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How to scroll using keyboard, without losing selection
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:18 pm
by mikez302
I noticed that if I press Ctrl+up or Ctrl+down, I can scroll the document.
It is convenient to be able to do this, but I noticed that if I have some text selected, it gets unselected. This only happens if I try to scroll using the keyboard, not using the mouse wheel.
Is there any way to scroll with the keyboard, without losing my selection?
Solution
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:02 pm
by dtoader
There are several ways to scroll without losing the selection in textpad.
0. Select the text, Press Scroll Lock and use the Page Up/Down buttons to scroll up and down.
1. Use the mouse wheel (logitech or MS mice have this) to scroll up or down.
2. Create a horizontal split window and scroll around in the bottom half while leaving the selected text undisturbed in the top half.
I'm sure there are more ways I haven't thought of. I'll leave those to others.
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:42 pm
by dtoader
Is there any way to scroll with the keyboard, without losing my selection?
I noticed that in TextPad Keystroke compatibility mode I can
select some text, leave it selected and proceed to scroll up and
down (Up/Down keys) while the Ctrl key is pressed down.
The Textpad behaviour you describe is not consistent with what I'm seeing. I can't replicate the problem.
What are your TextPad settings?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:28 pm
by mikez302
thank you, dtoader. I tried solution 0 and it worked. I never noticed that before. It is extremely rare for my scroll lock key to do something useful for me. That is helpful, but I would still prefer to scroll one line at a time.
There are a bunch of settings in TextPad. Is there anything specific you need to know? In case this may be helpful, I am using version 5.3.1. In my keyboard preferences, I have Ctrl+Up assigned to LineScrollDown and Ctrl+Down assigned to LineScrollUp. I can't remember if it was that way by default or if I set them like that.
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:38 pm
by mikez302
I figured out a solution. If I have scroll lock on, I can scroll up and down without losing the selection. I have no idea why this works.
Re: Solution
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:49 pm
by Quatrix
dtoader wrote:1. Use the mouse wheel (logitech or MS mice have this) to scroll up or down.
Logitech and Microsoft? About 99% of mice of any brand have it now.