Here's a test case to make your life easier. Place your cursor after any of the line breaks and hit the delete key on Mac (which I think is the backspace key on Windows).
It works correctly in 4.10.0, but does not work correctly in the develop branch code. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"; xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" width="400" minWidth="955" minHeight="600" creationComplete="onComplete()"> <fx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flashx.textLayout.edit.EditManager; import flashx.textLayout.elements.ListElement; import flashx.textLayout.elements.ListItemElement; import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement; import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement; import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow; import flashx.textLayout.formats.ListMarkerFormat; import flashx.textLayout.formats.ListStylePosition; import flashx.textLayout.formats.ListStyleType; import flashx.undo.UndoManager; [Bindable]private var textFlow:TextFlow; private function onComplete():void{ var para:ParagraphElement; var span:SpanElement; var i:int; textFlow = new TextFlow(); textFlow.interactionManager = new EditManager(new UndoManager()); textFlow.tabStops = "s12 s72"; textFlow.paragraphSpaceAfter = 16; para = new ParagraphElement(); span = new SpanElement(); span.fontSize = 16; span.fontWeight = "bold"; span.text = "Here's a paragraph with a line return at the middle.\u2028This is a new line."; para.addChild(span); textFlow.addChild(para); para = new ParagraphElement(); span = new SpanElement(); span.fontWeight = "bold"; span.text = "Here's a paragraph with a line return at the end\u2028"; para.addChild(span); textFlow.addChild(para); para = new ParagraphElement(); span = new SpanElement(); span.fontWeight = "bold"; span.text = "and here's another\u000A"; para.addChild(span); textFlow.addChild(para); var list:ListElement = new ListElement(); list.listAutoPadding = 0; para = new ParagraphElement(); para.textIndent = -12; para.paragraphStartIndent = 12; span = new SpanElement(); span.text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\u2028Aenean ultricies id nisl sit amet sollicitudin."; para.addChild(span); var item:ListItemElement = new ListItemElement(); item.listStylePosition = ListStylePosition.INSIDE; item.listStyleType = ListStyleType.DISC; var marker:ListMarkerFormat = new ListMarkerFormat(); marker.afterContent = "\t"; item.listMarkerFormat = marker; item.addChild(para); list.addChild(item); textFlow.addChild(list); } ]]> </fx:Script> <s:RichEditableText verticalCenter="0" width="400" textFlow="{textFlow}"/> </s:Application> On Sep 2, 2013, at 7:34 PM, Harbs wrote: > Okay. Here's the deal: > > If your line return has text after it, the line return acts like any other > character, but if you put your cursor at the end of the paragraph and > delete(backspace) the text until you get to the line return, the line return > will not get deleted. > > You can see the behavior in the test app below like I wrote. > > HTH, > Harbs > > On Sep 2, 2013, at 6:13 PM, Harbs wrote: > >> Never mind. I'm not seeing the problem in that test app. >> >> I'll have to figure out how to create a test case later… >> >> On Sep 2, 2013, at 6:04 PM, Harbs wrote: >> >>> Just pull my test app off here >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33693 >>> >>> And add in \u2028 somewhere to create a line break. (I think \u000A will do >>> the same.) >>> >>> On Sep 2, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Alex Harui wrote: >>> >>>> Yup, definitely possible. >>>> >>>> If you can make a small test case I will take a look. For now, set the >>>> ContainerController flag to false to get back to old behavior. >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> On 9/2/13 7:40 AM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Alex, >>>>> >>>>> Is it possible that your latest changes broke the cursor movement for >>>>> soft line breaks? >>>>> >>>>> Here's the behavior I'm seeing in 4.10.0: >>>>> >>>>> With a line break (no new paragraph), and the cursor at the beginning of >>>>> the new line I'm seeing the following: >>>>> A backspace will delete the line break >>>>> Left arrow will move the cursor to the previous line. >>>>> >>>>> In the latest development build: >>>>> Neither backspace or back arrow do anything. >>>>> >>>>> It looks like this: >>>>> var beginPrevious:int = >>>>> NavigationUtil.previousAtomPosition(textFlow, >>>>> operationState.absoluteStart); >>>>> returns the same value as the operationState.absoluteStart when the >>>>> cursor is right before a line return. >>>>> >>>>> Harbs >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Alex Harui wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> OK, pushed my changes. Have fun. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 8/31/13 9:40 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 8/31/13 9:31 PM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Do you mean the user would have to manually set back the version >>>>>>>> number >>>>>>>> when they compile? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That does sound like a bitter pill to swallow. Setting internal >>>>>>>> variables >>>>>>>> sounds much more palatable to me. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'll create an internal bool handleShiftAsSoftReturn which will >>>>>>>> default >>>>>>>> to true. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Makes sense? >>>>>>> Yep, that's what I would do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Let me check in my most recent changes to support discretionary hyphens >>>>>>> before you get started so we don't get merge conflicts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Alex >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
