ipython/ipython — Issue #1319: Running a cell with ctrl+Enter selects text in cell
Author: alexbw
Created: 2012-01-25 01:54:10+00:00
State: open

When running a cell in the web notebook with ctrl+enter (which I do a lot when iterating over a tiny chunk of an algorithm), all the text in the cell is selected in both Safari and Chrome. De-selecting this text is a bit awkward, especially if you have to do it constantly.

To de-select the text, I have to double-click, which selects the nearest word, and then click or ctrl+n or arrow-down to move away from the word selection. Single-clicking, or using the arrows does not work after hitting ctrl+enter.

I feel the behavior should be to leave the text alone, and leave the cursor back where it originally was, returning focus to the cell.