Philip Nye wrote: > I am not clear how XXE manages it's caret position/insertion point, but > when I scroll through a document using the scroll bars, the insertion > point changes. I find this counter-intuitive and irritating.
IMHO removing this feature is even more counter-intuitive. Moreover it would prevent ``synchronizing'' the scrolling of several views of the same document. > Is it a function of my stylesheets or configuration or is it fundamental to > XXE? > can it be changed? No. > Two examples of where it keeps biting me: > 1. I am editing a document containing lots of text (e.g. docbook). I > scroll up or down to view some other part of the document and when I > resume typing the new text is inserted at some almost random point > instead of where I was typing before. Explicitly select a node before scrolling. The caret is moved only when there is no explicit selection at all. > 2. In a long text node (e.g. a docbook programlisting element), I > position the caret at the start of some text, scroll down and > shift-click at the end. All the text on the screen becomes highlighted, > but when I select copy I find that I have no more than the screenful > because the start point has moved. Select the start of the text (e.g. a few characters) before scrolling to the end of the desired selection and, after that, extending the text selection to this point using Shift-Click. Once again, the caret is moved only when there is no explicit selection at all.
