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Bug 90582 - Selection of empty lines is invisible
Selection of empty lines is invisible
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkTextView
2.0.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-08-12 20:55 UTC by Victor Porton
Modified: 2011-02-04 16:11 UTC
See Also:
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Description Victor Porton 2002-08-12 20:55:17 UTC 
When I select an empty line, both the the selection and the cursor become
completely invisible.
Comment 1 Evert Verhellen 2002-09-20 18:26:06 UTC 
I would like to add that any kind of selection does hide the cursor.
It is difficult to keep track of the selection when whitespace (either
horizontally or vertically) is involved.

Therefore, I think that the cursor should be kept visible while a user
selects text. As a side note, NEdit supports this feature.
Comment 2 Victor Porton 2002-09-21 03:08:06 UTC 
It is not enough to keep cursor always visible. If only this,
selection of an empty line would be inditinguishable from an
empty selection.
Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2002-12-25 00:19:14 UTC 
A fix is attached to bug 90435.