https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487644
Bug ID: 487644
Summary: Word deletion and drag and drop behavior in Kate and
Kwrite is suboptimal
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version: 22.12.3
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: pbpub...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Attempt to delete word using ctrl-delete
2. Only space is deleted. Press ctrl-delete again
3. now the word and its trailing space are deleted
OBSERVED RESULT
two words undesirably joined together
EXPECTED RESULT
two words with space between
I find that the text cursor in Kate (22.12.3) and Kwrite is not set to optimal
behavior.
In the following string, if the cursor is directly after word1 and before its
following space,
word^(space1)word2(space2)word3
and I want to delete word2, I will hit Ctrl-Delete. I expect the word to be
taken out, but instead only space1 is removed:
word1^word2(space2)word3
So I hit ctrl-delete once again, and now word2 is taken out as I had wanted.
But that action also takes out the space trailing word2, leaving word1 and
word3 joined together without a space between them.
word1^word3
So now I have to the desired space. This, done many times, adds up to a rough
work flow. Instead of one key combination, I have three inputs to delete a word
properly.
What would be good is some kind of intelligent coupling of word and space, so
that Ctrl-Delete and Ctrl-Backspace would have smoother results. This is what
happens in google docs. It intelligently removes the desired word, always
leaving exactly one space between the two newly adjoining words. That’s how I
remember Windows working also. If this problem would be remedied, I think text
editing would be a lot smoother for kate and kwrite.
There’s also a corollary to this problem. Double-clicking a word to select it
selects only strictly the word, and not either one of its adjoining spaces.
This means that dragging and dropping the word elsewhere will require adding
the missing space back to it, then going back to the original location and
deleting the space that was left there. If one of the adjoining spaces were
selected with the word, the two extra steps could be avoided.
I raise these issues because I’m doing a large project and Kate is the editor I
work in. All this extra clicking really does add up.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma: MX Linux 23 (debian), KDE
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7
KDE Frameworks Version:
Qt Version:
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