How can I hide programmatic text changes from the undo list?

Craig,

All document text changes have to be undoable, otherwise the undo stack could become corrupted. I don't think any of the things you were suggesting would work.

The only thing I can think of is that you use ReplaceText for programmatic updates and in your undo lists maybe filter them to not show undoable modifications of a certain type (like Custom). Then replace our built-in undo/redo to use custom ones that undo back to the next non-programmatic undoable modification.

However note that when you undo back to the last non-programmatic modification, you will also undo any programmatic ones since. I'm not sure if that is a problem or not for you. If it is, sorry but I'm not sure anything would work for you due to the undoable nature of all text changes.

So, my setup is that I have a separate undo/redo stack for programmatic changes. The undo/redo list that the user sees combines the notifications from the editor with the programmatic stack (hence why I don't want the editor capturing programmatic changes).

I'm trying to workaround it by storing the programmatic editor changes but keeping their ViewModels collapsed in my visible undo stack. When I hit one during an undo, I have the editor simply undo it without the user realizing it.

One lingering issue, however, is that undo'ing a programmatic change causes a SelectAll operation to occur within the editor. Is there a way to prevent this unintended select all operation?

Thanks again,

-Craig

[Modified at 08/18/2009 01:09 AM]

Craig,

Perhaps if you use the DocumentModificationFlags.RetainSelection flag when adding your modifications, that would help.