[Bug 373610] [NEW] Moving cursor vertically with dynamic word wrap

[Luca Citi]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kate

Hi!
This bug (or at least unexpected behaviour) applies to kile (1:2.1.0~svn942443-0ubuntu4), kate (4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1), ...
I am using Kubuntu 9.04.
Here is what happens:
- I have an indentated text with lines long more than the text area width that are dynamically word wrapped (see figure)
- I start with the cursor in position line=1 col=1
- I move the down arrow repeatedly
- The cursor moves through the following positions: (1,1) -> (2,1) -> (3,1) -> (4,1) -> (4,74) -> (5,5) -> (6,5)
What I expected (and find useful) is that the cursor should go back to column 1 as soon as it is "available" again,
i.e.: (1,1) -> (2,1) -> (3,1) -> (4,1) -> (4,74) -> (5,1) -> (6,1).
The current behaviour makes simple operations, e.g. the selection of blocks of source code, more difficult.
Thanks,
Luca

** Affects: kdesdk (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Moving cursor vertically with dynamic word wrap
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