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Feature request: Hotkeys for switching between Line/Block selection mode
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Description
After using KDE's LaTeX frontend kile for some months I decided to use TeXstudio since kile's buggy beta version distributed via my package manager makes me sick.
For now, everything is fine, except that I'm missing hotkeys for switching between Line and Block selection mode. I noticed that TeXstudio already has facilities of block selection; however, this requires interaction with mouse/touchpad while I would prefer something like ...
- hotkeys for switching between line and block selection mode (such as
ctrl+shift+binkileorkate)
or
- using
shift+arrow keysfor line selection andalt+shift+arrow keysfor block selection (such as innotepad++)
since I do text selections mainly using the arrow keys.
Environment
- TeXstudio: 2.12.6
- OS: Debian Testing (
buster) - TeX distribution: TeX Live 2017
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Research direction
Reproduce the existing block-selection behavior in TeXstudio and inspect how selection modes and keyboard shortcuts are currently exposed. Compare the requested mode-switching hotkeys with the alternative Shift/Alt+Shift arrow behavior before choosing a scope. Done means line and block selection can be controlled from the keyboard without mouse or touchpad interaction.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100