Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

Don't change the selection on page-up/page-down

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Description

What is the feature you'd like to have?
I'd like the element I've highlighted to stay highlighted when I page-up/down. IDA muscle memory is hard to retrain.

Is your feature request related to a problem?
Perhaps not widespread, but I'm constantly paging up/down via keyboard when looking at a large function. When I've highlighted a variable of interest, it gets deselected when I use page-up/page-down keys.

Are any alternative solutions acceptable?
I can use the scrollbar / scroll wheel / touchpad to scroll without moving the cursor, but that requires that I take my hands off the keyboard.

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by locating the keyboard handling for Page Up/Page Down and the selection state in Binary Ninja, then reproduce the issue in a large function with a highlighted variable. Done means paging changes the viewport without clearing the highlighted selection.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
reverse-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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