Fixes to ctrl+backspace behavior

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 - Bugfix: Fixed support for Windows 11 Snap layouts. (#4994)
 - Bugfix: Fixed some windows appearing between screens. (#4797)
 - Bugfix: Fixed a bug on Wayland where tooltips would spawn as separate windows instead of behaving like tooltips. (#4998)
+- Bugfix: Fixes to section deletion in text input fields. (#5013)
 - Bugfix: Show user text input within watch streak notices. (#5029)
 - Dev: Run miniaudio in a separate thread, and simplify it to not manage the device ourselves. There's a chance the simplification is a bad idea. (#4978)
 - Dev: Change clang-format from v14 to v16. (#4929)

src/widgets/dialogs/EmotePopup.cpp

@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ EmotePopup::EmotePopup(QWidget *parent)
     this->search_->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
     this->search_->findChild<QAbstractButton *>()->setIcon(
         QPixmap(":/buttons/clearSearch.png"));
+    this->search_->installEventFilter(this);
     layout2->addWidget(this->search_);
 
     layout->addLayout(layout2);
@@ -448,6 +449,21 @@ void EmotePopup::loadChannel(ChannelPtr channel)
     }
 }
 
+bool EmotePopup::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
+{
+    if (object == this->search_ && event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress)
+    {
+        auto *keyEvent = dynamic_cast<QKeyEvent *>(event);
+        if (keyEvent == QKeySequence::DeleteStartOfWord &&
+            this->search_->selectionLength() > 0)
+        {
+            this->search_->backspace();
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 void EmotePopup::filterTwitchEmotes(std::shared_ptr<Channel> searchChannel,
                                     const QString &searchText)
 {

src/widgets/dialogs/EmotePopup.hpp

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class EmotePopup : public BasePopup
                             const QString &searchText);
     void filterEmotes(const QString &text);
     void addShortcuts() override;
+    bool eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event) override;
 };
 
 }  // namespace chatterino

src/widgets/dialogs/SelectChannelDialog.cpp

@@ -497,6 +497,12 @@ bool SelectChannelDialog::EventFilter::eventFilter(QObject *watched,
             widget->previousInFocusChain()->setFocus();
             return true;
         }
+        else if (event_key == QKeySequence::DeleteStartOfWord &&
+                 this->dialog->ui_.twitch.channelName->selectionLength() > 0)
+        {
+            this->dialog->ui_.twitch.channelName->backspace();
+            return true;
+        }
         else
         {
             return false;

src/widgets/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ void SettingsDialog::initUi()
     edit->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
     edit->findChild<QAbstractButton *>()->setIcon(
         QPixmap(":/buttons/clearSearch.png"));
+    this->ui_.search->installEventFilter(this);
 
     QObject::connect(edit.getElement(), &QLineEdit::textChanged, this,
                      &SettingsDialog::filterElements);
@@ -206,6 +207,21 @@ void SettingsDialog::setElementFilter(const QString &query)
     this->ui_.search->setText(query);
 }
 
+bool SettingsDialog::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
+{
+    if (object == this->ui_.search && event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress)
+    {
+        auto *keyEvent = dynamic_cast<QKeyEvent *>(event);
+        if (keyEvent == QKeySequence::DeleteStartOfWord &&
+            this->ui_.search->selectionLength() > 0)
+        {
+            this->ui_.search->backspace();
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 void SettingsDialog::addTabs()
 {
     this->ui_.tabContainer->setSpacing(0);

src/widgets/dialogs/SettingsDialog.hpp

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class SettingsDialog : public BaseWindow
     void selectTab(SettingsTabId id);
     void filterElements(const QString &query);
     void setElementFilter(const QString &query);
+    bool eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event) override;
 
     void onOkClicked();
     void onCancelClicked();

src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.cpp

@@ -202,11 +202,10 @@ bool SearchPopup::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
     if (object == this->searchInput_ && event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress)
     {
         QKeyEvent *keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent *>(event);
-        if (keyEvent->key() == Qt::Key_Backspace &&
-            keyEvent->modifiers() == Qt::ControlModifier &&
-            this->searchInput_->text() == this->searchInput_->selectedText())
+        if (keyEvent == QKeySequence::DeleteStartOfWord &&
+            this->searchInput_->selectionLength() > 0)
         {
-            this->searchInput_->clear();
+            this->searchInput_->backspace();
             return true;
         }
     }