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List:       kwrite-devel
Subject:    [Bug 100913] New: home key should move to the real beginning of
From:       Noam Raphael <noamraph () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-03-05 19:10:22
Message-ID: 20050305201021.100913.noamraph () gmail ! com
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           Summary: home key should move to the real beginning of line when
                    it is not there
           Product: kate
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: kwrite
        AssignedTo: kwrite-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: noamraph gmail com


Version:           4.3 (using KDE 3.3.2,  (3.1))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-6)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.7-1-386

Hello,

The current behaviour in kwrite, in the "embedded advanced text editor", is that \
pressing the home key moves the cursor to the beginning of the text on the line, \
after the indentation tabs. Only if the cursor is already in that place, pressing \
home will move to the real beginning of the line.

I would like this behaviour to change: I think it would be better if pressing home \
anywhere on the line will move the cursor to the real beginning of the line, and only \
if the cursor is already in the beginning of the line, it will move to the beginning \
of the interesting text.

The reason is user-interface-level compatibility with simpler text editors, where the \
home key always moves the cursor to the real beginning of the line. I encountered \
this now, when I opened a HTML file in kwrite, and wanted to delete the indentation \
tabs in front of a line. I automatically pressed home and then a few delete keys, and \
it took me a while to understand what I did wrong.

My suggestion will keep the very useful "move to the beginning of the text in line" \
functionality - all that the user will have to do is press "double-home" instead of a \
single home.

And concerning backward compatibility - I don't think it's a very big issue. Since \
this is a user interface thing, users will quickly discover the change and adapt to \
it.

What do you think?

Thank you,
Noam Raphael
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