TextArea CTRL-k behavior request

[BillScherer]

Requesting CTRL-k (C-k) behavior be modified as follows.

C-k currently does not kill new lines, and on a line with printable content, this is correct. On a line with only a newline, C-k should kill the new line. This will allow the TextArea user to kill multiple lines simply with repeated application of C-k. The current behavior of never killing a newline requires more effort that in it should. Thanks!

[davep]

While I agree this would make sense, meanwhile, you could possibly go with something like this in your app:

from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.widgets import TextArea

class TextAreaEx(TextArea):
    """Extended TextArea."""

    def action_delete_to_end_of_line(self) -> None:
        if self.selection.end != self.get_cursor_line_end_location():
            super().action_delete_to_end_of_line()
        else:
            self.action_delete_line()

class CtrlKApp(App[None]):

    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        yield TextAreaEx()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    CtrlKApp().run()

[BillScherer]

Thanks! I'll give that a try.

[BillScherer]

That works perfectly. Thanks again!

[willmcgugan]

This feels like it should be the default behaviour.

[BillScherer]

This is how it works in Emacs

[davep]

(1+ team-emacs)

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