default value of Right-to-left cursor movement preference

Udicoudco udifoglle at gmail.com
Mon Jun 10 19:44:08 UTC 2024


Dear all,

Personally I don't know anyone who is intentionally
use the current default value of this preference,
so I thought about changing the default from 'logical'
to 'visual' to make the experience of new users easier,
but I don't want to do that without it being a consensus.

If you want to understand what this preference is for,
follow these steps:

* Open a new document
* Open the command buffer (View->Toolbars->Command Buffer->On)
* Start a new language with an RTL script by typing e.g. language hebrew
  in the command buffer
* Open an equation inset, and type several characters in it and outside of it.
* Start moving the caret with the left and right arrow keys

You will notice how inside the equation the caret navigate to the opposite
direction from which you are ordering it to, unlike in normal text.
Note that it happens not only in equations, but in other places which
are considered intrinsically LTR, like ERT.

After switching the Right-to-left cursor movement preference
to visual, you should notice that the caret now always moves to the
direction you are ordering it.

Is there anyone who would prefer to leave things
as they are?

Best regards,
Udi


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