Smart cursor and backspace/delete-> inconsistend behaviour when at end of line

[skjerns]

Problem Description

When shifting lines, the smart cursor behaves inconsistently.

Consider the following example where I want to remove the last digit of each variable (i.e. the 1,2,3,4)

var1
var2
var3
var4

Here, I have the cursor at var1, press backspace, then down, and I would expect that the cursor lands on the end of the line. However, it lands between var and 2. So for the next removal, I need to press delete to delete the 2. However, when pressing down now, the cursor jumps to the end of line! So for removing the 3, I need to press backspace again.

This behaviour is inconsistend.

Solution: Either keep in the same column for both backspace of delete, or always move to end of line of we are at the end of line?

var1
var2
var3
var4

Put cursor to var1[CURSOR]. Remove with backspace. Then try to delete 2. etc

Versions

• Spyder version: 5.1.1
• Python version: N/A
• Qt version: N/A
• PyQt version: N/A
• Operating System name/version: win/linux