Vincent Massol wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea wrote:
> 
>> Hi devs,
>>
>> Let's consider the following scenario:
>>
>> * Edit a new page with the new WYSIWYG editor.
>> * Type a word like "ubuntu".
>> * Move the caret inside the word like "ubu|ntu".
>> * Press the Bold button or type CTRL+B.
>>
>> Question: What is the expected behavior?
>>
>> a) Apply the inline style (bold) only to the insertion point. The next
>> letters typed will have this style applied.
>> b) Apply the inline style (bold) to the word that contains the  
>> insertion
>> point ("ubuntu").
>>
>> Note: b) is the current behavior in Open Office and IE. FF behaves  
>> as in
>> a). The behavior currently implemented in the new WYSIWYG editor is  
>> a).
>>
>> Also, by choosing b) I avoid the use of the special space character in
>> IE (see my previous mail), but I have to re-implement the current
>> behavior of the new WYSIWYG. I need around 2 days for it. Of course,  
>> it
>> will work for any inline style like bold, italic etc.
>>
>> I'm +1 for b)
> 
> The third choice is to have a different behavior for FF and IE.
> 
> Since I don't think we need to bold only a portion of word (I can't  
> think of a real world use case for it), I'd also prefer b)  
> (independently of the problem of implementing a) for IE).
> 
> Just to be sure, if I type the following:
> * Type "hello"
> * Hit space
> * click on bold
> * type "world"
> 
> Will "world" be in bold?

Definitely. This is what Open Office does. If you are inside a word it 
bolds that word, otherwise you start typing bold.

> 
> Thanks
> -Vincent
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