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SUGGEST: Colomnar block selection mode #42

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
(please contact me at jon _at_ thehelpshop dot com, instead of the gmail 
address)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. . N/a 
2.  Go into this selection mode, Then touch the desired 
starting position, and drag cursor to desired end position
(or, in android drag the start & end markers to desired positions)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
DESIRED - block of text bounded by row X to row Y, and by column X to column Y
SEE INSTEAD = can't do this

Would like to be able to select (for copy/paste) a rectangular block of text 
(monospaced font documents only),
from Column X Row position Cx-Rx to Cy-Ry
Such as a table or certain portion of a table.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Jota+ current.  Android 4.1

Please provide any additional information below.
Some advanced text editor programs in Windows have this capability.
(e.g., Multi-Edit, and others)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by koerner....@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2013 at 3:29