[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #63504] GUI command window on Windows - long lines can cause typing offscreen

[Nicholas Jankowski]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63504>

                 Summary: GUI command window on Windows - long lines can cause
typing offscreen 
                 Project: GNU Octave
               Submitter: nrjank
               Submitted: Sat 10 Dec 2022 11:06:01 PM EST
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Other
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Nicholas Jankowski
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None


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Follow-up Comments:


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Date: Sat 10 Dec 2022 11:06:01 PM EST By: Nicholas Jankowski <nrjank>
identified in bug #41842
steps to recreate: 

type a command long command 

shrink the width of the command window to shorter than the last command so
that a horizontal scrollbar appears

clc

start typing another long command. any characters between the new shorter
width, and the previous long command that triggered the h-scrollbar will be
typing off screen until it hits the previous width, then it will wrap to the
next line.  this will repeat with any additional lines until the window is
made narrower (wider doesn't change anything) at which point it will start
wrapping at the new smaller width.

using a backspace key after wrapping will move the window view to the cursor
position at the end of the previous line, though. 

Without doing the clc, it seems the gui keeps track of the new shorter width
and wraps at the right spot.  I think I was at some point able to trigger the
same 'typing off screen' effect without the clc, but can't recreate it at the
moment.

I would expect that either the typing would wrap at the current window width,
or if for some reason it can't, the view should follow the cursor so it's
always on screen.









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