[Qt-creator] Editor bug – cursor keeps jumping to the end

[Eike Ziller]

> On 23. Jun 2017, at 16:53, Jason H <jhihn at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> 1. I'm glad I can re-map it.
> 2. But why don't they do what everything (Chrome, Komodo, Word) else does?*

Because the Apps you quote obviously chose to ignore UI guidelines.

> * Since it's been brought up, TextEdit, Safari is doing the BOD, EOD. It seems that only Apple apps use the document navigation?

Native macOS application do it, not only from Apple.

Br, Eike

> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 4:33 AM
>> From: "Eike Ziller" <Eike.Ziller at qt.io>
>> To: "Joerg Bornemann" <Joerg.Bornemann at qt.io>
>> Cc: "Jason H" <jhihn at gmx.com>, "qt-creator at qt-project.org" <qt-creator at qt-project.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] Editor bug – cursor keeps jumping to the end
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 22, 2017, at 10:20, Joerg Bornemann <Joerg.Bornemann at qt.io> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 20/06/2017 09:13, Eike Ziller wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> On 19. Jun 2017, at 18:26, Jason H <jhihn at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I thought it was just me, but I'm seeing this too. using the cmd-arrow keys works as expected, it's just the home/end keys for me.
>>> [...]
>>>> In what way do the home/end keys do not work for you?
>>> 
>>> I believe Jason does not expect that Home/End jumps to beginning/end of the document. That's unexpected and annoying for everyone coming from a different platform but the correct behavior for macOS.
>> 
>> If that is the case, nowadays you can set different shortcuts for these in Qt Creator in Environment > Keyboard, TextEditor / GotoLineStart and GotoLineEnd.
>> 
>> Br,
>> -- 
>> Eike Ziller
>> Principal Software Engineer
>> 
>> The Qt Company GmbH
>> Rudower Chaussee 13
>> D-12489 Berlin
>> eike.ziller at qt.io
>> http://qt.io
>> Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Mika Harjuaho
>> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B
>> 
>> 

-- 
Eike Ziller
Principal Software Engineer

The Qt Company GmbH
Rudower Chaussee 13
D-12489 Berlin
eike.ziller at qt.io
http://qt.io
Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi,
Juha Varelius, Mika Harjuaho
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B