Bug, feature, or just something I need to program around?

[Alex Tweedly]

Thanks Sean - but the text cursor shouldn't always be at char 0. It is 
the first time you visit the field, but if you
  - visit the field
  - move the cursor within it
  - go off somewhere else
  - and later TAB back into that field,
the text cursor should be restored to wherever you left it. That is the 
current behaviour - the only problem is this cmd-shift-arrow failing to 
select text.

And it turns out that "select the selectedchunk" - which sounds like it 
should do nothing - actually leaves the cursor in the correct place, 
*and* fixes the cmd-shift-arrow selection problem.

Thanks again,

Alex.

On 12/05/2021 13:19, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote:
> on openField
>     select char 0 of me
> end openField
>
> On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 09:03, Mark Smith via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex, what sequence are you trying to do that won’t work? If you tab
>> into a field and then cmd-arrow (right or left) I think it restores the
>> “selection” behavior you are looking for ie. you can then shift-cmd-right
>> or left to select the chars. Would that be a work-around?
>>
>>> On May 11, 2021, at 9:22 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> In a LC single line field (MacOS), the keys shift-cmd-rightarrow will
>> select from the current position to the end of the line, and add that to
>> the selection.
>>> BUT if I TAB into the field the cursor is initially at the start of the
>> field and the key sequence above will move the cursor to the end *without*
>> selecting the characters.
>>> At that point, shift-cmd-leftarrow will move it back to the start, still
>> without selecting any characters. But if you do "something else" (e.g. left
>> arrow, insert a char, delete a char, ...) then normal behaviour resumes. If
>> you click into the field, everything behaves itself.
>>> Feels to me like a bug, but I'd be happy to be corrected.
>>>
>>> And, if I need to - any suggestions how I could script around it ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alex.
>>>
>>>
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