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
| Submitted | rrschulz - 2006-11-03 - 15:45:45z | Assigned | nobody |
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| Priority | 5 | Category | keyboard / mouse |
| Status | Open | Group | None |
| Resolution | None | Visibility | No |
| 2008-07-17 - 22:39:43z blackh |
Logged In: YES user_id=45973 Originator: NO 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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| 2008-07-18 - 04:52:19z shlomy |
Logged In: YES user_id=1477607 Originator: NO I think this is a duplicate of 1749977, which is a high priority bug I opened a while ago. The other bug specified other problems as well with the right-clicks, e.g. a context menu item automatically being performed without letting me choose the item. |