0. emacs -Q

1. Evaluate the following sexp:

(let ((buf (get-buffer-create "*Widget Test*")))
  (switch-to-buffer buf)
  (dolist (el '("First" "Second" "Third"))
    (widget-create 'push-button el))
  (use-local-map widget-keymap)
  (widget-setup)
  (goto-char (point-min)))

Now the current buffer is *Widget Test* containing three push-button
widgets labeled "First", "Second", and "Third", and point is at the
start of the first widget, at BOB.

2. Hit the TAB key (bound to widget-forward) three times: this moves
point successively from "First" to "Second" to "Third" and then back to
"First" -- but on returning to the initial position after the third TAB,
a beginning-of-buffer error is also signaled.

3. Likewise, hitting S-TAB (bound to widget-backward) three times moves
backwards across the widgets, from "Third" to "Second" to "First", again
signaling a beginning-of-buffer error after the last S-TAB.

These beginning-of-buffer errors are due to widget-move (the workhorse
behind widget-forward and widget-backward) calling backward-char in a
loop without checking for BOB.  The attached patch fixes this.  The
patch also includes additions to widget-test-widget-move (from which
most of the above sexp was taken) that test moving to a widget at BOB.
(If the patch is acceptable, whoever commits it should use the correct
bug# before pushing it, or I can do that myself.)


2024-03-22  Stephen Berman  <stephen.berman@gmx.net>

Prevent error on tabbing to widget at beginning of buffer (bug#xxxxx)

* lisp/wid-edit.el (widget-move): Don't move backward when at
beginning of buffer, and keep point on widget's left side.

* test/lisp/wid-edit-tests.el (widget-test-widget-move): Adds
checks that moving to a widget at beginning of buffer does not
signal a beginning-of-buffer error.