Expand selection from centre: allow disabling or remapping
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Description
My common workflow (whether in Tiled or GIMP) is "select area with mouse, copy with Cmd+C". With expand from centre, that results in copying the wrong area, probably about 30% of the time – because I just happened to hit the Cmd key before I released the mouse button.
I would very much like an option to either disable this or change the keybinding.
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- 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 expand-from-centre selection behavior and the editor's keybinding or settings entry points. Reproduce the Cmd+C workflow described in the issue, then verify that users can disable the behavior or remap its keybinding without accidentally copying the wrong area.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100