Smart Selection
Dylan Rondeau said:As a quick reference, Smart Selection progresses it's automatic selection by Word->Phrase->Sentence->Paragraph.
To explain how Smart Selection works, consider the example sentence "I am testing the new feature for the next version of Logos."
Selecting "new" will select "new" (reaching the end of a word will select the beginning of the word as well), selecting "new feature" will select both full words, and dragging into any other words will instantly select those whole words.
As soon as you select past "feature", it will begin selecting not by word, but by phrase. So if your normal selection was "testing the new feature for the", smart selection would extend your selection to be "the new feature for the next version", assuming the new feature and the next version are logical phrases in the text. Whenever you pass a word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph boundary, it begins selecting at that level (e.g. when you pass the end of a sentence, selection will extend to the beginning of the sentence you were previously selecting words in and select the one you just entered).
As for the Alt/Option commands, holding Alt/Option while click+dragging will use the old character-based selection, while Alt/Option & right clicking a word will select that logical "chunk". In our earlier example, Alt+Right click on "new" would select "the new feature". Normal Right click remains as it is currently.
Dylan wrote "while Alt/Option & right clicking a word will select that logical "chunk"", this does not always select the same text when selecting a word by Alt/Option & right clicking the same word in the ESV. It is inconsistent in what is selected. How does this work for others?
I am on Mac 6.0b Beta 4.