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#285 For more intuitive behavior, cursor keys should match pgup/down keys when at the beginning or end of list

1.10
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nobody
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1.10a
3 hours ago
3 hours ago
Andy Alt
No

In version 1.9 and 1.10a: This may be desired behavior, but imo, it's not intuitive so I wanted to raise it as a possible issue. In the directory list, and the settings list for an entry: When I use the down cursor key at the bottom of the list, the list "wraps" and the cursor is put on the first entry, which appears at the top of the list (wrapped). And vice versa when at the top of the list and the cursor up key is pressed.

That's not necessarily a bug, but as far intuitive behavior, I'd expect cursor keys to have the same behavior as pgup/down keys in lists like these. When pressed, pgup/down doesn't go further than the bottom/top of the list. And the home/end key go all the way to the top, or bottom (which they do).

I won't claim to be certain of convention on something like this. Some people might say the behavior as it is is perfectly fine. If my brain wasn't so clouded by Immortal Barons over-work, I might be able to actually think of a few programs for examples.

I just tried in mc. The behavior matches what I described.

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