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Bug 627309 - [REGRESSION] selection a text box just puts the cursor there and does not highlight the text in it
[REGRESSION] selection a text box just puts the cursor there and does not hig...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.30.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evolution Shell Maintainers Team
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-08-18 21:31 UTC by Paul Menzel
Modified: 2010-08-18 22:24 UTC
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Description Paul Menzel 2010-08-18 21:31:05 UTC 
I upgraded from 2.30.2 to 2.30.3 and jumping from/selecting input box does not highlight the content anymore but just puts the cursor at the beginning.

Two examples.

1. Open a new appointment. Use Tab to jump to the time. It is not highlighted but the cursor is set to the front.

2. Ctrl + u and enter some keywords. Ctrl + u again and the keywords are not selected. You have to mark/select them and start typing to enter new keywords.

I prefer the old way because selecting/highlighting all you have to use the mouse, Shift + arrow keys or Ctrl + a. Going from highlighted to the beginning, you just have to hit the arrow key once, which is on the alphanumeric keys if you use a “clever” layout like [1].

I do not know if it is an Evolution bug. But I could just reproduce it in Evolution. Epiphany behaves as always using Ctrl + l for example.


[1] http://neo-layout.org/
Comment 1 Matthew Barnes 2010-08-18 22:24:29 UTC 
Already fixed for 2.32 in:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=9c072559904fb7a7807b3755f760b312d06f23b4