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Subject: Re: RE: [TMG] Wishlist Right click menu
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:05:27 -0500


Yup I agree that annoying message is the one reason I would like to be able to create say 29 tags all at once. Then I would only have to say yes once.
Teresa
>
> From: "DeAnna Burghart" <>
> Date: 2005/12/01 Thu PM 02:16:04 EST
> To:
> Subject: RE: [TMG] Wishlist Right click menu
>
> /signed!!
>
> In my mind, what would be really great, functional design, would be
> something like this:
>
> 1) Right click tag, menu pops up, choose "Copy Tag"
>
> 2) Dialogue appears. Instead of current "Do you really want to copy this
> tag?"** box, we get:
>
> Make an exact copy of this tag?
>
> Number of copies: [ 1]
>
> [Yes][No]
>
> "Yes" and "1" would be default, so if you just want one copy the keystrokes
> are no different than they are now. If you want more than one copy (which I
> usually do), just type "3" or "5" or "15" or whatever and then Enter/Yes.
> Voilà, multiple copies of the tag.
>
> Strict text-entry only, or combo box (text-entry + drop down) makes little
> difference to me, though I'm sure some would find a scroll/drop-down feature
> preferable.
>
> In a *perfect* perfect world, we could set a default number of our own, so
> it would automatically ask if you wanted 3 or 5 copies or whatever.
>
>
> ** Note regarding #2 above: If we have to stick with the feature the way it
> currently exists, can we please, for the love of sweet sweet mercy, get a
> checkbox or preference option to turn off this confirmation box? It's
> INCREDIBLY annoying. I was entering census tags for a large family the other
> night -- Copy, confirm, Copy confirm copyconfirm ... 26 frelling clicks to
> copy the bloody tag. I understand that not everyone would actually want the
> copy made, but it's not *that* big a deal to delete an excess tag
> accidentally copied (the option is on the right-click menu, after all) so
> why make it so excrutiatingly difficult to copy one? AAAARRRRRRGGGHHH!
>
> DeAnna
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> DeAnna Burghart
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patt Ricketts [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 9:57 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [TMG] Wishlist Right click menu
>
>
> I just wish we could have an option to copy the tag more than once.
>
> Patt Ricketts
>
> On 11/28/05, Garry F Bell <> wrote:
> >
> > Life would me so much easier if we could have this.
> >
> > Garry
> > New Zealand
> >
> > > Me too, me too!
> > > Doreen Neilley
> > >
> > >> yes yes yes yes!! I know we've asked for this before, but I'm seconding
> > >> the
> > >> motion again. :) My Copy Tag button on my custom toolbar gets more of a
> > >> workout than my IN test, and it just seems strange to have Edit and
> > >> Delete
> > >> but no Copy option when right-clicking.
> > >>
> > >> /signed
> > >> DeAnna
> >
> > >> I would love to see the option to COPY tag added to the right click
> > menu.
> > >> Normally I have a HUGE custom toolbar open, but on this computer the
> > >> screen
> > >> is smaller, and having a custom toolbar is just taking up space that
> > >> could
> > >> easily be saved if the COPY tag command was on the right click menu.
> > >> Teresa Ghee Elliott
> >
> >
> >
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