Default cursor position

[PolishedStaple]

Right now when going into an existing note that is quite long, the default position for the cursor is at the bottom of the note. Can we change this so that it remembers where my cursor was last time and then go to that location?

[phedlund]

I think you mean the scroll position. When showing a new note the keyboard is not visible and a cursor position cannot be set. I don't think always showing the keyboard is what you want.

I lean towards emulating the built-in Notes app. It never shows the keyboard when showing a new note and is always scrolled to the top regardless of any previous position.

[PolishedStaple]

You are speaking of new notes and I'm speaking of existing notes that are quite long. I just went into a long one now and it put me at the very end. So it's not showing a note at the top, like you mention the built-in Notes app does.

[phedlund]

No, I speak of existing notes (by new I meant different). Create your long note in the Notes app provided by Apple to see what I mean.

[PolishedStaple]

Ok, what I'm saying is that a note isn't always scrolled to the top, regardless of any previous position. It's acting the opposite of what you described above.

[phedlund]

Yes, I know. What I wrote was my suggested fix.

[jancborchardt]

So the behavior is now to show the top of the note by default? That’s much better than scrolled all the way to the bottom for sure. :)

An enhancement would be though that for notes you previously opened, the scroll state would be restored to the position you left it in. (i.e. where you last typed.)

[phedlund]

The only issue with that is that the position could have changed if the note was edited elsewhere.

[jancborchardt]

Yeah, that’s true – then it could be one of the two for previously edited documents which where then edited elsewhere:

• open it in the scroll position last active on the device
• open it with scrolled to top