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I really like this!

A topic by JDCorley created Feb 05, 2023 Views: 158 Replies: 10
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Hey, I really like this! I use a lot of "full screen" writing programs to aid in my process and this is one of the simplest and most effective. 

My question is this: I use a portrait-oriented screen (for that classic typewriter sheet experience).  As I write, the text only flows about halfway down the screen, and then begins to scroll off the top, leaving the lower 50 percent of the screen blank.  Is there a setting that I can use to completely fill the whole screen (or to customize where the scrolling begins, perhaps?)  

Great work and thanks!

Developer

Hello! Thank you for the feedback! I knew this might be an issue. I designed it like this on purpose so that the screen is always centered, like the carriage on a typewriter. However, every other setting can be turned on and off, so I don't see why this couldn't be optional as well.

Got it. Yes, if it could be moved lower or turned off that would make portrait orientation feel a lot better. Right now if you're at the end of a file adding more text, half the screen is empty.  (When editing, of course, it's fine to have it on because being in the middle looks normal.)  Thanks and best wishes!

Developer

Done! It took a little longer than I thought it would, there were some breaking changes in the newest beta of Godot 4 that I needed to address, but you can now turn off and on the Center To Cursor functionality. It should work great in portrait mode, now.

Thanks for the feedback!

Rob51Design

Awesome, I re downloaded and it looks great. Best wishes in this or future projects.

Developer

I added a second centering mode where the active line stays where you click, so you set a custom center point by using the scroll bar (or scroll wheel of the mouse).

I was messing with a slider, or a typed range, but this method is a little more intuitive. Anyway, thank you for the purchase!

No prob.  It's a nice little thing and worth the cheap price.

Not sure I "get" this update. When I have "Centered" turned on, then I can click anywhere in the document and type and the cursor works its way down from the top all the way to the bottom, pushing text ahead of it if there is any. If I slide the scroll bar down (moving the text up) then when I start typing again it just behaves the same way. The text doesn't "automatically" scroll up until I'm at the very bottom of the page. This is the requested behavior I have above but I can't "start" the text scrolling anywhere - it only automatically happens at the bottom of the page.

When I have "Sticky" turned on, it behaves like it did before - I can click anywhere I want, but when I start typing the text jumps so that the line I'm working on is always in the middle of the page. Doesn't seem like anything I can do can change where on the page my work is going.

Developer

I think I've found where the issue lies, but can you test something out for me?

Can you test to see if Sticky mode works after having half a page of text or more?

Developer

Alright, I think I've finally got the kinks out. Let me know how the 1.0.3 build works for you.

I downloaded it and this is a lot clearer:


"Centered" acts like it did before. Whenever I type, it snaps to the center of the page and as I type it pushes text off the top of the page.

"Sticky" allows me to select anywhere on the page, that line becomes the line that acts as "centered" above. This is my ideal portrait working mode. I put the sticky line near the bottom of the page (so I can see if there's something after what II'm writing) and still feel like I'm working on a roll of typewriter paper.

"Off" just types down the page to the bottom and then text above scrolls up.

Great job, it seems like it's working now! Thanks for the quick updates.

Developer

Thanks for the suggestion!