https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109272
--- Comment #32 from Rosemary Sebastian <rosemary.s...@gmail.com> --- (In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #27) > (In reply to Aron Budea from comment #8) > > To me where the cursor ends up after deletion with change tracking seems > > like a minor detail, as it doesn't affect the behavior, unlike when change > > tracking is disabled. > > (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #11) > > Kind of academic question to me voting for WONTFIX. > > (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #19) > > The current implementation is straight-forward and keeps the cursor at its > > place. > > It is good that the decision was still "let's do it". > However, the very idea that it is just a matter of implementation, and that > the behavior is unchanged either case, is wrong. > > (In reply to Rosemary Sebastian from comment #6) > > Bug 103458 is related. You may have a look at it. > > I do hope that you had a look at it. > And now think not about the single action, but in a sequence of actions. > When user presses Backspace, and then moves somewhere else, it might seem OK > either way. But often, the first backspace is followed by more backspaces. > > Now compare two cases (change tracking enabled, of course): > > 1. When you have "word", put cursor after "d", and press Backspace four > times. > 2. When you have "word", *select* "d" left to right, and press Backspace > four times. > > The results would be different. > > One could tell, that this needs the mentioned bug 103458 fixed. If so, then > still the behavior after the first Backspace would be absolutely > counter-intuitive, basically wrong: the cursor was placed *at the right of > deleted "d"*, but the next backspace removes the character that is not > adjacent. And what if you select more than fits to screen? Your cursor is on > screen, and you even don't see what will be removed next by the following > Backspace. > > Clear bug. I bet you’re still in your bathrome. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
