PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding

[Minor] Ctrl+A Does not Highlight all text in entry box

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#7,147 opened on Dec 22, 2023

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Description

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Is your feature request related to a problem?

No

Describe the solution you'd like

If possible, allowing CTRL+A to highlight all text in an entry box would be a wonderful quality of life improvement.

Thanks for all of your hard work!

Describe alternatives you've considered

N.A

Additional context

Keyboard shortcuts.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Search the codebase for existing keyboard shortcut handling in text entry fields, such as Ctrl+C or Ctrl+V. Look in the UI framework or event handling code for where shortcuts are defined. Then implement Ctrl+A to select all text by following the pattern of similar shortcuts.
Tech stack
lua
Domain
desktopgame dev
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
LuaGit
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80