[MC-1578] Cannot move backwards in Books while writing / Cannot copy anything from the book Created: 01/Nov/12  Updated: 26/Oct/18  Resolved: 13/Sep/18

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.1, Minecraft 1.4.2, Minecraft 1.4.3, Minecraft 1.4.4, Minecraft 1.4.5, Snapshot 12w49a, Snapshot 12w50b, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w01a, Snapshot 13w01b, Snapshot 13w02a, Snapshot 13w02b, Snapshot 13w03a, Snapshot 13w04a, Snapshot 13w05b, Snapshot 13w06a, Snapshot 13w07a, Snapshot 13w09b, Snapshot 13w09c, Snapshot 13w10a, Snapshot 13w10b, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.5.1, Snapshot 13w16a, Snapshot 13w16b, Snapshot 13w17a, Snapshot 13w18c, Snapshot 13w21b, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 13w36b, Minecraft 13w39b, Minecraft 13w41a, Minecraft 13w42a, Minecraft 13w42b, Minecraft 1.7.2, Minecraft 13w47c, Minecraft 13w47e, Minecraft 1.7.3, Minecraft 14w03b, Minecraft 14w26c, Minecraft 1.7.10, Minecraft 1.8, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre3, Minecraft 1.8.7, Minecraft 15w45a, Minecraft 15w46a, Minecraft 15w49a, Minecraft 1.8.9, Minecraft 15w50a, Minecraft 15w51b, Minecraft 16w02a, Minecraft 16w03a, Minecraft 16w04a, Minecraft 16w05b, Minecraft 16w06a, Minecraft 16w07a, Minecraft 16w07b, Minecraft 1.9 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.9 Pre-Release 3, Minecraft 1.9 Pre-Release 4, Minecraft 1.9, Minecraft 1.9.1 Pre-Release 3, Minecraft 1.9.1, Minecraft 1.9.2, Minecraft 16w14a, Minecraft 1.9.3 Pre-Release 3, Minecraft 1.9.4, Minecraft 16w20a, Minecraft 16w21a, Minecraft 16w21b, Minecraft 1.10 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.10 Pre-Release 2, Minecraft 1.10, Minecraft 1.10.1, Minecraft 1.10.2, Minecraft 16w32a, Minecraft 16w32b, Minecraft 16w33a, Minecraft 16w35a, Minecraft 16w36a, Minecraft 16w38a, Minecraft 16w39a, Minecraft 16w39b, Minecraft 16w39c, Minecraft 16w40a, Minecraft 16w41a, Minecraft 16w42a, Minecraft 16w43a, Minecraft 16w44a, Minecraft 1.11 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.11, Minecraft 16w50a, Minecraft 1.11.1, Minecraft 1.11.2, Minecraft 17w06a, Minecraft 17w13a, Minecraft 17w13b, Minecraft 17w14a, Minecraft 17w15a, Minecraft 17w16a, Minecraft 17w17b, Minecraft 17w18b, Minecraft 1.12 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.12 Pre-Release 5, Minecraft 1.12 Pre-Release 6, Minecraft 1.12 Pre-Release 7, Minecraft 1.12, Minecraft 17w31a, Minecraft 1.12.1 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.12.1, Minecraft 1.12.2 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.12.2 Pre-Release 2, Minecraft 1.12.2, Minecraft 17w43a, Minecraft 17w43b, Minecraft 17w50a, Minecraft 18w01a, Minecraft 18w02a, Minecraft 18w03b, Minecraft 18w05a, Minecraft 18w07b, Minecraft 18w09a, Minecraft 18w16a, Minecraft 18w20c, Minecraft 18w21b, Minecraft 18w22c, Minecraft 1.13-pre1, Minecraft 1.13-pre2, Minecraft 1.13-pre3, Minecraft 1.13-pre5, Minecraft 1.13-pre6, Minecraft 1.13-pre7, Minecraft 1.13-pre8, Minecraft 1.13-pre9, Minecraft 1.13-pre10, Minecraft 1.13, Minecraft 18w30a, Minecraft 18w30b, Minecraft 18w31a, Minecraft 18w32a, Minecraft 18w33a, Minecraft 1.13.1-pre1, Minecraft 1.13.1-pre2, Minecraft 1.13.1, Minecraft 1.13.2-pre1
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 18w43a

Type: Bug
Reporter: Connor Steppie Assignee: Rikard Herlitz
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 352
Labels: book-and-quill, gui

