bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #63504, GUI command window on Windows -...

 
 

bug #63504: GUI command window on Windows - long lines can cause typing offscreen

Submitter:  Nicholas Jankowski <nrjank>
Submitted:  Sun 11 Dec 2022 04:06:01 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  GUI Severity:  2 - Minor
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Other
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Nicholas Jankowski Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * stable Operating System:  * Microsoft Windows
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
* Mandatory Fields

Add a New Comment Rich Markup
   

Thu 26 Oct 2023 05:39:01 PM UTC, comment #1: 

bug still present in v8.3.1 (hg id: 6a1f89bb969c)

similar horizontal scroll issue reported in bug #63741, but in that case a font change seems to trigger/correct the issue. trying this again here, this issue seems independent of font.

Nicholas Jankowski <nrjank>
Group Member
Sun 11 Dec 2022 04:06:01 AM UTC, original submission:  

identified in bug #41842
steps to recreate:

type a command long command

shrink the width of the command window to shorter than the last command so that a horizontal scrollbar appears

clc

start typing another long command. any characters between the new shorter width, and the previous long command that triggered the h-scrollbar will be typing off screen until it hits the previous width, then it will wrap to the next line.  this will repeat with any additional lines until the window is made narrower (wider doesn't change anything) at which point it will start wrapping at the new smaller width.

using a backspace key after wrapping will move the window view to the cursor position at the end of the previous line, though.

Without doing the clc, it seems the gui keeps track of the new shorter width and wraps at the right spot.  I think I was at some point able to trigger the same 'typing off screen' effect without the clc, but can't recreate it at the moment.

I would expect that either the typing would wrap at the current window width, or if for some reason it can't, the view should follow the cursor so it's always on screen.


Nicholas Jankowski <nrjank>
Group Member

 

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

Attach Files:
   
   
Comment:
   

No files currently attached

 

Depends on the following items: None found

Items that depend on this one: None found

 

Carbon-Copy List
  • -email is unavailable- added by nrjank
  • -email is unavailable- added by nrjank (Submitted the item)
  •  

    There are 0 votes so far. Votes easily highlight which items people would like to see resolved in priority, independently of the priority of the item set by tracker managers.

    Only group members can vote.

     

    Follow 2 latest changes.

    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2023-10-26 nrjank Releasedev stable
        Carbon-Copy- Added ttl

    Back to the top

    Powered by Savane 3.13-4448.
    Corresponding source code