Done: Text view not obviously visible when pasting non-hex
Posted: 11 Aug 2017 11:56
I opened HxD and attempted to paste some text. My purpose was to see what the bytes were. (Whether this was wise, given what the clipboard is capable of, is another question.)
I got an alert saying:
"Pasting is not possible as the text in the clipboard contains invalid values. If you want to paste text, move to the text column."
Fair enough - I don't mind that, but the "text column" isn't visible. I looked in the menus, and couldn't find an obvious way to make the text column visible.
So then I typed some random bytes in, and sure enough the equivalent text appeared on the right, and when I tried, I could paste text there.
This could be fixed with a minor UI tweak: making the text area visibly distinct from the bytes. It's currently one big white expanse. There's space above the text view to put a header: "Text view". Some kind of visible column divider would help too.
You might also consider automatically pasting non-hex content into the right place.
I got an alert saying:
"Pasting is not possible as the text in the clipboard contains invalid values. If you want to paste text, move to the text column."
Fair enough - I don't mind that, but the "text column" isn't visible. I looked in the menus, and couldn't find an obvious way to make the text column visible.
So then I typed some random bytes in, and sure enough the equivalent text appeared on the right, and when I tried, I could paste text there.
This could be fixed with a minor UI tweak: making the text area visibly distinct from the bytes. It's currently one big white expanse. There's space above the text view to put a header: "Text view". Some kind of visible column divider would help too.
You might also consider automatically pasting non-hex content into the right place.