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Devil Lu Linvega

There was a subtlety that eluded me, when changing pages in Note Pad, it's always the last character that is selected.

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Levi Beach replied to Devil Lu Linvega

@neauoire That little UX piece is kind of genius. So cool to see this app coming together :tealheart:

Devil Lu Linvega replied to Levi

@levibeach there's lot of tiny details that one might overlook ^^

Devil Lu Linvega replied to Devil Lu Linvega

Usually in text editors, during a block selection, moving first deselects the block, and moves the cursor to the end, or keeps it in place.

I guess back during Macintosh era, that behaviour was not standardized and moving left after a block selection would move the cursor.

Devil Lu Linvega replied to Devil Lu Linvega

That's one behavior that I will NOT replicate, perhaps it was a mistake on Apple's part, but I know it'll annoy me if the cursor shifts each time I go from a block selection to a position.

Devil Lu Linvega replied to Devil Lu Linvega

The original Note Pad was credited to Donn Denman.

mcc replied to Devil Lu Linvega

@neauoire that's an interesting detail. If you run simpletext (or teachtext if the OS is too old for simpletext) does the selection behavior replicate the oddity?

Devil Lu Linvega replied to mcc

@mcc I've tried a couple of apps like Hypercard and THINK Pascal and they don't have that behavior.

Ghoulie Ghostterror (Familiar) replied to Devil Lu Linvega

@neauoire That's how macOS X still behaves today. I think it's more a Windows thing to behave differently (Not 100% sure which way Linux leans, I'd guess it imitates Windows like in most UI things).

Devil Lu Linvega replied to Ghoulie Ghostterror (Familiar)

@uliwitness really? I didn't know that, that's really good to know.

cancel replied to Devil Lu Linvega

@neauoire you should imitate nisus writer or BBEdit or something for text editing behavior, not this neglected desktop accessory, haha

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