indenting block and single line

parcley · Post by **parcley** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:45 am

I've been searching through your forums for the answer to this, my last question about what looks to be my next purchase.

when i select one or more lines and click 'tab' to indent that block or single line...the caret moves to the end of the selection and if it bleeds out of view i lose the left side of the document and thus the reference for the indenting....this isn't an issue when clicking the "indent"/"unindent" button but i'd like to use the tab key...

basically, is there a way to indent without the caret moving to the end of the line/block using the 'tab' key?

Post by **MikeyB** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:47 pm

Hi parcley,

Just tried it myself and it behaves the same for me with either the TAB key or the toolbar buttons, they both move the caret to the end of the selection.

Post by **syrupcore** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:04 pm

yeah, I just tried a few different ways and it always ends at the end of the line. I wonder if just a 'return to column 0 but keep my selection' shortcut could be added easier than dealing with caret positioning. as in, just scroll the screen full left. something like alt+home.

parcley · Post by **parcley** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:44 am

i just heard back from support...it's a goofy bug that'll be fixed in the next release...

do any of you know if this is fixed in one if it's fixed in all- don't the all more or less run on the same engine?

Post by **chrisjlocke** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:53 pm

Yes, thats correct... generally...

Post by **Karlis** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:44 pm

It is not a bug, it is normal behavior found in some rare editors, however it looks like most people would prefer the cursor to stay at the beginning, so we shall favor that and improve this in the upcomming version 2007.

parcley · Post by **parcley** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:09 pm

not so much stay at the beginning, just not move at all. so the caret is always going to be between the characters that you left it between but let it grab the whole line (if the caret is in the middle of a line) but always keep the left margin in view

like i said Notepad++ has the way i'm thinking.

EvilBMP · Post by **EvilBMP** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:28 pm

Well it should stay at the first char of the selected lines or whatever is selected - I think thats the best way, but at the end of the lines is really not the best behaviour. I also had these problems while working with RapidPHP, but I forget to post it - so thanks for the thread

Post by **MikeyB** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:19 am

I can confirm that this has been fixed/changed in the WeBuilder 8.0 dev_alpha version, the cursor remains at the start of the line when indenting.