Minor annoyances around $Node/Paths in scripts

[trollusk]

Godot version

4.0.2

System information

Windows 11

Issue description

Double clicking on $MyNode in the script editor will select the whole name including the "$".

But double clicking on %MyNode (unique name) will select the name but will not include the "%".

Dragging a node from the scene tree into the script editor brings up the property/method hint list, even though a "." has not been typed. Pressing enter appends "new()" even though this makes no sense as there is no period so it is just appending it directly to the node name: $MyNodenew()

Steps to reproduce

Type %MyNode in a script and double click on it.

Type @onready var x = in a script, drag a node from the scene tree, then press enter.

Minimal reproduction project

N/A

[KoBeWi]

Double clicking on $MyNode in the script editor will select the whole name including the "$".
But double clicking on %MyNode (unique name) will select the name but will not include the "%".

Tracked in #56402

Type @onready var x = in a script, drag a node from the scene tree, then press enter.

You can drag node with Ctrl to add onready var.

Still, dropping something should cancel current autocompletion.

[PeanutButterRat]

So is the intended behavior that $ should not be selected when double-clicking a node path in the editor? Has this been handled already by #46721 or does the default behavior still needed to be changed?

I would love to tackle this one but I'm not sure where to start.

[KoBeWi]

IMO either double-clicking node path should not select $ or it should select % (i.e. it should be consistent). Note that this is discussed in #56402

As for where to start, it's probably somewhere in CodeEdit code or ScriptEditorPlugin.

[PeanutButterRat]

I think I was able to fix the bug mentioned above with the autocompletion not canceling when dragging and dropping into the editor. Should that be pushed as a separate PR before tackling the '$' selection issue?

[KoBeWi]

Yes.