Arrow Down deletes the prompt message

[electriczity]

Hi,
I have very annoying issue with the plugin. Even I know the issue, almost every time when I type longer prompt i forget the prompt input is one-liner input and accidentally delete my long message without possibility to "undo" this just with arrow key.

The prompt message is like a one-liner but user can type newline for better formatting or paste the code here with multiple lines, but the input ignores this aspect and any arrow up/down input will delete the prompt message. It happen possibly because it tries to look up into history even if it is empty, it should not do that this easily and weirdly.

Actual status
In new or running conversation, I paste the multiline text and want to change something in it so i use arrow left/right or mouse to move cursor or select and modify text I want to change. Then I decide to move cursor lower so I intuitively press arrow down to go to lower line, but message disappears forever.

Expected behavior
In new or running conversation, I paste the multiline text and want to change something in it, so I move there by left/right arrow and do the change. After that I want to move the cursor a line lower, so I press arrow down to change the line and text cursor changes the line to the lower one.

This is behavior I saw in VS Code -- If the text field is empty or the cursor is on zero position in text, arrow up can list in prompt history up. But if there is no prompt history, it shouldn't delete the message, because there is no previous prompt to switch to.

Edit: I fixed a mistake .. I thought It is the arrow up key that deletes the message, but it is arrow down thats do that.

[wayneparrott]

Thx for this feedback and suggestions. I've opened a card with your info for the team. I'll update when this is addressed.

Wayne
Copilot4Eclipse Team

[wayneparrott]

Quick update, I just committed a fix that behaves similar to your recommendation. It will be available in the next Copilot4Eclipse update possibly as soon as late next week.

[wayneparrott]

This fix is available in the latest Copilot4Eclipse 1.6.1 update: https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/copilot4eclipse