

[Chris Halse Rogers]

Binary package hint: shotwell

It currently doesn't seem possible to create a disjoint selection on the browse view with the keyboard.

The normal way this would work is to hold down <ctrl>, move the selection around with the arrow keys, and add a photo to the selection with the <space> bar.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: shotwell 0.6.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-9.14-generic 2.6.35-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 22 09:00:00 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100622)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en_GB:en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: shotwell

[Adam Dingle (adam-yorba)]

Indeed.

I've used GNOME every day for years, but didn't realize that this selection technique worked in Nautilus until I saw your bug report and just tried it out. Cool - you learn something every day! :)

We want selection in Shotwell to work like in Nautilus (including keyboard selection) so this is a reasonable request. I've created a ticket in Shotwell's own bug tracking system here:

http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2320

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Confirming and linking upstream bug.