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no direct shortcut to select link label - have to do the following sequence of steps which result in doing a hide and show label name. 1. select the link 2. Shift+F10 to bring up context menu 3. select Labels->Name (to hide label) 4. Shift+F10 to bring up context menu 5. select Labels->Name (to show label again) - label is now in edit mode 6. press Enter key to accept default or original label name or Esc to deselect the edit mode - now label is selected
Labels are accessible thru the properties sheet. We do not want to provide a shortcut way to select labels on the diagram as they are accesible thru the properties sheet. If we want to tab thru all the lables along with nodes and edges, it would take a lot more tabs to traverse to the next node which is NOT desirable. Hence marking the bug as fixed.
I should made it a bit clearer for the purpose of selecting the label instead of just editing it. Even though one is editing the label from the property sheet, it's not selected for other purpose like moving it. Sometimes users want to move the link labels because they are not created at the desired location so they should be able to select them for moving. I'm reopening this bug because accessing it thru property sheet is not showing the problem here. I already marked it as waive-able for coco since there's a workaround.
there are some uneditable labels without corresponding properties, which can't be selected at all even with suggested workaround (see comments in more common bug).
There is a keystroke to access labels.
Shift-PgDn & Shift-PgUp have already been implemented to navigate through link labels.