[squeak-dev] Usability issue with text decoration halo handles

karl ramberg karlramberg at gmail.com
Mon May 21 20:24:13 UTC 2018


Hi,
Could it be similar issue as PopUpChoiceMorph I reported a while back? That
is caused by this change

The Trunk: Morphic-mt.1414.mcz

Best,
Karl

On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Jakob Reschke <forums.jakob at resfarm.de>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> After using the text emphasis halo handle (the orange one, next to
> rightmost at the bottom) on a text morph to change the emphasis of
> selected text, the emphasis selection dialog will appear again on
> every click, albeit not clicking on the same handle again. In fact, it
> does not matter where I click: even clicking the world invokes
> chooseEmphasisOrAlignment on the text again.
>
> A workaround is to use the Ctrl+. interrupt. After that, the halo can
> be dismissed by clicking somewhere else.
>
> The same issue also applies to the font style halo handle (the middle
> one at the bottom), but not to the font size handle (next to leftmost
> at the bottom). The issue does not show in my Squeak 5.1 image. There,
> the halo vanishes after selecting the emphasis once.
>
> You should be able to reproduce it in a Workspace. Shift+blue click on
> the text should open the halo on the relevant text morph immediately.
>
> Kind regards,
> Jakob
>
> PS. I wanted to use this to apply the struck-out emphasis. Its
> keyboard shortcut is overridden by the global font size changing
> actions. If you know another, easier way to strike out text, please
> tell me. :-)
>
>
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