[scribus] Spin Button Increments

[Gregory Pittman]

On 06/25/2011 11:47 AM, Margaret and George McIntosh wrote:
> On 25 Jun 2011 at 8:29, Mike Sleger wrote:
>
>> Thanks Dave, but on OS X, shift, fn, option, and command all have
>> the same effect when clicking a spin button, which is no effect -
>> they still increment in one document unit instead of a fraction of a
>> unit.  Control + click brings up the context menu.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Jun 25, 2011, at 8:22 AM, David Duncan wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25/06/2011 15:59, Mike Sleger wrote:
>>>> I've looked around in the Preferences and haven't found a setting
>> for this.  Is there a way to set the spin button increment value
>> (one setting for all spin buttons within Scribus)?  It's currently
>> at 1.00 pt by default, and I would like to change it to 0.10 pt.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>
>>>
>>> Hit shift and then use the spin button. Use Ctrl spin for greater
>> values.  Works for me on Ubuntu (1.4 RC3)
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
> It seems to me that with older versions of Scribus, if you held Ctrl and Shift down
> when using the up and down arrows, the frame moved much less than when only the
> arrows were used. I just tried it with 1.4.0rc5 and Ctrl + shift has no effect. Is my
> memory playing tricks on me?
>
If you check the online Manual under Working with Frames > How to use 
spinboxes, you can see a rundown of current methods that I think is 
accurate.

This having been said, Apple, in its "think different" mode, wants to 
make its hardware function obtuse. Who needs 2 mouse buttons anyway?

Perhaps some other Mac user help by letting us know if there is some Mac 
equivalent of Shift + mousewheel...

Greg