When multiple tasks are selected, is there a way to determine (in CSS) which is the one the cursor is currently at?

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  1. Kirill Maximov (KIR)25 February 2017 at 13:26

    Unfortunately, it is not possible at the moment. All selected items have the same CSS in this case. Do you need it for navigation with sticky selection?

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  2. Ralf Hauber25 February 2017 at 14:54

    Yes. With sticky (multiple) selections, there is no way of telling where the cursor is. I always thought I'd messed up my CSS, but it's not me. ;)

    I hoped the new Ctrl+a would be working with sticky selection (to deselect some items). With everything selected and no way to visualize the cursor, orientation is lost. Anyway, it doesn't work this way.

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  3. Kirill Maximov (KIR)26 February 2017 at 09:36

    We'll try to fix it, and will let you know.
    Thanks!

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  4. Xavier B27 February 2017 at 15:10

    I think you mean that there's no way to see where your cursor is when using "st" after Ctrl+A, is that right? I would like that too :)

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  5. Kirill Maximov (KIR)3 March 2017 at 03:13

    Should be visible on https://beta.checkvist.com. Actions menu is now shown only for the currently selected item.

    Also, Ctrl+A is sticky now.

    Also, Ctrl+click should toggle sticky selection as well.

    Also, 'st' allows toggling stickiness of the selection.

    Any bugs there?

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  6. Ralf Hauber4 March 2017 at 07:18

    Thanks, the CSS focus class gives the right handle. Good idea change the display of the actions menu.

    However, with the current color selection I can't see it. I used black to test it. (And deleted all custom CSS rules.)

    It makes sense that Ctrl+A is sticky, but it probably shouldn't move the focus. (Stay at the current task instead of moving to the last.)

    There are some weird things with Ctrl+click. Needs more words to describe, postponed.

    (Note on 'st': I can use Shift+Up/Down to select a couple of tasks, then press 'st' to make the selection sticky. I can't do the same to remove sticky selection from those tasks. Nothing new, but it would be nice to be able to remove a consecutive range from a Ctrl+A selection. Can't do that in other applications either. So just forget it...)

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  7. Kirill Maximov (KIR)4 March 2017 at 10:14

    Thanks Ralf Hauber , will correct the focus move on Ctrl+A. We could not find a better model to distinguish focused item yet, which would not annoy when multiple selection is not used. May be, next time.

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  8. Xavier B4 March 2017 at 20:59

    I think "st" (or another shortcut if not possible) should unselect whatever you have highlighted. I sorely miss this at the moment, i.e., if you get it wrong while selecting a few items then you have to use the mouse :(

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  9. Ralf Hauber5 March 2017 at 03:31

    Kirill Maximov I took a look at your CSS, and basically there are two rules for selected tasks: (a) one for all selected tasks, and (b) one for the focused task (which is also a selected task).

    You could move the old code for selected tasks to the rule for the focused task. Users who don't use multiple/sticky selections are not harmed. They only see the focused one. Then change the style of all other selected tasks (which are the multiple/sticky ones) to something different.

    For example you could lighten them a bit in SASS, see pastebin.com - [CSS] Checkvist selection background color - Pastebin.com – but you might find something prettier. This is only a quick shot, maybe interfering with other features, but I guess I will add it to my custom CSS and see.

    Xavier B you can actually unselect a single item by pressing 'st', you just won't see that it's unselected until you move the cursor up/down. (Actually you can see it by a blink of the action menu icon, but it's easy to miss.)

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  10. Xavier B5 March 2017 at 03:49

    +Ralf Hauber Doesn't work for me, even a simply "st" used twice on the same item leaves me with the item selected. The only way to unselect any item selected with "st" is to use the mouse.

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  11. Ralf Hauber5 March 2017 at 07:06

    Xavier B Have you tried the usual "another browser" thing? This is how it works for me: hauber.ws - hauber.ws/videos/media/2017-03-05_checkvist_st.mp4

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  12. Xavier B5 March 2017 at 13:03

    I'm on Windows 10, I have the same problem with Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. I'll try on a Mac at work later today, but I wouldn't expect much difference.

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  13. Xavier B5 March 2017 at 15:53

    OK, it works on beta! (but not yet on the regular site)

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