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Bug 782256 - Ability to feedback selection of regexp-matched URL
Ability to feedback selection of regexp-matched URL
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: vte
Classification: Core
Component: general
0.48.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: VTE Maintainers
VTE Maintainers
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cg...
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-05-06 10:05 UTC by Ralph Corderoy
Modified: 2021-06-10 15:22 UTC
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Description Ralph Corderoy 2017-05-06 10:05:02 UTC 
vte3 0.48.2+2+g837cce9c-1 on Arch Linux with xfce4-terminal 0.8.4-1.

https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12929 is about the problem of lack of feedback in the terminal display when xfce4-terminal opens a clicked URL with Ctrl-Button1Press.  The various ideas discussed there seem stymied by vte's interface.  I'm opening this bug to ask for guidance if we're missing something, or consideration of vte's interface expanding to provide the means to feedback the click, e.g. inverting the URL's cells temporarily, or changing mouse pointer shape.
Comment 1 Ralph Corderoy 2017-06-26 09:37:18 UTC 
Any vte developer have some advice?  Or a better place to prod and refer to this bug?  Thanks.
Comment 2 Christian Persch 2017-10-31 09:55:34 UTC 
Vte doesn't open the url; xfce-terminal is, keying off of the GdkEvent received. fce-terminal could show a pop-over, overlay, ... until the startup notification is complete from its launching the external application.

Changing the clicked cell's colours for this is a NAK from me.

The most vte could do is allow changing the default cursor from 'pointer' to 'wait pointer'...
Comment 3 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-06-10 15:22:16 UTC 
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