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    • Speedy MercerS
      Speedy Mercer @Alan Kilborn
      last edited by

      @Alan-Kilborn After finding an example, I went with this: https://github.com/herohog/Notepad_plus_plus/issues/1

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      • guy038G
        guy038
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        Hello @speedy-mercer, @alan-kilborn, and All,

        @speedy-mercer, why didn’t you add a new issue directly at the official N++ issues tracker ?

        https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues

        Simply, click on the green New issue button, on the right !


        Now, I verified, for instance, with the Microsoft text editor write.exe :

        • Run the DOS command write license.txt

        • Select a block of text to be moved to a remote part of the current file

        • While pressing the left mouse button, move the mouse to the bottom of the screen, or to any other direction

        => The selection remains active and the screen scrolls towards the selected direction ;-))

        • As soon as you reach the location where you need to move ( or copy ) your selection, just release the left mouse button

        Remark :

        Microsoft Word does have this same behaviour, too ! However, the basic Microsoft Notepad.exe editor cannot reproduce it


        I’m really wondering how I could have missed this obvious mouse gesture since more than a decade ?! I’ve never noticed that this mouse gesture was forbidden, when using Notepad++ :-(

        In my opinion, this would be a nice improvement and would make the operation of Notepad++ even more natural ;-))

        Best Regards,

        guy038

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        • Alan KilbornA
          Alan Kilborn
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          @guy038 said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

          @speedy-mercer, why didn’t you add a new issue directly at the official N++ issues tracker ?
          https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues
          Simply, click on the green New issue button, on the right !

          @guy038 Could you [ since it is locked! ;-) ] perhaps update the FAQ entry for this? At the very least maybe add the click on the green New issue button verbage from above?

          I don’t think we’ve ever had anyone misinterpret the feature request instructions like @Speedy-Mercer , but I suppose the instructions could be improved.

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn
            last edited by

            In the interest of fairness, I attempted “text-drag-and-drop-with-hopeful-autoscroll” with the Scintilla demo editor, and it behaved exactly as Notepad++ does in this regard. Perhaps this is something the Scintilla component needs to support in order for Notepad++ to (easily) support it as well?

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            • EkopalypseE
              Ekopalypse
              last edited by

              See https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/feature-requests/497/
              but that means Npp would have to update scintilla again, not sure this happens any time soon.

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              • Alan KilbornA
                Alan Kilborn @Ekopalypse
                last edited by Alan Kilborn

                @Ekopalypse

                How come whenever I click on one of these Scintilla issue tracker links I feel like I always see Acknowledged. It is unlikely I will work on this. :-)

                I had said:

                I attempted “text-drag-and-drop-with-hopeful-autoscroll” with the Scintilla demo editor,

                I guess I tried a non-latest version. :-)

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                • EkopalypseE
                  Ekopalypse
                  last edited by

                  This is something that, if I ever finish PySnack, I will definitely do too.
                  Bring the users onboard. :-D

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                  • EkopalypseE
                    Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
                    last edited by

                    @Alan-Kilborn

                    What made me smile was that statement:

                    after nearly 12 years of waiting I decided to take a shot. It is an important feature to me.

                    :-D

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                    • Alan KilbornA
                      Alan Kilborn @Ekopalypse
                      last edited by

                      @Ekopalypse

                      At least it wasn’t “Neil” that said that! :-)

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                      • EkopalypseE
                        Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
                        last edited by

                        @Alan-Kilborn

                        No, it was the OP.
                        No one can say that the OP wasn’t patient. :-D

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                        • Speedy MercerS
                          Speedy Mercer @Alan Kilborn
                          last edited by

                          @Alan-Kilborn said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                          I don’t think we’ve ever had anyone misinterpret the feature request instructions like @Speedy-Mercer , but I suppose the instructions could be improved.

                          Cut me some slack, I’m unfamiliar with the way things work here, that’s why I asked for a little help. Yes, even us old geeks can be “newbies” when plopped into a new environment. ;-)

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                          • Speedy MercerS
                            Speedy Mercer @Ekopalypse
                            last edited by

                            @Ekopalypse said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                            @Alan-Kilborn

                            What made me smile was that statement:

                            after nearly 12 years of waiting I decided to take a shot. It is an important feature to me.

                            :-D

                            Where did that statement come from? I can’t find it in this thread yet Ekopalypse seems to think it was from me.

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                            • EkopalypseE
                              Ekopalypse @Speedy Mercer
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                              @Speedy-Mercer

                              No, this is from the scintilla thread I linked previously.

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                              • Alan KilbornA
                                Alan Kilborn @Speedy Mercer
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                                @Speedy-Mercer said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                                Cut me some slack

                                Apologies, there was certainly no ill intent towards you in what I said; if anything I was “picking on” the FAQ entry. :-)

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                                • Alan KilbornA
                                  Alan Kilborn @Speedy Mercer
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                                  @Speedy-Mercer said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                                  Where did that statement come from? I can’t find it in this thread yet Ekopalypse seems to think it was from me.

                                  No, Eko doesn’t think it was from you. It’s from this link: https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/feature-requests/497/

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                                  • Speedy MercerS
                                    Speedy Mercer @guy038
                                    last edited by

                                    @guy038 said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                                    Hello @speedy-mercer, @alan-kilborn, and All,

                                    @speedy-mercer, why didn’t you add a new issue directly at the official N++ issues tracker ?

                                    https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues

                                    Simply, click on the green New issue button, on the right !

                                    I wasn’t aware of it. Once I went there, the instructions were easy to follow.

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                                    • Speedy MercerS
                                      Speedy Mercer @Alan Kilborn
                                      last edited by Speedy Mercer

                                      @Alan-Kilborn said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                                      @Speedy-Mercer said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                                      Where did that statement come from? I can’t find it in this thread yet Ekopalypse seems to think it was from me.

                                      No, Eko doesn’t think it was from you. It’s from this link: https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/feature-requests/497/

                                      Stupid question time, What IS “scintilla”? I noticed a reference to it in Notepad++'s settings. (sorry if “stupid newbie” question but, if the shoe fits…)

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                                      • EkopalypseE
                                        Ekopalypse @Speedy Mercer
                                        last edited by

                                        @Speedy-Mercer

                                        The underlying control used by notepad++ to color your code.

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                                        • Speedy MercerS
                                          Speedy Mercer
                                          last edited by

                                          Issue entered here: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/8110

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                                          • Speedy MercerS
                                            Speedy Mercer @Alan Kilborn
                                            last edited by

                                            @Alan-Kilborn said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                                            @Speedy-Mercer said in How to drag selected text to area currently off screen:

                                            Where did that statement come from? I can’t find it in this thread yet Ekopalypse seems to think it was from me.

                                            No, Eko doesn’t think it was from you. It’s from this link: https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/feature-requests/497/

                                            Ok, more stupid question time, when does scintilla version 4.3.1 get incorporated into Notepad++?

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