Bug 3214

Summary: [PATCH] Introduce preference to make cursor key up leaves message body optional
Product: Claws Mail (GTK 2) Reporter: Michael Gmelin <freebsd>
Component: UI/Compose WindowAssignee: users
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.10.1   
Hardware: PC   
OS: FreeBSD   
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Patch to introduce preference "cursor_up_leaves_body" none

Description Michael Gmelin 2014-06-16 22:49:01 UTC
Created attachment 1407 [details]
Patch to introduce preference "cursor_up_leaves_body"

Claws 3.10.1 brought a new feature that makes the cursor up key leave the message body when it's already on the first line and jump to the subject line. The attached patch introduces a preference called "cursor_up_leaves_body" that defaults to true. If set to false (0), the pre-3.10.1 behavior is restored.
Comment 1 Michael Gmelin 2014-06-17 23:03:01 UTC
Would it make sense to add a visible preference for this inside of claws (Configuration->Preferences->Compose->Writing->Editing->"Cursor key up leaves message body" [better name welcome])?

I find the new behavior to be really odd for a multi-line input text field.
Comment 2 Colin Leroy 2014-06-18 09:00:50 UTC
Hi Michael,

After a short discussion on IRC, we've decided not to accept this patch: we don't want to add hidden preferences for every little change we introduce, and also, there is a (more) usable alternative to go on top of an email, which is the Home key :)