Submission details
Selection in columns too wide
Most notable when viewing an Explorer window in a smaller icon view that spans icons across multiple columns, there is no "dead space" in between columns when attempting to select a group of icons. This makes it extremely difficult to drag a selection rectangle around a group of icons in the middle of a list.
Highlight the icon and name only, not the whole column, upon selection.
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Discussion (2 comments)
Well this suggestion is against Fitt's law described in Microsoft's UI design guidelines (look for Fitt's Law in: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb545459.aspx ) and I prefer their solution.
tino wrote on June 12, 2008, 9:16pm
I agree. But you are able to draw a new selection where no item is selected. You have to get used to it but it works well after some time.