angular-ui/ui-grid

Entire text is selected when entering deepEdit mode with F2 or doubleclick

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#7,217 opened on Feb 19, 2022

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Description

When entering deepEdit mode with a double-click or F2 when using navigation, the entire text is selected. I am used to the text not being selected and the cursor being at the end of the text in the input, like in excel with F2. With enableCellEditOnFocus: true and navigating the grid, it makes sense for the entire text to be selected, because when entering new text, the old text gets overwritten - behavior like excel. But when entering deepEdit with F2 - also like in Excel - you usually want to change the text and not overwrite it.

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Examine the code that handles F2 and double click to enter deep edit mode. Look for selection behavior flags. Trace the event handling path from grid navigation to cell edit.
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javascriptangular
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frontend
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