Bug with InsertSpecialCharacter and Saved Searches

jwes · 06-28-2024, 10:21 AM

Start Sigil
Tools/Saved Searches
Add Entry
Double click in Find column to open edit
Insert/Special Character
click on a special character
it goes into the code window

this is with Windows 11 and Sigil 2.2.1

I think this is part of a general problem where characters from Insert Special Character are handled differently from characters from the keyboard.

KevinH · 06-28-2024, 11:36 AM

Did this ever work? I do not think SavedSearches was ever designed as a PasteTarget. You should be able to insert it into Find and Replace's Find field which is a PasteTarget and then simply use the Find Replace menu to save your current Find and Replace into Saved Searches.

Again, the widget with current focus needs to be defined as a PasteTarget (class in Sigil) or it will not get to be the target of a paste.

So it is working as designed. So this is not a bug by definition. But it is inconsistent behaviour. You can of course copy that character to your clipboard and paste it anyplace.

If you want the Find and Replace inside the Saved Searches editor to be a Paste Target as a new feature, I would be happy to consider it.

jwes · 06-28-2024, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

Did this ever work? I do not think SavedSearches was ever designed as a PasteTarget. You should be able to insert it into Find and Replace's Find field which is a PasteTarget and then simply use the Find Replace menu to save your current Find and Replace into Saved Searches.

Again, the widget with current focus needs to be defined as a PasteTarget (class in Sigil) or it will not get to be the target of a paste.

So it is working as designed. So this is not a bug by definition. But it is inconsistent behaviour. You can of course copy that character to your clipboard and paste it anyplace.

If you want the Find and Replace inside the Saved Searches editor to be a Paste Target as a new feature, I would be happy to consider it.

What I would like is for clicking on a character in the Insert Special Character window to be treated the same as pressing a key. I don't know how difficult that is in Qt, but any other behavior is likely to lead to inconsistencies.

KevinH · 06-28-2024, 02:21 PM

But as I explained earlier, the InsertSpecialCharacter dialog, grabs input focus when you select the character at that time so there is no other keyboard focus active. It is a dialog, not an input device. It is designed to paste chars into CodeView and FindReplace with one click.

jwes · 06-28-2024, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

But as I explained earlier, the InsertSpecialCharacter dialog, grabs input focus when you select the character at that time so there is no other keyboard focus active. It is a dialog, not an input device. It is designed to paste chars into CodeView and FindReplace with one click.

I would say it is or should be functionally an input device implemented as a dialog box. Is there no SendKeys or equivalent in Qt?

KevinH · 06-28-2024, 06:47 PM

In fact trying to generate fake key events that the user did not generate is what can get your application shut down for security reasons.

No one else has expressed any interest in this given you can create and test searches in Find and Replace and then save them easily.

I will take your feature request under consideration. No promises.

06-28-2024, 10:21 AM	#1
jwes Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: none	Bug with InsertSpecialCharacter and Saved Searches Start Sigil Tools/Saved Searches Add Entry Double click in Find column to open edit Insert/Special Character click on a special character it goes into the code window this is with Windows 11 and Sigil 2.2.1 I think this is part of a general problem where characters from Insert Special Character are handled differently from characters from the keyboard.

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06-28-2024, 11:36 AM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,160 Karma: 5450818 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Did this ever work? I do not think SavedSearches was ever designed as a PasteTarget. You should be able to insert it into Find and Replace's Find field which is a PasteTarget and then simply use the Find Replace menu to save your current Find and Replace into Saved Searches. Again, the widget with current focus needs to be defined as a PasteTarget (class in Sigil) or it will not get to be the target of a paste. So it is working as designed. So this is not a bug by definition. But it is inconsistent behaviour. You can of course copy that character to your clipboard and paste it anyplace. If you want the Find and Replace inside the Saved Searches editor to be a Paste Target as a new feature, I would be happy to consider it.

06-28-2024, 02:21 PM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,160 Karma: 5450818 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	But as I explained earlier, the InsertSpecialCharacter dialog, grabs input focus when you select the character at that time so there is no other keyboard focus active. It is a dialog, not an input device. It is designed to paste chars into CodeView and FindReplace with one click.

06-28-2024, 06:47 PM	#6
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,160 Karma: 5450818 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	In fact trying to generate fake key events that the user did not generate is what can get your application shut down for security reasons. No one else has expressed any interest in this given you can create and test searches in Find and Replace and then save them easily. I will take your feature request under consideration. No promises.