Bug 510538

Summary: Being able to place the insertion point in the middle of commands by clicking
Product: [Applications] konsole Reporter: Fernando M. Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component: generalAssignee: Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist Keywords: accessibility, usability
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 25.08.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503737
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Description Fernando M. Muniz 2025-10-12 20:57:25 UTC
Created attachment 185719 [details]
Reproducing the issue.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Click in the middle of a command to correct a typo.

OBSERVED RESULT
It's not possible.

EXPECTED RESULT
Being able to place the insertion point by clicking anywhere in a command; increasing usability especially for newcomers.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.1-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6
Comment 1 Fernando M. Muniz 2025-10-12 21:14:23 UTC
It also looks like a bug when you double-click a word and it even gets highlighted, but you can't delete it the selected word.
But that's already covered by the wishlist in Bug 503737