Re: [ jEdit-users ] unexpected behavior when backspacing in save as field

[Matt C. <ma...@si...>]

Rick Reumann wrote:
> Here is the situation that I often find undesirable...
> I browse to the directory I want to save the file in and where I stop is the 
> name that fills in the prompt for the name to save the file as. If I then 
> backspace the name in that field away, when I get to the beginning, it jumps 
> me to the folder above.

Sometimes this bites me, but 90% of the time it's supporting a feature I 
really love, which is path completion in the filename field. e.g., I can 
just start typing a path in the filename field...

/Users/mchaput/Documents/...

...and the dialog box view keeps up with your typing. This is *much* 
better than just typing a path blind because you're getting tons of 
visual feedback that the path you're typing is accurate.

Anyway, since to your fingers you're typing a path, you need to 
backspace sometimes if you make a mistake. That includes backspacing 
past a slash into the previous directory.

I do sympathize with you because when you're NOT using this feature, 
backspacing to the beginning of the field suddenly becomes VERY annoying.

I think a fix could be to change the "path typing" feature so it doesn't 
clear the path as you change directories by typing slashes. This might 
have "interesting" UI consistency problems, though... I haven't really 
thought it through.

Cheers,

Matt



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