micro-editor / micro-editor/micro

Shift+Click to select

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Description

At the moment, shift+click doesn't do anything for me on my computer, even though I'd expect it to select everything between the current cursor location and the place where I clicked.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the behavior in micro and tracing the terminal mouse-click and selection handling entry points. Done means Shift+click selects every character between the current cursor location and the clicked location, with the behavior verified interactively and by relevant tests if available.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
64/100

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