The cursor is re-positioned to beginning after content is updated #773

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1. stephen9357

   changed the title [-]The cursor be re-positioned to beginning after content is updated[/-] [+]The cursor is re-positioned to beginning after content is updated[/+] on May 21, 2025
2. dail8859

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   good first issueGood for newcomersGood for newcomers

   on May 21, 2025
3. noobyogi0010 commented on Jun 20, 2025

   

   noobyogi0010

   on Jun 20, 2025

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   Hello,
   I would like to take up this issue, if no one else has already taken it up.
   Thanks!
4. dail8859 commented on Jun 20, 2025

   

   dail8859

   on Jun 20, 2025

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   As far as I know nobody else is working on it.

   My best guess is this function

   NotepadNext/src/NotepadNext/ScintillaNext.cpp

   Lines 324 to 353 in 4fc361a

   	void ScintillaNext::reload()
   	{
   	Q_ASSERT(isFile());
   	// Ensure the file still exists.
   	if (!QFile::exists(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath())) {
   	return;
   	}
   	// Remove all the text
   	{
   	const QSignalBlocker blocker(this);
   	setUndoCollection(false);
   	emptyUndoBuffer();
   	setText("");
   	setUndoCollection(true);
   	}
   	// NOTE: if the read fails then the buffer will be completely empty...which probably
   	// isn't a good thing, but this should be a rare occurrence.
   	QFile f(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath());
   	bool readSuccessful = readFromDisk(f);
   	if (readSuccessful) {
   	updateTimestamp();
   	setSavePoint();
   	}
   	return;
   	}

   would need modified to save the current selection (maybe also the view location) and then after the file is restored set the position and view.
5. noobyogi0010 commented on Jun 23, 2025

   

   noobyogi0010

   on Jun 23, 2025

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   Cool, I'll give it a go this week.
   Okay, so I'll get the current position and the view, and store them temporarily and once the file has been restored I'll set the position and the view.
   Thank you!
6. kolcz

   added a commit that references this issue on Jul 5, 2025

   Remove TODO comment, because task is assigned in issue dail8859#773

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7. lucienlmy commented on Nov 9, 2025

   

   lucienlmy

   on Nov 9, 2025

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   Cool, I'll give it a go this week. Okay, so I'll get the current position and the view, 和 store them temporarily and once the file has been restored I'll set the position and the view. Thank you!

   Is there any progress?
8. dail8859

   added 2 commits that reference this issue on Feb 14, 2026

   Keep cursor position when file is reloaded

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   This issue will close once commit 9fb0957 is merged into the 'master' branch.

   9fb0957

   Keep cursor position when file is reloaded (#955)

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   This issue will close once commit a3c09d4 is merged into the 'master' branch.

   a3c09d4
9. dail8859

   closed this as completedin #955on Feb 20, 2026