On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:42:02 +0100 "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > Control: retitle -1 aptitude: consider setting cursor position at the end of > text fields (e.g. search box) > > > Hi Antonio, > > 2011-02-17 10:15 Antonio Ospite: > >Package: aptitude > >Version: 0.6.3-3.2 > >Severity: wishlist > > > >Hi, > > > >maybe we can improve the cursor position in textfields (search box, limit > >display box): currently it is always at the _beginning_ of textfields, even > >when there is text in them already. > > > >Here is how aptitude behaves now: > > 1. Open the Search box (For example with the '/' key) > > 2. Insert some text and press OK > > 3. Open the Search box again, the cursor is shown at the _beginning_ of the > > previously inserted text. > > 4. To replace the text the user can: > > a. Insert a new text directly, _replacing_ the current one altogether > > b. Use the right arrow key to put the cursor at the end of the text and > > use Backspace to delete it (Del/Canc does not seem to work). > > > >I observed myself doing 4b. most of the time (I should really say "always"), > >and moving the cursor is kind of annoying. > > > >However, if it was decided that the cursor has to be shown at the _end_ of > >the > >text box then 4a. would not be look right either, the user would expect to > >_append_ new characters to the text when inserting something new. > > > >Bottomline, I propose to put the cursor at the _end_ of the text in > >textfields > >and only allow to delete the text with backspace, in order to follow what > >IMHO > >are the "expectations" of most of the users. > > > >If the current behavior depends on ncurses and not directly on aptitude, then > >sorry for the noise. > > I was never very happy about this behaviour, but now that it's been like > that for more than a decade, I am not sure if it's a good idea to change > it, breaking the assumptions of users. > > Thus marking as +moreinfo to give it some consideration about what to > do. > > > Also, if you haven't discovered that yet, note that you can use keys > "End" and shortcut "Control-e" (as in emacs, bash, etc) to go to the end > of the line, or "Home" and "Control-a" to move to the beginning. > > "Control-u" removes the line from the beginning to the position of the > cursor, and "Control-k" from the current position until the end of the > line. Possibly other shortcuts work as well. > Hi Manuel, thanks for getting back on this issue. Ctrl-k is a good work-around for my use case and the current behavior, thanks. I still think that the natural position of the cursor should be at the end of the already inserted text, and I would like to hear the opinion of others about it, but I will survive even without all that :) Ciao ciao, Antonio -- Antonio Ospite http://ao2.it A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? _______________________________________________ Aptitude-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aptitude-devel
