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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Selection-to-Clipboard Inconsistencies
From:       Leo Savernik <l.savernik () aon ! at>
Date:       2004-06-05 19:41:57
Message-ID: 200406052142.26362.l.savernik () aon ! at
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Am Samstag 05 Juni 2004 19:33 schrieb Jamethiel Knorth:
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> The largest problem I have is that it is very inconsistent at the moment.
> If you have good reason why I should be proposing a different change,
> please do explain it fully.

An example why keyboard selection should not affect the primary selection is 
this:

You have an input field with loads of (unselected) text in it. You want to 
replace it with what is currently in your primary selection. But you cannot 
mmb paste it, as the text field is still full of crap. The text field doesn't 
provide a delete button (unlike konqueror's location bar).

If keyboard selection does not overwrite the primary selection, you simply 
click into the input field, hit Ctrl+A, Del, and mmb paste. Four quick steps.

If keyboard selection *does* overwrite the primary selection, you have to 
delete every character manually (by del or backspace). Depending on how much 
crap is in there, this may take a long time.

For a real-world example that works this way, take Netscape Navigator's 
location bar. Keyboard selection does replace the primary selection there, 
and if I want to mmb-paste an url into the bar, I have first to delete every 
single character. For long urls this takes an annoyingly long time.

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[...]

mfg
	Leo
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