[MC-3900] Text field doesn't scroll back

The bug

When the content of a text box gets shortened, the text doesn't get scrolled back, resulting in a not completely visible text, even if the whole text would fit into the text box.

How to reproduce

Write something long into a text box (e.g. chat) so that it goes over the standard width
Delete parts at the end until everything would fit into the text field

Also works with going to the beginning, marking everything to the end and pasting something shorter into the text box.

It happens automatically when first choosing "Desert", then "Redstone Ready" in the superflat menu.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 2

MC-91822 Exchanging items in anvil doesn't update text scrolling if new name is shorter Resolved

MC-69536 Chat GUI doesn't align previous text correctly Resolved

relates to 1

MC-124240 Tab suggestions do not align if command/argument is partially outside the left boundary of the chat line Open

Comments 21

CubeTheThird 2012-11-27T12:14:53Z

I fail to see the issue here. Can you explain more explicitly what the problem is?

Sid Ben 2012-11-27T22:36:23Z

I got this bug too. But is not really a bug - see below

If you make a new superflat world:

1) Select REDSTONE READY
The preset will be 2;7,3x1,52x24;2 - correct

2) Select DESERT
The preset will be 2;7,3x1,52x24,8x12;2;stronghold,biome_1,village,decoration,dungeon,mineshaft - correct

3) Select again REDSTONE READY
The preset will be 4;2 - wrong...

BUT - The preset is not really 4;2, since the DESERT preset is large, the textbox only displays the last characters. If you select the textbox and press HOME or LEFT, you'll see that the preset is indeed 2;7,3x1,52x24;2

The game could place the cursor on the start of the textbox to avoid this confusion, I would call this a UI bug, not a game bug.

CubeTheThird 2012-11-27T22:41:48Z

Ah now I see. This issue only occurs when the minecraft window is not scaled in any way.

Aden McKinley 2012-11-27T22:44:22Z

UI bug? - do you mean GUI?

Sid Ben 2012-11-28T04:12:20Z

Yeah, I work with web development, I think i mixed the two.

11 more comments

marcono1234 2014-07-27T11:56:47Z

Confirmed for

14w30c
14w31a
Minecraft 1.8-pre 1
The text would fit in the box but it is still "cut" off

Dogest Potato 2014-07-27T13:39:24Z

Thank you for finally seeing this issue. It has been unresolved for almost 2 whole years.

marcono1234 2015-09-11T11:25:26Z

Confirmed for

15w37a

FaRo1 2016-07-01T16:44:26Z

In 1.10.2 I see "k,3*minecraft:stone,52*minecraft:sandstone;2;" which is the end of "3;minecraft:bedrock,3*minecraft:stone,52*minecraft:sandstone;2;", the correct preset code. How it is described in the description it is definitely not the case anymore since 13w37a when ID names for blocks and items were introduced. Except the presets used the numeric IDs longer? Or is the issue something else?
Edit: Superflat presets used ID names from 14w08a on. Since this bug is confirmed for 15w37a, the issue has to be something else.

user-f2760 2016-07-01T17:28:12Z

What you described is exactly the issue here.

FaRo1 2016-07-01T17:36:47Z

What? That it only shows the end of the code? What should happen instead? Should the text box be made wider, levitating left and right of the screen? That's not possible.

user-f2760 2016-07-01T18:30:52Z

It should move the text over again, to show as much as possible, no need to change the size of the box.

FaRo1 2016-07-01T19:07:18Z

Ah, I tested it in a window that was only one half of the screen before. But yes, I got the buggy behaviour now, too.
It also happens with command blocks:

Copy a text.
Put a longer text in the command block.
Go to first position, mark to end (everything marked, cursor at end).
Ctrl+V

Result: Only the end is visible.

This is not specific to superflat, this is a behaviour of Minecraft text boxes in general. Should I change the report accordingly? I wasn't able to find something for that, but it's hard to search.

[Mod] redstonehelper 2016-07-02T18:22:20Z

There's a ticket for this behavior affecting the chat input field.

FaRo1 2016-07-02T20:32:31Z

Where? As I said, it's hard to search. I think the two should be merged and extended to general text boxes, depending on which one is older, it stays, the other gets marked as duplicate.

[Mod] redstonehelper 2016-07-07T10:21:14Z

MC-69536.

marcono1234 2016-07-16T18:08:07Z

Probably duplicated by MC-91822

FaRo1 2016-07-16T18:27:24Z

Yes.

bob 2016-11-26T11:39:05Z

The NBT tags don't do anything in 1.11

marcono1234 2016-11-26T11:55:39Z

@unknown it looks like you commented on the wrong report

bob 2016-11-26T13:53:29Z

Oh sorry yes the search thing was glitching out. MC-105114 🙂