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On 05/16/2015 10:52 PM, Andrew Lowe wrote: |
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> I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as a |
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> bit odd. In the Windows version, if I click up into the address or |
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> search boxes, the existing contents are highlighted and if I begin |
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> typing, the existing text is deleted and what I'm typing becomes the |
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> contents. On the Linux version, under KDE, it doesn't. |
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I've noticed that, when running linux, the end result of "selecting" |
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text can depend on which "Desktop Environment" you are using. Some |
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DE's apparently interpose themselves between the ancient behavior of |
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the X server and their own implementations of "clipboard". |
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For better or worse, you are always running the same DE under Windows, |
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so the behavior of text selection should change only when Windows crashes :) |
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