Add to/remove from selection
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- Python
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Description
## Requested feature
- [ ] (previously reported in #369) A new stateful action (in the "selection options" menu) with:
- define selection (default)
- [ ] add to existing selection
- [ ] remove from existing selection
- [ ] (previously reported as #46) toggle these options with modifiers:
- shift = add to the selection
- alt = substract from the selection
### Possible drawbacks
- Very fucked up selection manager
- not very intuitive to use without the keyboard
- "remove from" can't be disabled when the selection is empty
### Possible alternatives
no
## Use case
far more powerful selection
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the selection manager and the selection options menu in the Drawing application. Review how selection state and keyboard modifiers are currently handled, then determine the scope needed for define, add, remove, and modifier-based selection modes. Done means the requested selection operations work consistently, including the stated empty-selection behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100