Mouse text highlight behavior wrong: multi-line instead of single-line??
by bash1ps0 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6JJ1J)
Hello,
I have been converting windows users to Linux for some and now and have not yet noticed this unique feature of Linux.
Is the multi-line text highlight mode on single-line textboxes a changeable configuration behavior in Linux?
Because on windows it seems to differentiate between 'single-line' and 'multi-line' when highlighting text.
This behavior was tested on Linux (Ubuntu, Debian) and both seem to use multi-line highlight mode for all textboxes system wide irreverent of application.
[Replication]
open an internet browser.
with text in the URL textbox, click and hold the left button then move the mouse in a wide circle around the start position.
the expected behavior would be single-line text highlight mode not multi-line.
[Definition of Terms]
Single-line highlight mode: a click and drag to the left or right of the start position will highlight text to the left or right, mouse Y movement is irreverent.
Multi-line highlight mode: a click and drag to the left and up of start position will highlight text to the left and up, right and down highlights text to the right and down.
[Versions]
Windows: Version 10 1909 (OS Build 18363.1440)
Debian: 6.1.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.27-1 (2023-05-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu: 6.5.0-17-generic #17~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jan 16 14:32:32 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
internet browser: Firefox 102.9.0esr (64-bit)
I have been converting windows users to Linux for some and now and have not yet noticed this unique feature of Linux.
Is the multi-line text highlight mode on single-line textboxes a changeable configuration behavior in Linux?
Because on windows it seems to differentiate between 'single-line' and 'multi-line' when highlighting text.
This behavior was tested on Linux (Ubuntu, Debian) and both seem to use multi-line highlight mode for all textboxes system wide irreverent of application.
[Replication]
open an internet browser.
with text in the URL textbox, click and hold the left button then move the mouse in a wide circle around the start position.
the expected behavior would be single-line text highlight mode not multi-line.
[Definition of Terms]
Single-line highlight mode: a click and drag to the left or right of the start position will highlight text to the left or right, mouse Y movement is irreverent.
Multi-line highlight mode: a click and drag to the left and up of start position will highlight text to the left and up, right and down highlights text to the right and down.
[Versions]
Windows: Version 10 1909 (OS Build 18363.1440)
Debian: 6.1.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.27-1 (2023-05-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu: 6.5.0-17-generic #17~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jan 16 14:32:32 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
internet browser: Firefox 102.9.0esr (64-bit)