retain selection between modes

[Adam J]

similar to #900 but this would also retain cursor selection instead of just cursor position when toggling between modes.

Adam J

[guest]

works in wysiwygpro http://www.wysiwygpro.com/index.php?id=337

Adam J

[gogo]

They do not use a plain textarea for the source like we do, their source view is "rich" (note the syntax highlighting etc) which would allow them to do this.

I guess this could be done as a plugin to allow similar "rich source" editing, overriding the standard view source button. But not part of Xinha core.

Closing wontfix but plugin contributions welcome!

[guest]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Is it not possible to add a control character to the beginning and end of a selection?

Also if I was to look into the plugin route how would it be easier to achieve?

[gogo]

Yes maybe you could do that, I don't know enough about the selection/range capabilities of the textarea.

Patches welcome but not something I can put time into.

As for plugin, I meant if you/somebody was to create a rich source view like in WYSIWYGPro, that should be a plugin, not part of core. Not easier, just better.

[adamj]

I'm pretty sure this can be made to work. I may implement this at some point. Perhaps we could reopen this bug and add it to a "Features Paradize" category in the roadmap? This category could be used for bugs/ features that you can't put time into.

[adamj]

Submitted a patch for gecko. Webkit should work in the same way.

Needs a little more work as some circumstances can break the selection. But generally seems to work ok.

[guest]

Replying to adamj:

Submitted a patch for gecko. Webkit should work in the same way. Needs a little more work as some circumstances can break the selection. But generally seems to work ok.

@adamj, do you have a diff against the Gecko.js trunk that you could upload?

[adamj]

patch from winmerge