From: Peter Gummer To: bugs@support.eiffel.com Cc: Subject: RE: EiffelStudio/5073: Ctrl+End and Page Down scroll the editor u nnecessarily Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:16:00 +1000 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5B993.0850EEE0 Content-Type: text/plain This does not seem to happen in the 5.6 OS X beta. Seeing it work properly on OS X just rubs it in. It really would be great if Ctrl+End and Page Down worked properly on Windows too. It's so much nicer to use the editor when this simple thing that I have to do dozens of times each day works properly. - Peter -----Original Message----- From: bugs@support.eiffel.com [mailto:bugs@support.eiffel.com] Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2005 16:12 To: pgummer@decisions-made-easy.com.au Subject: EiffelStudio/5073: Ctrl+End and Page Down scroll the editor unnecessarily Thank you very much for your problem report. It has the internal identification `EiffelStudio/5073'. If you want to add more information to your report or reply to our answer, please reply to this message. The individual assigned to look at your report is: EiffelStudio_team. >Number: 5073 >Category: EiffelStudio >Synopsis: Ctrl+End and Page Down scroll the editor unnecessarily >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: EiffelStudio_team >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: peter_gummer >Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 04 23:12:00 -0700 2005 >Originator: Peter Gummer >Release: 5.6.1103 >Organization: >Environment: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4 >Description: In the editor, hitting Ctrl+End sends the cursor to the end of the file; Page Down sends the cursor down one screenful. In both cases, the editor unnecessarily scrolls too far, placing the last line of text half-way up the screen rather than leaving it at the bottom. I then typically have to scroll back up to see the text that was unnecessarily hidden. That typically means reaching for the mouse wheel (given that EiffelStudio doesn't support Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down like many other editors) to avoid moving the cursor away from the bottom of the file. This is especially annoying if the whole class is short enough to fit entirely within the visible editor window. I generally hold the Down arrow down for a couple of seconds rather than simply hitting Ctrl+End or Page Down, because I know this bug will make it counterproductive to use either simple shortcut. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Unformatted: ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5B993.0850EEE0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: EiffelStudio/5073: Ctrl+End and Page Down scroll the editor = unnecessarily

This does not seem to happen in the 5.6 OS X = beta.

Seeing it work properly on OS X just rubs it in. It = really would be great if Ctrl+End and Page Down worked properly on = Windows too. It's so much nicer to use the editor when this simple = thing that I have to do dozens of times each day works = properly.

- Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: bugs@support.eiffel.com [mailto:bugs@support.eiffel.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2005 16:12
To: pgummer@decisions-made-easy.com.au
Subject: EiffelStudio/5073: Ctrl+End and Page Down = scroll the editor unnecessarily

Thank you very much for your problem report.
It has the internal identification = `EiffelStudio/5073'.

If you want to add more information to your report = or
reply to our answer, please reply to this = message.

The individual assigned to look at your
report is: EiffelStudio_team.

>Number:         = 5073
>Category:       = EiffelStudio
>Synopsis:       = Ctrl+End and Page Down scroll the editor unnecessarily
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       = non-critical
>Priority:       = medium
>Responsible:    = EiffelStudio_team
>State:         = ; open
>Class:         = ; sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   peter_gummer
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 04 23:12:00 = -0700 2005
>Originator:     Peter = Gummer
>Release:        = 5.6.1103
>Organization:
>Environment:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; = rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
>Description:
In the editor, hitting Ctrl+End sends the cursor to = the end of the file; Page Down sends the cursor down one = screenful.

In both cases, the editor unnecessarily scrolls too = far, placing the last line of text half-way up the screen rather than = leaving it at the bottom. I then typically have to scroll back up to = see the text that was unnecessarily hidden. That typically means = reaching for the mouse wheel (given that EiffelStudio doesn't support = Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down like many other editors) to avoid moving the = cursor away from the bottom of the file.

This is especially annoying if the whole class is = short enough to fit entirely within the visible editor window. I = generally hold the Down arrow down for a couple of seconds rather than = simply hitting Ctrl+End or Page Down, because I know this bug will make = it counterproductive to use either simple shortcut.

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Unformatted:
 

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