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Bug 682762 - Text selection gets lost after selecting something in another program
Text selection gets lost after selecting something in another program
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: .General
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-08-27 06:00 UTC by Eugene
Modified: 2012-08-31 00:21 UTC
See Also:
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Description Eugene 2012-08-27 06:00:46 UTC 
Seems that GTK3 programs have same weird behaviour. I noticed it in gnome-terminal and evince (GTK3 applications which I often use). When you select some text in a GTK3 program, and then select text in another program (maybe not GTK3-based; tested with Geany, which use GTK 2), the selection in the GTK3 program gets lost.

Additional info:
* gtk3 3.4.4
* evince 3.4.0
* gnome-terminal 3.4.1.1

Steps to reproduce (evince):
1. open a document in evince (tested with PDF) and select some text there
2. switch to another application (tested with another evince and Geany) and select some text there
3. switch to evince. Text is no longer selected there.

You can place evince and the other application on the same workspace to easily see the effect

Steps to reproduce (gnome-terminal):
1. open two tabs in gnome-terminal and type some text in each of the tabs
2. switch to the first tab and select some text in it
3. switch to the second tab and select some text in it
4. switch to the first tab. Text is no longer selected there.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2012-08-31 00:21:23 UTC 
This is how the primary text selection is supposed to work in X11.