Fast Edit - Please Show Selected Portion as Selected Whenever the Composer Opens

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denvergeeks requests that when using “Fast Edit” to select text, the Composer should open with that text already selected — rather than placing the cursor elsewhere (often in the Title), forcing the user to re-locate and re-select. They argue this would streamline editing via keyboard shortcuts or toolbar tools. JammyDodger suggests that if the system could reliably identify the selected text, it might not need to open the Composer at all. denvergeeks agrees and speculates that the Quote function works because it’s a simple copy-paste, not requiring text search or matching — unlike Edit, which may struggle with precise text identification.

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When I select a portion of text to “Fast Edit”, and then the Composer opens, I expect that the text I have selected will already be selected in the Composer.

At this point, the cursor often does not even appear anywhere near my selected text, and often even arrives in the Title.

It is cumbersome and confusing to have to visually locate the resulting position of the cursor, and also to have to then use the mouse to re-position the cursor and re-select the portion I already had selected for editing.

IMO it would be preferable that I arrive at my selected text when the composer opens up, and to have it do so as pre-selected. That way I can more quickly type in my replacement text, or apply any formatting using keyboard shortcuts or toolbar buttons.

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I think, though could be mistaken, that if it could identify which text you’d selected then it wouldn’t need to fallback to opening the composer at all?

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Hmm… thank you, yes that makes sense.

I’m guessing that the reason the Quote can identify (while the Edit cannot) is that the Quote is just a copy-paste, not relying on any search-and-find capability?