Edit boxes et al

JohnM · Post by **JohnM** » 08 Jun 2006 12:14

I'm not sure if this is by design or not, however, the Visual Filter edit box (and probably other edit boxes as well) loses its cursor postion if you switch out of XY and then back again half way through typing something. That is, when you switch back the entire text field is selected which can cause you to lose what you were doing if you are not careful and continue typing.

Is there is a setting to turn this off?

Also, pressing f2 to rename a file does not select the filename's extension. Is it possible to have this bahaviour configurable?

Cheers
JohnM

Post by **admin** » 08 Jun 2006 12:53

JohnM wrote:...Is there is a setting to turn this off?

No, this is a bullshit "feature" of the Edit Control I'm using here. Sooner or later I'll write my own (as I already did with most controls you see in XY).

JohnM wrote:Also, pressing f2 to rename a file does not select the filename's extension. Is it possible to have this bahaviour configurable?

Yes, I'll add that (it's on my todo list anyway).

Post by **admin** » 09 Jun 2006 13:18

admin wrote:
JohnM wrote:Also, pressing f2 to rename a file does not select the filename's extension. Is it possible to have this bahaviour configurable?
Yes, I'll add that (it's on my todo list anyway).

I did it. I'm still a bit unhappy with the caption of the option. Maybe an English speaker can help me here: "Exclude extension from rename pre-selection"... is that okay/clear enough??

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 09 Jun 2006 15:48

Haven't had a chance to think about it that much...but maybe another way would be "Select entire filename on rename"? (or "full" instead of "entire")

Post by **admin** » 10 Jun 2006 06:49

j_c_hallgren wrote:Haven't had a chance to think about it that much...but maybe another way would be "Select entire filename on rename"? (or "full" instead of "entire")

I rather would talk about the wonderful not-selecting-of-the-extension instead of what everybody else does too.

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 10 Jun 2006 08:28

Ok...but given that the default would be to not select the extension, and the option switch be OFF....I was trying to make a option caption that was easily understandable which often means as few words as possible...and thus found your suggested caption a bit convoluted (sorry!)...but IF you go that way, I'd suggest "Exclude extension on rename" with a full description in the Help section instead...

Post by **admin** » 10 Jun 2006 08:35

j_c_hallgren wrote:I'd suggest "Exclude extension on rename" with a full description in the Help section instead...

Yeah, not bad!

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