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Clicking inside the stack trace box should not automatically highlight and scroll to the bottom

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It is very common to need to select a specific line in the stack trace so you can google it, but you can't do this easily because Studio Pro will automatically highlight the entire stack trace, and move your cursor to the bottom. The only way is to copy the entire stack trace, paste it into notepad or other word processor, then go back and select the specific line you want. The Log Line Details window already contained a button to copy the entire contents of the stack trace, not to mention every developer is well aware of the "ctrl+a", "ctrl+c" shortcut. With that in mind, the default behavior should be that of any normal text display, to allow the end user to specifically select any portion.

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This is one of the most annoying behaviours in mendix studio pro. Becaus everytime you get an error it's stressing enough. But fiddling with the stacktrace textarea rises the stresslevels even more.

 

  • It seems to be a problem with every single read only style textbox or textarea.

 

  • And if thats not enough -> when everythig is selected you can't just simply reselect the text because you get a "drag and drop not allowed" icon. So you have to click again to deselect or start selecting from a not highlighted background space. Then you will get the chance to select the line you want. And you need to always click and hold the mouse button. A single click otherwise will reselect all again and scroll to the bottom.

 

I don't get why this idea hasn't gone viral yet :D

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9/10 times We need go to a microflow, try to select the name, then search....  

Why not make the microflow names in the stack trace clickable?

 

See: https://community.mendix.com/link/space/usability/ideas/4875

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YES YES YES. The auto-select-all was one of the worst additions to the modeler ever!

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