From be40c6cb826fa9252cf90865bca74b7fec1a6da8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Kiama <colinkiama@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:33:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cursor positioning when column number is not set when go
 to line feature is used

---
 src/Widgets/SourceView.vala | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Widgets/SourceView.vala b/src/Widgets/SourceView.vala
index a9fecd3ed..2759b98bf 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/SourceView.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/SourceView.vala
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ namespace Scratch.Widgets {
         public void go_to_line (int line, int offset = 0) {
             Gtk.TextIter it;
             buffer.get_iter_at_line (out it, line - 1);
-            it.forward_chars (offset);
+            // Ensures offset is set to start of line when column is not set
+            // offset = column - 1
+            it.forward_chars (offset == -1 ? 0 : offset);
             scroll_to_iter (it, 0, false, 0, 0);
             buffer.place_cursor (it);
         }