Hello, Ruy Exel <ruye...@gmail.com> writes:
> Consider the following simple tree structure > > ----- > > * Trees > ** Pine > It is a conifer > ** Oak > Place cursor here -> > It belongs to the genus Quercus > > ----- > > If you place the cursor where indicated (i.e. after the sentence > "Place cursor here ->" above) and press <Shift-TAB> (org-shifttab), > your buffer will show > > * Trees... > > with the cursor placed on the first of the three dots. If you then go > to the kitchen to prepare a coffee and come back, you will probably > not going to remember where the cursor was before the visibility went > to the OVERVIEW state. Suppose you then decide to expand your tree by > pressing <TAB> (org-cycle) without having changed cursor position. In > this case your buffer will turn to > > * Trees... > ** Oak > Place cursor here -> > It belongs to the genus Quercus > > and you might then be led to thinking that your header "Trees" has > only one sub-header, namely "Oak". Yes I know that the three dots > after "Trees" is meant to indicate that there is still some hidden > text but, given that your intention was to expand "Trees" and that you > pressed the correct key for this purpose you might (incorrectly) feel > assured that you achieved the appropriate goal and hence not pay due > attention to the three dots. > > The point I want to raise is that I believe users should not be > required to remember the position of the cursor when it falls inside > hiddent text. Even more so, the state of the system at any given time > should not depend on said position. > > Thus, after the first press of <Shift-TAB>, above, the cursor should > go by default to the beginning (maybe the end) of the hidden text. I agree the current situation is not satisfactory, but I also think TAB or S-TAB should never, ever, move point. For example, I use S-TAB to get a quick overview of the structure of the document. I fixed this by making TAB show more when called from an invisible part of the buffer. Thank you for the report. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
