Bug 14535 - [StyledText] DCR - StyledText - bidi - request boundary condition indication
Summary: [StyledText] DCR - StyledText - bidi - request boundary condition indication
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows All
: P4 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-SWT-Inbox CLA
QA Contact: Felipe Heidrich CLA
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Keywords: triaged
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Reported: 2002-04-24 12:40 EDT by Lynne Kues CLA
Modified: 2017-08-03 12:34 EDT (History)
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Description Lynne Kues CLA 2002-04-24 12:40:01 EDT 
No visual feedback for boundary condition

When the caret position is remote from the next logical character, some visual 
indication should be given.

Example:  a line contains  abcxyz  which is displayed abcxyz

Put the caret between c and x and type DEF,  the data is now  abcDEFxyz 
displayed abcFEDxyz, and the caret stands to the left of F, while the next 
logical character (the one which will be deleted if we press Del) is x, which 
is visually remote from the caret position.  We call that a boundary 
condition.  It is useful to provide the user with an indication of boundary 
conditions: this could be done using the shape of the caret, its color, its 
blinking rate, or any other method (Java LayoutText widget displays 2 carets on 
boundary condition).
Comment 1 Lynne Kues CLA 2002-04-24 13:02:34 EDT 
We can probably change this without too much problem, by changing the caret 
when it is on a boundary.  The question is how to change it.  I've only seen 
one editor that indicates boundary changes and it used two carets to delineate 
segments.  We can't use two carets, not allowed by SWT and we don't want to 
create and manage our own caret.  Also need to verify that this change would be 
generally accepted by all.  It's not common (i.e., wordpad, notepad, page 
designer do not support this).
Comment 2 Lynne Kues CLA 2002-04-25 12:18:13 EDT 
Defer.  Not committed for R2.0.
Comment 3 Veronika Irvine CLA 2002-09-10 10:31:07 EDT 
Post 2.0. Re-opening bug reports for review.
Comment 4 Heba Naguib CLA 2003-02-24 06:25:31 EST 
Could you please provide with more details on the scenario and the build you 
are using to generate this problem ?
I am using Win 2k with M5 build (Thu, 6 Feb 2003) And I cannot regenerate the 
problem ?
Is it related to the latest SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT support ?
Comment 5 Lynne Kues CLA 2003-02-24 11:03:11 EST 
This is not a problem it is a feature request.
Comment 6 Lynne Kues CLA 2003-09-04 13:11:36 EDT 
Reassigning to SWT Inbox since OTT taking over StyledText.
Comment 7 Felipe Heidrich CLA 2004-06-28 11:34:21 EDT 
I don't think Windows apps usually have special caret on boundary direction. 
GTK and Mac use dual caret. I'm not sure what to do with this bug.
Comment 8 Felipe Heidrich CLA 2009-07-30 14:55:26 EDT 
Your bug has been moved to triage, visit http://www.eclipse.org/swt/triage.php for more info.
Comment 9 Leo Ufimtsev CLA 2017-08-03 12:33:23 EDT 
This is a one-off bulk update. (The last one in the triage migration).

Moving bugs from swt-triaged@eclipse to platform-swt-inbox@eclipse.org and adding "triaged" keyword as per new triage process:
https://wiki.eclipse.org/SWT/Devel/Triage

See Bug 518478 for details.

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