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[IDV #XEP-957693]: IDV - minus sign not selected

Hi HansPeter

> Institution: EUMETSAT
> Package Version: 1.3b2
> Operating System: XP and SuSE Linux 9.3
> Hardware Information: XP: Thinkpad T43p / Linux: compaq nw8000
> Inquiry: When adding "Images" data of type M8/M8HRV, the "Data Source 
> Chooser" lists a small negative value in "Lon:" field. Selecting the number 
> in this with a double click does not include the minus sign, i.e. when typing 
> a new number it will still be preceded by this minus sign. I would expect 
> (might be wrongly) that double clicking selectes the entire field content. If 
> ever, this is probably a more generic (intentional/erronous) feature than 
> just in this specific field?

I would expect this also, but in reality this is typical text editors.
For example, if you are viewing this message in a text editor and
double click on -20393, you'll notice that only the number portion 
is selected.  A double click only selects the "word" where the click
occurs and the minus sign (-) is considered a separate word.  Try
this in a web browser:

- go to www.google.com
- type in -foo bar
- double click on bar and you'll see bar highlighted
- double click on -foo and you'll see just foo highlighted.
- triple click in the box and the whole line is selected.

So, the solution is to triple click or alternatively use Ctrl-A which
selected the entire line. I've gone to using the latter in this widget
for just this reason.

This is compounded in the IDV because the text shifts to the right
and the minus sign is hidden so you don't know it's not selected.
We'll see if we control the shifting in a future release.

Don Murray

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XEP-957693
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open