Feature #97277
openClipboard: eliminate the distinction between single and multiple selection
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Description
It's hard for an editor to understand the actual concept of "single record mode" and "multi-selection" clipboard.
Even when understood, the concept is pretty confusing IMHO.
I propose to move to a more common concept "choose the record(s) and then make the action".
At the moment, this is the concept behind the "single record mode" but this lacks the possibility to select multiple records.
On the other hand, the "multi-selection" mode allows to select multiple records but the concept of "annotating" (because you're not really transferring) these selected records in a virtual container (the clipboard) and then moving or copying them is difficult for most users to grasp. This current concept of "multi-selection" has some advantages, but I have rarely found them useful.
Instead, I propose to keep the multiple records selection of TYPO3 v11 but to eliminate the "transfer to clipboard" step in favor of a more direct and known "cut/copy and then paste".