[ jEdit-devel ] [ jedit-Bugs-1589987 ] Right Clicks and Mouse-Downs Alter Selection

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Bugs item #1589987, was opened at 2006-11-04 04:45
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Category: keyboard / mouse
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Randall R. Schulz (rrschulz)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Right Clicks and Mouse-Downs Alter Selection

Initial Comment:
A right mouse-down or click, which activates the
context, also alters the buffer selection just as a
left click does, with one exception, which is that a
right click inside the selection will not make the
selection an insertion point as it activates the
context menu.

In particular, if one uses a mouse-down (and hold, not
a click) to activate the context menu and then drags
the mouse to the desired context menu entry, the
selection will be destroyed, since it begins to follow
the mouse pointer.


Right mouse-down or click should only activate the
context menu and should not affect the selection in any
way.


Randall Schulz



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Comment By: Stephen Blackheath (blackh)
Date: 2008-07-18 10:39

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I agree that the right mouse button should not alter the text selection,
and that this is a bug.

I just bought a very sensitive mouse, and it is now almost impossible to
select text, then copy it via the right mouse button menu without losing
the selection before I can click on "copy".


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