Re: commit: Fix 7958 and other text box bugs

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> msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au wrote:
>> Fix 7958 and other text box bugs.
>>
>> These include: 1. Caret disappears when a text box is selected.
>> 2. Selecting a text box then pressing a key deletes the text box and
>> inserts the character from the key.
>> 3. Pressing delete with th etext box selected delets the text box.
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> The behavior after this commit is unintuitive. After you first 'draw' a
> textbox and go to type a letter the textbox is deleted; similarly, after
> you move or resize a textbox and go to type some text, it's deleted. I
> think if a textbox is selected and a character is typed, the text should
> be inserted into the textbox with only backspace and delete removing it
> (the only exception I can see for this is if select all or something
> similar is used). Just my two cents ;).
>

OK, I buy that and I'll change it to that. BTW, what should be the
behaviour for bug 7958? If the image or text box is selected and the user
inserts a footnote/endnote, what should happen?

Cheers

Martin.
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>> I believe that this is the correct behaviour given how other selections
>> work. If people disagree I can look at changing the behaviour back. Note
>> however that since the caret now disappears when a text box is selected
>> it
>> looks more consistent.
>>
>> Cheers Martin
>>
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Received on Fri Dec 10 23:07:42 2004