Feature changed by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #311805, revision 8 - Title: Add Select All check box to Yast Package Manager + Title: Add Select a Range of packages in Yast Package Manager openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: - Adding a "select all" check box to the Yast Package Manager would speed - up multiple package selection. - The Yast Package Manager only allows the user to select packages one at - a time. This is very time consuming if you require all of the packaages - in a Pattern. + I'm proposing a feature that will allow users to select a range of + packages in a Pattern. This could be implemented by using the SHIFT key + plus the use of the mouse and up/down arrow key s to select a range of + packages. + This is very similar to selecting a range of cells in an Excel or + LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet. + Example + 1) Start Yast Package Manager + 2) Press and keep holding down the left SHIFT key as the starting point + 3) Use the mouse or up/down arrow key to highlight the range of + packages to install + 4) Right-click and choose "Install" to install the selected range of + packages Business case (Partner benefit): - openSUSE.org: To select all packages in a Pattern and speed up the - package selection process. + openSUSE.org: To select a range of packages in a Pattern and offer more + options to the package selection and installation process. Discussion: #1: ron neilly (rjneilly) (2011-03-29 23:35:55) YAST has this already. You should see a CheckBox next (left) to the Pattern. Clicking on that will select all the packages and dependcies for that Pattern. You can also do a secondary mouse click to get a full list of options. Aside : secondary mouse click is the true and proper terminology for what some folks erroneously call a 'right' mouse click - as I am left-handed the right mouse button is my primary... insensitive clods! Do you not have this CheckBox in YAST? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311805