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-9359 Not able to go back in Book and Quill. Resolved
is duplicated by MC-13154 old book and quill editing issue (eas... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-58472 I cant edit the book and quill Resolved
is duplicated by MC-113945 Book and Quill editing Resolved
is duplicated by MC-1643 Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V naming books and § afte... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-1899 Writing in Books! Issue! Resolved
is duplicated by MC-3393 Can't edit lines in writeable books Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-138003 Cannot move backwards in signs while ... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

when you are writing a book and notice you made an error at the beginning of a page, you have to delete the whole thing in order to undo the error. the same goes for not being able to copy and paste. although I know this was never added, the reason I added this as a bug is because it's strange that you can move your cursor in all the other ingame-interfaces like: anvils, chat, command blocks, seed, name-world, flatworld costumization but not in books

what I expected to happen was: I click with my mous or move with my arrow buttons in front of the word to undo my error.

what actually happened: I had to delete the whole thing in order to undo the mistake.

steps to reproduce:
1. write a page in a book and quill
2. try to go back to the first sentence without deleting everything you wrote.



 Comments   
Comment by [Mod] Neko [ 26/Oct/18 ]

Ticket for signs is now MC-138003.

Comment by Rikard Herlitz [ 25/Oct/18 ]

Yes, please create a separate ticket for signs.

Comment by [Mod] Pokechu22 [ 24/Oct/18 ]

I think it's probably better to create a separate clone ticket for signs, since signs are relatively trivial in comparison to books but it is separate code.

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 24/Oct/18 ]

Still affecting 18w43a - text in signs cannot be scrolled through.

Comment by Florian CUNY [ 24/Aug/18 ]

Affects 1.13.1

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 07/Jul/18 ]

Affects 1.13-pre6

Comment by [Helper] Lord_Quadrato [ 21/Jun/18 ]

Confirmed for 1.13-pre3

Comment by Rikard Herlitz [ 07/May/18 ]

nice, always wanted to be mysterious. yes, i'm working on it

Comment by Fabian Röling [ 05/May/18 ]

When an issue is assigned, that doesn't mean it's going to be fixed tomorrow, soon or at all. It just says that if anyone does, it will likely be that person.

Comment by CreeperMagnet_ [ 05/May/18 ]

Confirmed for 18w16a, and it seems it's going to be fixed! Thanks, mysterious new bug-fixing rherlitz!

Comment by CreeperMagnet_ [ 02/Mar/18 ]

Confirmed for 18w09a.

Comment by Jon1337 [ 15/Feb/18 ]

Confirmed in 18w07a

Comment by CreeperMagnet_ [ 06/Feb/18 ]

Still affects 18w05a, please update!

Comment by Dylan [ 17/Dec/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w50a

Comment by [Mod] Pokechu22 [ 23/Nov/16 ]

@Luthor_Gamer:

This bug tracker is for issues with vanilla (unmodified/base) Minecraft. You're using some mods. Contact the developers of the mods you're using (it looks like you want the IC2/Industrial Craft developers based off of that crash report) as only they will be able to fix the issue.

Beyond that, I don't think that crash has anything to deal with this specific issue.

Comment by Dylan [ 14/Nov/16 ]

Confirmed in 1.11

Comment by Dylan [ 08/Nov/16 ]

Confirmed in 1.11-pre1

Comment by Dylan [ 27/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w43a

Comment by Dylan [ 19/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w42a

Comment by Dylan [ 13/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w41a

Comment by Dylan [ 06/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w40a

Comment by Dylan [ 30/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w39c

Comment by Dylan [ 29/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w39b

Comment by Dylan [ 28/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w39a

Comment by Dylan [ 21/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w38a

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 22/Jun/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.10.1.

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 08/Jun/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.10.

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 07/Jun/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.10-pre2.

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 03/Jun/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.10-pre1.

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 26/May/16 ]

Confirmed for 16w21b.

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 25/May/16 ]

Confirmed for 16w21a.

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 18/May/16 ]

Confirmed for 16w20a.

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 11/May/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.9.4.

Comment by null (Inactive) [ 06/May/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.9.3-pre3.

Comment by Mar cus [ 04/May/16 ]

I don't think it's a bug, but I still think they should change it

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 04/Apr/16 ]

Affects 1.9.2.

Comment by James (inactive) [ 15/Mar/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.9.1-pre3.

Comment by MyzelYam [ 29/Feb/16 ]

Affects 1.9

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 27/Feb/16 ]

Affects 1.9-pre4.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 25/Feb/16 ]

Affects 1.9-pre3.

Comment by Jan Alexander Myhrvold [ 19/Feb/16 ]

I support the ability to navigate backwards/moving the write marker freely in books. And I want to quote:
"[Mojang] Grum (Erik Broes) added a comment - 09/Feb/13 1:33 PM:
More of a feature request, might be added but its a pain in the ass to do all the multiline selection stuff by hand (which also happens to be the reason its not in there atm)"

It's 19/Feb/16, and top 6 voted issue. Come on...

