Re: [Jbeta] usability idea

2012-05-13 Thread Henry Rich
This is the same suggestion I made a few years back (for JIDE). My natural move is to click on the correct spot in the line, and it is a shame to have lost that position when the line comes down for editing. It would be great to have this as an option for people who work that way. Henry Rich

Re: [Jbeta] usability idea

2012-05-13 Thread Dan Bron
Approximations are better than nothing. I vote with David Henry. I/O on the i* is hard enough already (eg it took me 4x longer to type this short message on the iPhone as it would have on my old Blackberry). -Dan Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld device. On May 13, 2012, at 1:14

Re: [Jbeta] usability idea

2012-05-13 Thread Joey K Tuttle
Of course, if you touch and hold a spot in the display the magnifier comes on and lets you position rather accurately. On 2012/05/13 10:14 , Eric Iverson wrote: I will think about this. It makes more sense on a computer as you are touching the line with the mouse which is quite accurate. The

Re: [Jbeta] usability idea

2012-05-13 Thread Joey K Tuttle
I was trying to experiment with selecting lines in output area for editing by touching past the line (to avoid having the cursor in the middle of the line, should the preserve cursor position be implemented) -- when ... ** BUG REPORT ** I found that selecting a wrapped line, e.g. Result of

Re: [Jbeta] usability idea

2012-05-13 Thread Eric Iverson
Thanks for the crash bug report. It will be fixed. On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Joey K Tuttle j...@qued.com wrote: I was trying to experiment with selecting lines in output area for editing by touching past the line (to avoid having the cursor in the middle of the line, should the

[Jbeta] usability idea

2012-05-12 Thread David Leibs
It is easy to select within the workspace. This positions a blinking vertical line at the point of selection. It you then touch the little enter symbol' the line of text is moved to the input area. Unfortunatly your selection point is gone and you have to position the vertical blinking insertion