often need to select multiple objects, e.g. bunch of emails in Outlook inbox.
But found impossible to do it with stylus only. Any solution to this
"primitive" Shif+arrow operation?

In message <7979E65D-1FBF-44CC-A264-B6ADE8BFA971@microsoft.com>,
sunorain <sunorain@discussions.microsoft.com> writes
>often need to select multiple objects, e.g. bunch of emails in Outlook inbox.
>But found impossible to do it with stylus only. Any solution to this
>"primitive" Shif+arrow operation?
On an XP tablet I set up a shortcut to OSK.exe the on screen keyboard.
One click opens the keyboard, select shift and then use the stylus to
select the set.

On Windows 7 (& Vista) just call up the TIP from the tab on the side
and hit shift.

Regards

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Invalid

Thanks for hint, but in Outlook this trick doesn't work - you can check it on
non-tablet PC too - Shift + mouse drag do nothing.

"Invalid" wrote:

> On an XP tablet I set up a shortcut to OSK.exe the on screen keyboard.
> One click opens the keyboard, select shift and then use the stylus to
> select the set.
>
> On Windows 7 (& Vista) just call up the TIP from the tab on the side
> and hit shift.

on my Toshiba, I have an external button that does a SHIFT LOCK which let me
point to items and they are selected.

"sunorain" <sunorain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7979E65D-1FBF-44CC-A264-B6ADE8BFA971@microsoft.com...
> often need to select multiple objects, e.g. bunch of emails in Outlook
> inbox.
> But found impossible to do it with stylus only. Any solution to this
> "primitive" Shif+arrow operation?

not shift drag, but, <tap> <shift> <tap>

Works with <ctrl> to make multiple non-adjacent selections as well.

Beverly Howard

I know.
but tap+shift+tab work only on items which do fit on a single screen.
shift+arrow works also on items which are out of view in scrollable list.

"Beverly Howard" wrote:

> not shift drag, but, <tap> <shift> <tap>
>
> Works with <ctrl> to make multiple non-adjacent selections as well.

Nice. But Thinkpads haven't such trick. Plus we'd need "arrows".
I rather though about stylus simulating arrows somehow...

"Harry" wrote:

> on my Toshiba, I have an external button that does a SHIFT LOCK which let me
> point to items and they are selected.

>> single screen <<

options are there...

<tap> <move anywhere> <shift> <tap>

....everything from the first mark <tap> to the <shift><tap> will be marked.

The same holds for <ctrl> ... you can mark multiple entries on one
screen, scroll or move elsewhere and continue to mark additional items.

not saying that it does not take practice and experimentation, but many
years with winmobile has shown that there are almost always options even
though they may not be the ones commonly used in windows or other apps.

In this case, the problem is not the stylus limit, but, rather, outlook
quirks.

Beverly Howard

This doesn't help you exactly but <tap> shift+hold, end selects everything
down and <tap> shift+hold, home selects everything down.

What I would like to see is a check box next to each message just like Vista
does with explorer. Then you can select any messages you want without calling
up the keyboard.

"sunorain" wrote:

> Nice. But Thinkpads haven't such trick. Plus we'd need "arrows".
> I rather though about stylus simulating arrows somehow...
>
> "Harry" wrote:
>
> > on my Toshiba, I have an external button that does a SHIFT LOCK which let me
> > point to items and they are selected.
>

Correction:
This doesn't help you exactly but <tap> shift (+hold), end selects everything
DOWN and <tap> shift (+hold), home selects everything UP.

What I would like to see is a check box next to each message just like Vista
does with explorer. Then you can select any messages you want without calling
up the keyboard.
I kind of have this working by reprogramming the esc button to ctrl (Lenovo
Tablet Shortcut Menu > Configure Tablet and Pen Settings > Buttons (tab)

>
> "sunorain" wrote:
>
> > Nice. But Thinkpads haven't such trick. Plus we'd need "arrows".
> > I rather though about stylus simulating arrows somehow...
> >
> > "Harry" wrote:
> >
> > > on my Toshiba, I have an external button that does a SHIFT LOCK which let me
> > > point to items and they are selected.
> >

yeah, on thinkpads (don't know about other tablets) we are definetely in a
need of more programmable buttons.
tablets are still a pain...

"SciJohn" wrote:

> Correction:
> This doesn't help you exactly but <tap> shift (+hold), end selects everything
> DOWN and <tap> shift (+hold), home selects everything UP.
>
> What I would like to see is a check box next to each message just like Vista
> does with explorer. Then you can select any messages you want without calling
> up the keyboard.
> I kind of have this working by reprogramming the esc button to ctrl (Lenovo
> Tablet Shortcut Menu > Configure Tablet and Pen Settings > Buttons (tab)
>
> >
> > "sunorain" wrote:
> >
> > > Nice. But Thinkpads haven't such trick. Plus we'd need "arrows".
> > > I rather though about stylus simulating arrows somehow...
> > >
> > > "Harry" wrote:
> > >
> > > > on my Toshiba, I have an external button that does a SHIFT LOCK which let me
> > > > point to items and they are selected.
> > >