Ublock: [request] Remember the cursor position in 'My Filters' tab.

[smed79]

Current behavior

When you switch between tabs (or close uBo/browser) the cursor automatically jump to the bottom in the filter textarea of 'My Filters' tab.

Screenshot

• https://i.imgur.com/UG3kBG4.gifv

Request/Change

Make uBo remember/restore the cursor position in 'My Filters' tab if you switch between tabs or close uBo/browser.

[Atavic]

I don't think this is possible. You are changing the focus on the same program, so the cursor position is gone. To my knowledge, you are asking about a feature found in real editors, not browser addons.

[gwarser]

Related https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3701

[jspenguin2017]

@Atavic It's definitely possible, CodeMirror should know both the scroll and cursor position. Ace knows them for sure.
Should be rather straightforward using LocalStorage. I can PR but I do question the usefulness of such feature.

[gorhill]

I do question the usefulness of such feature.

I think the idea is that when working in a specific area of the filter list, most likely you want to resume work from the same point -- just like opening the dashboard auto-select the last pane used. In latest dev builds I removed the auto-scroll to the end of the list -- I ended up finding it annoying just like @SMed79 found this annoying, but to go to the last cursor position does make sense. Probably best to write to localStorage once when the pane is about to unload.

[jspenguin2017]

Probably best to write to localStorage once when the pane is about to unload.

Yes, that's what I meant.

resume work from the same point

Hum, I like dropping the cursor to the very end better...

Either way, I guess we need to debug https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3701 first.

[gwarser]

Clarification: cursor is restored to the beginning of the line.

[gorhill]

Yes, I didn't think restoring the column would be very useful (it's how I implemented it at first).