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Thanks for making this and sharing it on HN; I like the simplicity of it! The way that selection works really confused me, though. Here's what happened: I ma
by panic 9y ago
Thanks for making this and sharing it on HN; I like the simplicity of it! The way that selection works really confused me, though. Here's what happened:
I made two objects. I clicked on one, which clearly indicated it as selected. I tried to deselect that object by clicking on the grid outside it, but nothing happened. OK, fine, let's try a different strategy -- selecting the second object (thereby deselecting the first) by clicking on it.
After clicking the second object, it went back to looking like neither was selected. Huh? So I clicked again on the first object to select it... and the second object got selected?! Then I realized that both objects had been selected! I found this behavior so odd that I came here to write this feedback.
FWIW, here's how I think it should work: clicking an item should deselect all the other items unless you're holding the shift key. Selected items should be clearly marked -- don't just dim the deselected items: this keeps the "all selected" and "none selected" states from looking so similar.
- eerikkivistik 9y agoHi! You make a good point, that the current behavior might not make sense on desktop. We started out on Android and iOS and there "tapping" on objects makes a whole lot more sense. We should probably revisit the entire controls logic in the future. In the meantime, try it out on mobile, might feel more fluid.
- panic 9y agoI'm seeing the same behavior on mobile (surprised it worked so well on my ancient phone!). Make two items, tap the first item, then tap the second one. It still looks confusingly like nothing is selected.
- eerikkivistik 9y agoYeah, the behavior is the same, I meant it feels more natural on the phone :) I'll add it to our backlog, to take a look at it and maybe rethink the selection logic.
- xenonite 9y agoWhat about holding the finger on the first object, then tapping on the second for extending the selection?
- aldo712 9y agoI was confused on selection patterns too. But now that you mentioned that it was meant to be used by 'tapping' (started out on touch devices), selection behavior makes much more sense. Tap to select, tap again to deselect. Tap another item to add to current selection. Thanks!