ACE Editor -> Loaded script is highlighted by default

Question

I am loading script into the Ace editor, and upon render, the entire script is highlighted as if someone did a ctrl+a (select all). How do make the contents "unselected" ... seems like it should work that way by default.

Based on documentation, it seems like I could workaround with:

session.getSelection().clearSelection();

... and based on this SO question, it seems I could also do this:

editor.setValue(str, -1) // moves cursor to the start
editor.setValue(str, 1) // moves cursor to the end

Neither work...

could you make a jsbin demo reproducing the problem, it seems to work fine http://jsbin.com/ojijeb/180/edit — a user, Nov 21 '13 at 07:47
Yes I will, and thanks for the post. My context is ace plus ace-ui angular module, plus a directive wrapping that. So seeing that it works, I will probably find the solution in breaking this down to the bare elements. Stay tuned. — Robert Christian, Nov 22 '13 at 02:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '14 at 18:11

You may be able to remove some of the following, it's hard to say without seeing your code, but this should definitely cover it.

editor.setValue('hello world');
editor.clearSelection(1);
editor.gotoLine(1);
editor.getSession().setScrollTop(1);
editor.blur();
editor.focus();

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 12 '18 at 12:22

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I had the same problem, and I worked around it this way

editor.once('focus', function(){
  editor.selection.clearSelection()
})

So it seems that in some cases the editor is not ready yet to accept the command.

edited Dec 12 '18 at 12:22

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ACE Editor -> Loaded script is highlighted by default

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