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v1.2.0-beta.9 — file shown whole, key grid removed

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@danielcamilo1 danielcamilo1 released this 03 Sep 12:53
· 4 commits to testing since this release

Prerelease for testing on device.

The key grid is gone

The SteamOS keyboard does come up for Steam's own text field, so the button grid that typed without it has been removed — along with the on-screen cursor keys and the L1/R1 cursor movement that only existed to serve it. Steam's keyboard has those already.

The file is shown whole

Lines were being drawn as one panel row each, which read as a form of stacked inputs and fitted about eight lines on screen. They are now bare rows at the text's own height, so the file reads as a document — roughly thirty lines at a time — with the line under the cursor dropping its truncation to show itself in full.

Editing happens in front of the file

Picking a line no longer replaces the file with a field:

  • The field opens underneath the document, focused straight away, which is what brings the SteamOS keyboard up.
  • The file stays on screen above it, with the line being edited marked in place and updating as you type.
  • ▲ / ▼ carry the field to the line above or below without closing it, and the file scrolls to follow — a run of edits is one session, not one round trip per line.
  • Split here breaks the line at the cursor; Insert line, Delete line and Clear sit beside it.
  • B applies the line and returns to the file. Nothing typed is lost, and the file on disk is untouched until Save.

Recent Locations is unchanged from beta.8.