Comments on: Clearing a Selection with the Keyboard http://nslog.com/2007/07/23/clearing_a_selection_with_the_keyboard The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:52:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Gordon Tyler http://nslog.com/2007/07/23/clearing_a_selection_with_the_keyboard#comment-42400 Gordon Tyler Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:06:27 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/07/23/clearing_a_selection_with_the_keyboard#comment-42400 Just an idea, since I don't have Finder handy to test this at the moment, try pressing Escape to clear the selection and then Home/End to select the first/last item? Just an idea, since I don't have Finder handy to test this at the moment, try pressing Escape to clear the selection and then Home/End to select the first/last item?

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2007/07/23/clearing_a_selection_with_the_keyboard#comment-42390 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:25:44 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/07/23/clearing_a_selection_with_the_keyboard#comment-42390 [quote comment="42389"]This does work in column view, which I also consider a list. But I guess you mean in list view, in which I was also surprised to discover the up and down arrow has no effect.[/quote] You're right. I mostly use column view, too, which is why this is infuriating. I'm going to file a bug now. Different behavior in the same application can't be right. Frode Danielsen said on July 24, 2007:

This does work in column view, which I also consider a list. But I guess you mean in list view, in which I was also surprised to discover the up and down arrow has no effect.

You're right. I mostly use column view, too, which is why this is infuriating. I'm going to file a bug now. Different behavior in the same application can't be right.

]]> By: Frode Danielsen http://nslog.com/2007/07/23/clearing_a_selection_with_the_keyboard#comment-42389 Frode Danielsen Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:16:56 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/07/23/clearing_a_selection_with_the_keyboard#comment-42389 This does work in column view, which I also consider a list. But I guess you mean in list view, in which I was also surprised to discover the up and down arrow has no effect. This does work in column view, which I also consider a list. But I guess you mean in list view, in which I was also surprised to discover the up and down arrow has no effect.

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