Explicit support for Shift+undo a selection
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Description
Currently Shift+arrows does: 1) toggle the selected status of the file under the cursor; 2) advance to the next (or previous) entry. This works well, except when "backtracking" because you have selected too many files. In that case, the process leaves a spurious selected file in the place where the cursor changed direction.
This could be solved by recognizing when the cursor changed direction without releasing the Shift key. In this case the motion could be intended to "undo" the previous operation, therefore: 1) recede in the new direction of the key; and then 2) toggle the selected status of the file under the cursor. This would look like taking a video of the selection process and then playing it backwards.
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Research direction
Start by locating the keyboard-handling entry point for Shift+arrow selection in the file manager. Trace how selection and cursor movement are updated while Shift remains pressed, then verify that reversing direction moves back before toggling the current file, without leaving a spurious selection.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100