# Text Coordinate Systems

DevFeed: [Text Coordinate Systems](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/text-coordinate-systems-13578.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/zed-decoded-text-coordinate-systems>)

Author: Thorsten Ball, Nathan Sobo, Antonio Scandurra

Published: 2024-06-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [display](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/display.md>), [points](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/points.md>)

## AI overview

This Zed Decoded article explains the text coordinate systems used in Zed's codebase, including rows and columns, offsets, UTF-16 offsets, display points, and anchors. It discusses how points support navigation and why text-coordinate operations require careful handling.

## Source excerpt

In this episode of Zed Decoded, Thorsten talks Nathan and Antonio about the text coordinate systems in Zed's codebase, from rows and columns to offsets to display points to anchors.