Comment by Immaterialise [ 17/Feb/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.9-pre1

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 16/Feb/16 ]

Affects 16w07b.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 15/Feb/16 ]

Affects 16w07a.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 10/Feb/16 ]

Affects 16w06a.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 09/Feb/16 ]

Affects 16w05b.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 29/Jan/16 ]

Affects 16w04a.

Comment by Pascal Roeleven [ 26/Jan/16 ]

Confirmed for 16w03a.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 14/Jan/16 ]

Affects 16w02a.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 17/Dec/15 ]

Affects 15w51b.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 16/Dec/15 ]

Affects 15w50a.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 03/Dec/15 ]

Affects 15w49a.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 12/Nov/15 ]

Affects 15w46a.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 09/Nov/15 ]

Affects 15w45a.

Comment by [Mod] Pokechu22 [ 21/Jun/15 ]

Reproduced in 1.8.7 (and known to occur all versions in between, but not personally tested).

Comment by Galaxy_2Alex [ 24/Oct/14 ]

Update 1.8: Pasting something in the book works now

Comment by SuburbSomeone (lastname) [ 13/Aug/14 ]

Is this a bug? I certainly am not a fan of this, but I don't think it's a bug. However, it should be changed regardless.

Comment by Maarten Thijs [ 29/Jun/14 ]

Sorry mods for not having updated this post for the last couple of months myself. But I got really tired of updating a bug that is obviously never going to be fixed. I mean. quote: "upvote bugs you find important, they will receive a higher priority". Yet some bugs have been around for over two years with 600 upvotes. So yeah, that's why, sorry again.

Comment by +merlan #flirora [ 12/Jun/14 ]

It would be better to make book editing on one contiguous page, so inserting or deleting something on one page doesn't take effort on the following pages.

Comment by Mateus Gomes [ 12/Jan/14 ]

What I think the "issue" is is the fact that the way how the book is written is still the same as the signs, and you can't, and shouldn't, be able to edit much on a sign, since it has only four lines.
What I think would improve the writing a lot is if you could do things like: "Pressing Ctrl+A will select the whole page." or "Pressing Ctrl and the Left/Right Arrow will select everything the cursor passes though." because this happens with commands, and it's really handy.

Comment by Corgano Wade [ 25/Nov/13 ]

IT must have been the version of mine craft I was on, in 1.7 you can copy them

Writing in books / signs could still use some work though

Comment by Afzal Rahman [ 29/Oct/13 ]

@Corgano: You can already copy books. Just put some book and quills with the written book you want to copy.

Comment by Vrej [ 21/Sep/13 ]

Confirmed.

Comment by Corgano Wade [ 25/Apr/13 ]

This would be extremely useful. You could copy paste book content for guides / books you want to reproduce, and would allow you to publish them in lue of the lack of printing press / copy mechanic. It would also very handy to be able to move the courser

The behavior of published / signed books should NOT be changed, so people can;t copy form them. What we really need is a way to copy books like we can maps

Anyways, I'd support a bit more work going into writable books

Comment by Patryk Ryszanek [ 24/Apr/13 ]

It's an easy fix, it must be. I'm sure it was just overlooked since most people don't bother with notebooks. I use one notebook in almost every world for coordinates of natural formations, villages, temples and all that, I also use notebooks for checklists (which currently is a pain because of this bug/missing feature) and most importantly main goals, like collecting an amount of xp for my planned enchant.

Comment by Maarten Thijs [ 09/Feb/13 ]

okay we understand. 1.6/1.7/1.8 stuff perhaps?

Comment by [Mojang] Grum (Erik Broes) [ 09/Feb/13 ]

More of a feature request, might be added but its a pain in the ass to do all the multiline selection stuff by hand (which also happens to be the reason its not in there atm).

Comment by Lawrence Baughman [ 28/Jan/13 ]

I also can not move the cursor left of current position. (can't try right of current position for the obvious reason that I can't move left.)
The up nor down arrow keys work for line editing either.

Although I had no problem copying in text to the written book, during the signing process I could not paste any text to the title of the book.

Comment by Eris [ 22/Jan/13 ]

There's no technical limitation, because the chat buffer has decent line editing support. I'd love to see books brought up to parity with that.

Comment by Philipp N. [ 07/Jan/13 ]

It would be cool if that was fixed. If this gets added, Mojang could add it for signs too

Comment by Maarten Thijs [ 07/Jan/13 ]

what do you mean?

Comment by Mr_FJ [ 07/Jan/13 ]

I don't think it's a bug, more of a technical limitation

Comment by Nerdyboy6057 [ 11/Dec/12 ]

Maybe because books essentially are like signs: they both produce text for use in-game and hence books use the same text input mechanic, but as for the cursor issue I have no idea.

If you mean that books do not have copy paste support, it must be an internal problem because books DO have copy paste support.

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