Group select via mouse drag only selects ports; not nodes.

[aeonik]

Hello, I have an enhancement request to fix a minor issue with Node Selection workflow.

Issue:

• Ctrl+LeftMouseClick: allows selection of multiple nodes. After selecting, clicking and dragging these nodes will move the entire selected group.
• LeftMouseClick+Drag: allows for selection of multiple ports, but I would expect to select multiple nodes.

Suggestion:

• When using "Mouse Drag Group Select": perhaps add a modifier to select groups of ports; then make the selection of a group nodes the default?

Example:

• Shift+LeftMouseClick+Drag selects ports
• LeftMouseClick+Drag selects nodes

Screenshot for context:

I believe the relevant code is located here: https://github.com/rncbc/qpwgraph/blob/db3a51b9de64272eae46c9a72e4b1f9753f4a8cd/src/qpwgraph_canvas.cpp#L656C2-L676

Regards, Aeonik

[rncbc]

see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/rncbc/qpwgraph/-/issues/68

TL;DR; selecting ports takes priority; selecting multiple nodes in lasso/rubberband is possible as long ports are not hit;

hint: use boolean "and" (shift) and "xor" (ctrl) to your advantage.

[dewiweb]

Is it possible to select multiple ports and then connect all of them by drag and drop (for example, select 8 input ports then connect them directly to 8 output in one opération)?

[rncbc]

Is it possible to select multiple ports and then connect all of them by drag and drop (for example, select 8 input ports then connect them directly to 8 output in one opération)?

nope. you either hit [Ctrl+C] / [Ins] to connect or [Ctrl+D] / [Del] to disconnect them all at once.