Submitted by markfoley on 2009/05/28 21:09
Hi guys,
 
This seems odd:
 
a) shift-select to highlight 10 cells down a column
b) Hit 'del' to clear them
c) hit ctrl-z, only the first value comes back.
 
Just wondering if it does this intentionally?

Comments

This has always been the case. Full undo (including multi-step) is not implemented just yet.
 

markfoley

2009/05/28 21:43

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

No worries Pierre.  As long as it's on the development map!  Is there a target version for it?

markfoley

2009/05/31 18:32

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

No worries, thanks for that.  Multi step undo is a luxury, but reversing the most recent step (even if it affects several rows) will be important.  I can understand that those multi row actions are probably 'sequences' of steps anyway so far as the computer is concerned.  Nothing's ever simple, is it?  :)

Armando

2009/06/01 20:23

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

There might be a lot to do before, but there are some pretty serious issues related to undo... (I allready discussed these in the past.
 
1- One is that if you accidently want to undo (ctrl-z) something that's erased in the filter area, it will undo something written in the grid. Not good. 2- Same for column filters,
3- and same thing while editing the content of cell  (undo will undo previous grid entry/editing and not the current mistake)
4- and maybe other areas too... (can't remember of the top of my head...)
 
To avoid useless pain and headaches, undo should always work for the currently active "editing area". It's a must and, IMHO, should be a priority. Multiple undo could come after (maybe is it a luxury...).

jan_rifkinson

2009/06/01 21:11

In reply to by Armando

[quote=Armando][snip] undo should always work for the currently active "editing area". It's a must and, IMHO, should be a priority. Multiple undo could come after (maybe is it a luxury...).[/quote]
Excellent point. If it isn't t limited to active "editing area" it could really make one crazy.
 
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Armando

2009/06/01 23:05

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

Thanks a lot Pierre.

Anonymous

2009/06/02 03:12

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

Hi Pierre, when you mention it's fixed did you mean undo would bring all my cleared lines from the last step back too?

Tom

2009/06/02 04:10

In reply to by Anonymous

[quote=glinkot]Hi Pierre, when you mention it's fixed did you mean undo would bring all my cleared lines from the last step back too?[/quote]doesnt look like it -
have a look at the mantis link mantis.sqlnotes.net/view.php
 
But it's great that's sorted out - it's scary when you know something was just undone but dont know what . .

Armando

2009/06/02 13:29

In reply to by Tom

There's another thing that I think should work differently :
 
while editing the content of a cell, when one presses esc by mistake , one looses everything that was written (edited) in the cell... with no possibility of undoing that action. This happened to me quite a few times.
 
Solution : popup window warning the user that data will be lost, or... just the ability of undoing that last action.
 
 
 

Tom

2009/06/02 16:29

In reply to by Armando

[quote=Armando]
There's another thing that I think should work differently :
 
while editing the content of a cell, when one presses esc by mistake , one looses everything that was written (edited) in the cell... with no possibility of undoing that action. This happened to me quite a few times.
 
Solution : popup window warning the user that data will be lost, or... just the ability of undoing that last action[/quote] or just that it takes you out of edit mode leaving the edited text - if you want to undo it then Ctrl+Z should work