Re: [lmi] PATCH: wxGrid-based census view

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:01:43 +0000 Greg Chicares <gchicares@sbcglobal.net> 
wrote:

GC> Because in that era I was among the "goats", I was slightly
GC> surprised that wxGrid doesn't use End as a mode key, as in:
GC>   press and release End; then
GC>   press and release an arrow key
GC> which had the same effect as pressing and holding Ctrl, then
GC> pressing an arrow key (and only then releasing both).

 I have to admit I had no idea about this until today, but I can indeed
confirm that this works in Excel (although for up/down only, and not for
left/right for some reason).

GC> (I won't even bother testing whether ScrollLock works the same
GC> way it did in old-time spreadsheets: it wasn't all that useful,
GC> and that key no longer works on my keyboard.)

 It's a very useful key, I use it to wake my computer from sleep, as I can
be sure that pressing it won't do anything else.

GC> I've tested and committed a change, and will push it in due course.

 Thanks!
VZ

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