Partially dragging over a word or a sequence of adjacent words makes them into a link, immediately after releasing the mousekey: it initially produces a
I used this technique for my own modified editor. It's very comfortable and even Microsoft has not implemented it in
WinWord as a basic operation.
A generalization for the
Drag And Link Option, useful for a
WysiwygWiki, is the
DragAndSelectOption.
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FridemarPache
Fridemar: this usage model intrudes into the flow of writing. I can type
WordsSmashedTogetherLikeSo or [[Words Smashed Together Like So]] or *Words Smashed Together Like So* (in various Wiki syntaxes) without interrupting my typing to reach for the mouse. While a facility like you describe is useful (and provided) in
StandardGeneralizedMarkupLanguage editors it seems to me that much of what we do on Wiki is either simpler or more complex; the complex stuff needs a Wiki
RefactoringBrowser. I'd be more interested in seeing a feature which suggested links to me as I typed, showing
WikiNames containing the current word; the most common reason (apart from spelling) that I come back to edit pages in Wiki is to
reorder phrases (not just highlight them) to convert them to links --
BrianEwins
Brian: A db-based
Related Wiki names Suggester would be indeed a nice
tool. My tool e.g. produces from the selected text above (in one stroke)
RelatedWikiNamesSuggester (out of: 'related Wiki names suggester') and the suggested page and lets you go on editing there. -- Fridemar
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Where:
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