#7727: pressing Ctrl+Alt+A from within a math inset does not work

[Michael Clerx]

#7727: pressing Ctrl+Alt+A from within a math inset does not work
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Reporter: MichaelClerx | Owner: lasgouttes
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 2.1.x
Component: general | Version: 2.0.0
Keywords: |
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As for a use case, the only one I
can think of is: suppose I start writing a note. Then I decide I want to
start over. I would want to select all text inside the note and delete it.

Another use case: Say I'm typing an equation "x+y" and I realise I
should have been typing "1/(x+y)". I select all, cut, insert the
fraction and paste back in the appropriate place.
Another use case is merging the contents of insets, for example if you
want to replace a table of insets with an inset containing a table.
None of these occur if you know the exact formatting you want before you
start, but in practice that doesn't happen very often.

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Post by Michael Clerx
Another use case: Say I'm typing an equation "x+y" and I realise I
should have been typing "1/(x+y)". I select all, cut, insert the
fraction and paste back in the appropriate place.
Another use case is merging the contents of insets, for example if you
want to replace a table of insets with an inset containing a table.
None of these occur if you know the exact formatting you want before you
start, but in practice that doesn't happen very often.

OK, let's continue this discussion on lyx-devel.

To be clear, in the patch I proposed in the ticket there are 3 levels of
selection:

* select contents of current cell
* select contents of all cells (if the inset has more than one cell)
* select inset itself.

I was wondering whether the second case was useful. Your first use case
correspond to selecting cell. I am not sure what your second use case is
about.

JMarc