skip line breaks (i.e. jump to the next real glyph)

justanotherfoundry · Jun 5, 2018 · fd5077e · fd5077e
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diff --git a/Edit Next Glyph.py b/Edit Next Glyph.py
@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@
 Activates the next glyph in the tab for editing. You can give it a keyboard shortcut in the macOS system preferences.
 """
 
-Font.currentTab.textCursor = (Font.currentTab.textCursor + 1) % len(Font.currentTab.layers)
+initialCursor = Font.currentTab.textCursor
+while 1:
+	Font.currentTab.textCursor = (Font.currentTab.textCursor + 1) % len(Font.currentTab.layers)
+	# in case there are no real glyphs in the tab, we need to prevent an infinite loop
+	if Font.currentTab.textCursor == initialCursor:
+		break
+	try:
+		if Glyphs.font.selectedLayers[0].parent.name:
+			break
+	except:
+		# this happens when the cursor reaches a line break
+		pass
diff --git a/Edit Previous Glyph.py b/Edit Previous Glyph.py
@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@
 Activates the previous glyph in the tab for editing. You can give it a keyboard shortcut in the macOS system preferences.
 """
 
-Font.currentTab.textCursor = (Font.currentTab.textCursor - 1) % len(Font.currentTab.layers)
+initialCursor = Font.currentTab.textCursor
+while 1:
+	Font.currentTab.textCursor = (Font.currentTab.textCursor - 1) % len(Font.currentTab.layers)
+	# in case there are no real glyphs in the tab, we need to prevent an infinite loop
+	if Font.currentTab.textCursor == initialCursor:
+		break
+	try:
+		if Glyphs.font.selectedLayers[0].parent.name:
+			break
+	except:
+		# this happens when the cursor reaches a line break
+		pass