Bug 83160 - cut, copy non-functional with RMB _within_ a document (RH.8.0.9.3)
Summary: cut, copy non-functional with RMB _within_ a document (RH.8.0.9.3)
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: gedit
Version: phoebe
Hardware: athlon
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Havoc Pennington
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-01-30 20:46 UTC by Elton Woo
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-01-31 23:26:44 UTC
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Description Elton Woo 2003-01-30 20:46:42 UTC
Description of problem:
Placing the RMB _within a document_, I can only cut or paste from the 
Gedit menu, NOT with the mouse. undo, and redo function with the
mouse within the document. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

]$ rpm -q gedit
gedit-2.1.4-1

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a document from Gnome with Gedit, or open Gedit and select a new document
2.  Highlight text to be cut or pasted with the right mouse button.
3. Try to cut or paste highlighted text.
    
Actual results:
Options are greyed out (unavaialable)
These actions are only available from the gedit menu.

Expected results:

Options for cut / paste should be available once text is marked.
Additional info:

Hardware: Logitech USB Optical Mouse connected via 4-port USB hub.

Comment 1 Havoc Pennington 2003-01-30 21:28:20 UTC
I am not parsing what you mean here. You mean on the right-click menu, 
the cut/paste options are not enabled?

Comment 2 Michael Knepher 2003-01-31 23:00:34 UTC
Here's the behavior I'm seeing - if you highlight a section of text, and
right-click *outside* of the highlighted area or an a highlighted line that has
no text on it (i.e., only a line-break where the highlighting spans the width of
the editing window), it basically de-selects the text, thus disabling the copy
and cut items on the context. Right-clicking *inside* the highlighted area on a
line with text will retain the selection and enable the copy and cut items on
the context menu.



Comment 3 Elton Woo 2003-01-31 23:15:45 UTC
Michael  Knepher seems to have put his finger on it. I guess once the pointer
gets _just outside_
the highlighted text, I lose the ability to copy / cut. Since I'm running the
screen at 1024 x 768, it's pretty easy to RMB just after (i.e. *outside of*) the
selected text. Not only that, but once
I highlight my text, doing a right mouse click actually "deselects'  the text.
(The text is no longer 
highlighted.

I'm reasonably certain that I didn't see this behavoir in Phobe1. e.g. In
Mozilla, or even in
nautilus, I can let my RMB click on white space, and I *still* get the cut /
copy option. Whereas,
with gedit, I have to remember to _keep the mouse pointer within_ the selected text.

The crux of the problem here is the pointer MUST remain _*somewhere* within_ the
selected text.

Comment 4 Havoc Pennington 2003-01-31 23:26:44 UTC
OK, thanks. I've reported this as
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104950

Comment 5 Michael Knepher 2003-01-31 23:53:22 UTC
I'm not sure if this affects the same component, but the same thing occurs in
evolution-1.2.1. I haven't checked any other apps yet.


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