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Bug 562689 - expand selection by whole words if selection started with double click
expand selection by whole words if selection started with double click
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkLabel
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-11-29 15:06 UTC by YoBoY
Modified: 2009-03-16 15:05 UTC
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Description YoBoY 2008-11-29 15:06:20 UTC 
If I double click on a word in the line where the title of the current song is displayed (between the control element and the progress bar), the whole word gets marked (as expected). If I than move my mouse to a word next to it, only the letters which my mouse has passed are marked.

I would expect, a behaviour liek for example in epiphany, where whole words are marked if I start with a double klick on a word.

Tanks for taking into account my wish.

Bug reported in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/303216
Comment 1 Jonathan Matthew 2008-12-05 05:19:39 UTC 
The title is displayed using a normal gtk+ label widget, and there's no reason it should behave differently to any other label.  As such, I'm moving this bug to gtk+.
Comment 2 Behdad Esfahbod 2008-12-05 05:25:18 UTC 
Weird.  Works for me.  The only widgets that don't work are the ones done by mozilla/firefox.
Comment 3 Martin Mai 2008-12-21 18:55:08 UTC 
I just noticed that this also occurs in Evolution:
1. Mark a mail so that its content gets displayed in the preview window.
2. Start marking text in the mail (like I tried it with rhythmbox
3. Have similar trouble
Comment 4 Dan Winship 2008-12-21 19:01:19 UTC 
> I just noticed that this also occurs in Evolution:

that's because of gtkhtml, and it's bug 201554
Comment 5 Matthias Clasen 2008-12-21 20:23:49 UTC 
Seems that GtkLabel simply doesn't have the select-by-words functionality that GtkEntry and GtkTextView have. Shouldn't be too hard to copy that over, if someone wants to try it.
Comment 6 Martin Mai 2009-03-15 17:18:07 UTC 
This is no longer a problem with rhythmbox 0.11.99.1. Has this silently been fixed?
Comment 7 Matthias Clasen 2009-03-15 22:32:00 UTC 
I just forgot to close this bug
Comment 8 Martin Mai 2009-03-16 15:05:23 UTC 
Ok, thank you Matthias.