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[Alphacocoa-devel] [alphacocoa:tickets] #131 Keyboard text selection

[Sylvain L. <syl...@us...>]

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** [tickets:#131] Keyboard text selection**

**Status:** open
**Created:** Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:09 AM UTC by Sylvain Loiseau
**Last Updated:** Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:09 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


Using shift-alt-left/right key, I can select text word by word. The behavior is the newly implemented one: if I select text toward the left, and then use the right key, it narrows the selection (instead of extending it toward the right).

Using the shift-cmd-left/right key, I can select text up to the end of the line. However, the behavior is the old one: if I select toward the left and then toward the right (releasing the cmd key or not) the selection extends toward the right.


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[Alphacocoa-devel] [alphacocoa:tickets] #131 Keyboard text selection

[Bernard D. <bde...@us...>]

I think this is the standard behavior recommended by Apple. I observe the same behavior in TextEdit. If your cursor is in the middle of a line and you press shift-cmd-left, the left part of the line is selected. Then you press shift-cmd-right and the right part of the line is additionally selected, so that the entire line is now selected. I see that TextWrangler on the contrary toggles the left and the right parts of the line when you press successively shift-cmd-left and shift-cmd-right. The current behavior is the one implemented by the Cocoa text engine: I tried to remove Alpha's definitions and still I get the same behavior (which means that we do not even have to bother about these key bindings in AlphaTcl because we have them for free).


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** [tickets:#131] Keyboard text selection**

**Status:** open
**Created:** Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:09 AM UTC by Sylvain Loiseau
**Last Updated:** Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:09 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


Using shift-alt-left/right key, I can select text word by word. The behavior is the newly implemented one: if I select text toward the left, and then use the right key, it narrows the selection (instead of extending it toward the right).

Using the shift-cmd-left/right key, I can select text up to the end of the line. However, the behavior is the old one: if I select toward the left and then toward the right (releasing the cmd key or not) the selection extends toward the right.


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Re: [Alphacocoa-devel] [alphacocoa:tickets] #131 Keyboard text selection

[Sylvain L. <syl...@un...>]

I’m sorry, if it is the recommended behavior of Mac apps (and indeed it is how it works in TextEdit, Mail, in Safary form…), it is ok for me.

I was used to the behavior in other Apps (such as Word, TextWrangler, TextMate) having the other convention. But it’s ok.

Best
Sylvain


> Le 27 avr. 2017 à 11:52, Bernard Desgraupes <bde...@us...> a écrit :
> 
> I think this is the standard behavior recommended by Apple. I observe the same behavior in TextEdit. If your cursor is in the middle of a line and you press shift-cmd-left, the left part of the line is selected. Then you press shift-cmd-right and the right part of the line is additionally selected, so that the entire line is now selected. I see that TextWrangler on the contrary toggles the left and the right parts of the line when you press successively shift-cmd-left and shift-cmd-right. The current behavior is the one implemented by the Cocoa text engine: I tried to remove Alpha's definitions and still I get the same behavior (which means that we do not even have to bother about these key bindings in AlphaTcl because we have them for free).
> 
> [tickets:#131] Keyboard text selection
> 
> Status: open
> Created: Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:09 AM UTC by Sylvain Loiseau
> Last Updated: Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:09 AM UTC
> Owner: nobody
> 
> Using shift-alt-left/right key, I can select text word by word. The behavior is the newly implemented one: if I select text toward the left, and then use the right key, it narrows the selection (instead of extending it toward the right).
> 
> Using the shift-cmd-left/right key, I can select text up to the end of the line. However, the behavior is the old one: if I select toward the left and then toward the right (releasing the cmd key or not) the selection extends toward the right.
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[Alphacocoa-devel] [alphacocoa:tickets] #131 Keyboard text selection

[Bernard D. <bde...@us...>]

Additional remark: AlphaX did the same.

Or did I miss your point ?


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** [tickets:#131] Keyboard text selection**

**Status:** open
**Created:** Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:09 AM UTC by Sylvain Loiseau
**Last Updated:** Thu Apr 27, 2017 09:52 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


Using shift-alt-left/right key, I can select text word by word. The behavior is the newly implemented one: if I select text toward the left, and then use the right key, it narrows the selection (instead of extending it toward the right).

Using the shift-cmd-left/right key, I can select text up to the end of the line. However, the behavior is the old one: if I select toward the left and then toward the right (releasing the cmd key or not) the selection extends toward the right.


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[Alphacocoa-devel] [alphacocoa:tickets] #131 Keyboard text selection

[Bernard D. <bde...@us...>]

- **status**: open --> wont-fix
- **Comment**:

Resolving as *WONTFIX* since we agreed that this is the expected behavior.



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** [tickets:#131] Keyboard text selection**

**Status:** wont-fix
**Created:** Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:09 AM UTC by Sylvain Loiseau
**Last Updated:** Thu Apr 27, 2017 09:54 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


Using shift-alt-left/right key, I can select text word by word. The behavior is the newly implemented one: if I select text toward the left, and then use the right key, it narrows the selection (instead of extending it toward the right).

Using the shift-cmd-left/right key, I can select text up to the end of the line. However, the behavior is the old one: if I select toward the left and then toward the right (releasing the cmd key or not) the selection extends toward the right.


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