Shift+Left selects one character at a time

Description

When you press Shift + Left Arrow Key at the same time, multiple characters get selected. However, when you press Shift and repeatedly press Left, only one character gets selected

Steps to reproduce

1. Type some text
2. Hold down Shift
3. Press and release the Left Arrow Key
4. Press and release the Left Arrow Key
5. Press and release the Left Arrow Key etc.

Expected behavior: That multiple characters get selected

Actual behavior: Only one character gets selected at a time

Versions

• Mark Text: v 0.10.21
• OS: Windows 10

[hippwn]

Tested on Windows and Arch Linux, it seems in fact that once you release your Left key, the cursor is moved at the end of your selection, even if your are selecting backward. This explains why your character is unselected, as your selection is one-character-long.

This also occurs with bigger selection and word-selection (Ctrl+ Shitf + Left). See gif below (what I did is select a bunch of characters at once, release the Left key, and then pressed it again).

[stefnotch]

Press and release the Left key.

Here is screen recording. When I keep the Left key pressed, I can select multiple characters: