InputText: Reworked prev/next-word behavior . Include period as delimiter and tweak prev/next words logic. (#6067)

docs/CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ Other changes:
   retaining underlying data. While we don't really want to encourage user not retaining
   underlying data, in the absence of a "late commit" behavior/flag we understand it may
   be desirable to take advantage of this trick. (#4714)
+- InputText: Reworked prev/next-word behavior to more closely match Visual Studio
+  text editor. Include '.' as a delimiter and alter varying subtle behavior with how
+  blanks and separators are treated when skipping words. (#6067) [@ajweeks]
 - Drag, Sliders: Fixed parsing of text input when '+' or '#' format flags are used
   in the format string. (#6259) [@idbrii]
 - Nav: Made Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab windowing register ownership to held modifier so

imgui.h

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 // Library Version
 // (Integer encoded as XYYZZ for use in #if preprocessor conditionals, e.g. '#if IMGUI_VERSION_NUM > 12345')
 #define IMGUI_VERSION               "1.89.5 WIP"
-#define IMGUI_VERSION_NUM           18944
+#define IMGUI_VERSION_NUM           18945
 #define IMGUI_HAS_TABLE
 
 /*

imgui_widgets.cpp

@@ -3700,10 +3700,34 @@ static void    STB_TEXTEDIT_LAYOUTROW(StbTexteditRow* r, ImGuiInputTextState* ob
     r->num_chars = (int)(text_remaining - (text + line_start_idx));
 }
 
-// When ImGuiInputTextFlags_Password is set, we don't want actions such as CTRL+Arrow to leak the fact that underlying data are blanks or separators.
+static bool is_separator(unsigned int c)
-static bool is_separator(unsigned int c)                                        { return ImCharIsBlankW(c) || c==',' || c==';' || c=='(' || c==')' || c=='{' || c=='}' || c=='[' || c==']' || c=='|' || c=='\n' || c=='\r'; }
+{
-static int  is_word_boundary_from_right(ImGuiInputTextState* obj, int idx)      { if (obj->Flags & ImGuiInputTextFlags_Password) return 0; return idx > 0 ? (is_separator(obj->TextW[idx - 1]) && !is_separator(obj->TextW[idx]) ) : 1; }
+    return c==',' || c==';' || c=='(' || c==')' || c=='{' || c=='}' || c=='[' || c==']' || c=='|' || c=='\n' || c=='\r' || c=='.' || c=='!';
-static int  is_word_boundary_from_left(ImGuiInputTextState* obj, int idx)       { if (obj->Flags & ImGuiInputTextFlags_Password) return 0; return idx > 0 ? (!is_separator(obj->TextW[idx - 1]) && is_separator(obj->TextW[idx])) : 1; }
+}
+
+static int is_word_boundary_from_right(ImGuiInputTextState* obj, int idx)
+{
+    // When ImGuiInputTextFlags_Password is set, we don't want actions such as CTRL+Arrow to leak the fact that underlying data are blanks or separators.
+    if ((obj->Flags & ImGuiInputTextFlags_Password) || idx <= 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    bool prev_white = ImCharIsBlankW(obj->TextW[idx - 1]);
+    bool prev_separ = is_separator(obj->TextW[idx - 1]);
+    bool curr_white = ImCharIsBlankW(obj->TextW[idx]);
+    bool curr_separ = is_separator(obj->TextW[idx]);
+    return ((prev_white || prev_separ) && !(curr_separ || curr_white)) || (curr_separ && !prev_separ);
+}
+static int is_word_boundary_from_left(ImGuiInputTextState* obj, int idx)
+{
+    if ((obj->Flags & ImGuiInputTextFlags_Password) || idx <= 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    bool prev_white = ImCharIsBlankW(obj->TextW[idx]);
+    bool prev_separ = is_separator(obj->TextW[idx]);
+    bool curr_white = ImCharIsBlankW(obj->TextW[idx - 1]);
+    bool curr_separ = is_separator(obj->TextW[idx - 1]);
+    return ((prev_white) && !(curr_separ || curr_white)) || (curr_separ && !prev_separ);
+}
 static int  STB_TEXTEDIT_MOVEWORDLEFT_IMPL(ImGuiInputTextState* obj, int idx)   { idx--; while (idx >= 0 && !is_word_boundary_from_right(obj, idx)) idx--; return idx < 0 ? 0 : idx; }
 static int  STB_TEXTEDIT_MOVEWORDRIGHT_MAC(ImGuiInputTextState* obj, int idx)   { idx++; int len = obj->CurLenW; while (idx < len && !is_word_boundary_from_left(obj, idx)) idx++; return idx > len ? len : idx; }
 static int  STB_TEXTEDIT_MOVEWORDRIGHT_WIN(ImGuiInputTextState* obj, int idx)   { idx++; int len = obj->CurLenW; while (idx < len && !is_word_boundary_from_right(obj, idx)) idx++; return idx > len ? len : idx; }