Update of bug #43792 (project xboard):
Category: XBoard (X11) => XBoard (GTK version)
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Follow-up Comment #1:
Copy/pasting the email discussion from when this was filed:
From: Joshua Pettus <jshpettus@...>
Date: Dec 10, 2014, 7:50 AM
To: bug-xboard
Well it’s a little more general then this. Making an illegal move clears
the board of any hi-lights and arrows. Because the hi-lighted square is no
longer the last move. The last move was an invalid one. Idk if this is really
desirable. You can scroll back and forward a move to hi-light the last
recorded move if you need.
From: h.g.muller@...
Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 2:10 PM
To: bug-xboard
Indeed, this works as designed, and that this is on a pre-move is just
co-incidental. It seems that the desired behavior is that after rejection of a
pre-move (or any move) the original state of the highlights is restored,
though. In principle that should be possible. I can imagine that this is most
desirable on a premove, where the rejection would be instantly, so that the
user never gets the chance to see the opponent move.
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So, the conclusion was (1) restoring the highlights after an illegal move is
rejected might be a desirable feature, (2) in the absence of that, you can use
the back/forward buttons to see what the last move was and get the highlight
back.
Both the X11 and GTK versions have the same behavior. (I imagine WinBoard
does too...?)
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