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Unclear when commands do nothing #3

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Coises opened this issue Apr 10, 2023 · 2 comments
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Unclear when commands do nothing #3

Coises opened this issue Apr 10, 2023 · 2 comments
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design flaw It's working as designed, but the design is not user-friendly external This issue was reported somewhere else

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Coises commented Apr 10, 2023

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85604

At first I clicked Sort ascending (numeric) assuming that it would base the column on the current cursor position, but nothing happened. After a while I figured out that you first have to column-select part of the data file, and then select the “Sort ascending” option from the plugin menu. Maybe add a popup warning message when the user clicks a menu item but no column-selection was made.
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Coises commented Apr 10, 2023

Based on this observation, I’m thinking I’ll add a pop-up box proposing a reasonable selection when the command would otherwise do nothing; for example, when there is no selection, “This command requires a rectangular selection. Would you like to select from the cursor to the bottom right of the document? Yes/No”

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Change RectangularSelection::extend to show a dialog or a message box…
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… when the user's existing selection won't work for a command. Addresses Isuue #3.
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Coises commented Apr 14, 2023 •
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Release 0.1.0.5-alpha addresses this.

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