Bug 195724

Summary: Click Konsole Text Input to Move Cursor
Product: [Applications] konsole Reporter: Kevin <kjslag>
Component: generalAssignee: Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status: VERIFIED NOT A BUG    
Severity: wishlist CC: robertknight
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Kevin 2009-06-09 00:16:39 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

When typing a lot into the terminal, it takes a long time to scroll to the middle by holding an arrow key.

If possible, it would be nice to be able to mouse click (while holding down a hotkey) where I want to cursor to move to, even if the implementation is somewhat of a hack, and not guaranteed to always work.
Comment 1 Robert Knight 2009-06-09 00:40:16 UTC 
> When typing a lot into the terminal, it takes a long time
> to scroll to the middle by holding an arrow key.

I presume you mean 'moving the cursor to the middle of the input line'?  Konsole is not responsible for positioning the cursor - that is done by the program reading the input, typically a shell such as bash.  The input line is typically read by a library called readline which has a bunch of shortcuts for moving the cursor and manipulating the text.  For example Ctrl+Left/Right arrow moves the cursor one word to the left or right.  Home/End move to the start or end of the line.  A limited set of these work in normal text input fields in most applications as well.
Comment 2 Kevin 2009-06-09 00:51:13 UTC 
> For example Ctrl+Left/Right arrow
> moves the cursor one word to the left or right.

Thank you, I didn't know that. There isn't much need for the then.
This can be closed.