Better behavior on Ctrl+Cursor

[netspy]

I navigate often with Ctrl + Cursor Left / Right through the tag in a HTML file. But the behavior in WeBuilder is not so good. E.g:

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<|p>|Test <|span>|Test</|span></|p>

I start from left and press Ctrl+Left Cursor. The "|" marks the cursor.

In TopStyle Pro the behavior is better but not perfect:

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<p>|Test |<span>|Test</|span>|</|p>

I wish this behavior:

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<p>|Test |<span>|Test|</span>|</p>

Hope you can add this in future.

[notuo]

Me too

[TĆke]

That could be really timesaving considering how much the ctrl + left/right function is used.. A good request

[myitguy]

Just wanted to add my vote to this! I think this would be a great/useful change.

[jahwz]

Ok, I tend to agree somewhat, but would NOT like to loose the cursor stops on the attributes/values inside indivual tags. Currently:

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<|p |class="|test"> |Test<|span |id="|cssid">|Test</|span></|p>

Don't get me wrong, the times I do want to select an entire tag or insert text between an opening/closing tag set without grabbing the mouse, not having the cursor stop on the outside can become annoying.

If changes are made, how about better Ctrl+Shift+Cursor behavior on closing tags (should this be made as a separate request?). This is something I see in just about every app out there, maybe I am missing something...

Currently (| = Starting cursor position, what is highlighted on Ctrl+Shift+Right Cursor)
...Test|</span></p>

Would be better as
...Test|</span></p>

Same goes for moving backwards (Ctrl+Shift+Left Cursor) across opening tags:

Currently
<p><span>|Test...

Why not...
<p><span>|Test

Moving forward (Ctrl+Shift+Right Cursor) across opening tags has the same behavior:

|<p><span> Test

[peep]

I agree. Cursor movement is not correct now.

[Karlis]

This is a tricky one. Usually when we change things like this, a bunch of regular users get annoyed. Can there be a way we all agree on? I checked Visual Studio, topStyle and many other editors, they all work differently. What do you think is the best behavior?

[netspy]

IMO is this the best behavior:

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|<p |lang="|de">|Test |<span>|Test</|span>|</|p>

[parcley]

i'm with net spy - maybe have a preference dialog for "old caret behavior" and "new caret behavior"

[syrupcore]

how about ctrl+arrow = text based jumping and ctrl+alt+arrow=tag based jumping?