Bug 207035

Summary:	Composer gives no indication when editing in overwrite mode, rather than insert mode
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Brendon Higgins <brendon>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	martin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	4.8
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Brendon Higgins 2009-09-11 06:40:14 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Most editing programs and widgets indicate whether editing is being performed in insert or overwrite mode. Usually, a line-shaped text cursor indicates insert mode, and a box-shaped cursor indicates overwrite mode. But the KMail Composer only ever has a line-shaped cursor. (Some programs also have an indication in the status bar, but KMail does not have that, either.)

A number of times I've gone to add words in the middle of an email and after typing out a sentence realise that I've accidentally hit the "Insert" key and overwritten a bunch of text. It just occurred to me why I never seem to notice before I start typing: because KMail won't tell me what editing mode I'm in like other programs will.

Comment 1 Martin Koller 2009-09-15 21:41:18 UTC

Agreed. But it's a wish, not a bug.

Comment 2 Laurent Montel 2011-09-11 10:45:52 UTC

Git commit 31c0b18ab37e16edfe0ebb2a7ea4abee5698a1c5 by Montel Laurent.
Committed on 11/09/2011 at 12:45.
Pushed by mlaurent into branch 'master'.

Bug 207035 - Composer gives no indication when editing in overwrite mode, rather than insert mode

FIXED-IN: 4.8
BUG: 207035

M  +15   -1    kmail/kmcomposewin.cpp
M  +2    -0    kmail/kmcomposewin.h

http://commits.kde.org/kdepim/31c0b18ab37e16edfe0ebb2a7ea4abee5698a1c5