Re: v1.14 beta1: Ctrl-C does not copy selected text inside a textbox in the edit grid

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Erwin Brandstetter <brsaweda(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: v1.14 beta1: Ctrl-C does not copy selected text inside a textbox in the edit grid
Date: 2011-09-02 17:46:40
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On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 18:26 +0200, Erwin Brandstetter wrote:
> Aloha!
>
> On 30.04.2011 09:43, Erwin Brandstetter wrote:
> > On 30.04.2011 09:23, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> >> Le 29/04/2011 16:55, Erwin Brandstetter a écrit :
> >>> [...]
> >>> Testing pgAdmin v1.14 beta1 on Win XP Home
> >>>
> >>> Concerning ..
> >>>> 2010-08-30 GL 1.14.0 Allow the use of Ctrl-V inside a textbox of
> >>> frmEditGrid. Patch from Steffen Kuhn.
> >>>
> >>> Ctrl-V now works fine to paste text.
> >>> If I select part of the text (in edit mode) and use "Copy" from the
> >>> context menu, the selected text is copied. As expected.
> >>>
> >>> However, if I press Ctrl-C, the whole text is copied instead of the
> >>> selection. This should copy the selected text as well.
> >>> The problem has been there in previous versions.
> >>>
> >> Works for me on Linux. And I don't see anything in the code that would
> >> make it a Windows only bug. Are you sure?
> >
> > A detail that might help: when copying with Ctrl-C the _original_ state of the textbox is copied.
> > Example:
> > A text field reads "dummy text".
> > I enter edit mode and change it to "11dummy11 22text22"
> > Then I select any part of the text and press Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V: "dummy text" is inserted - the original text of the field before entering edit mode.
> > BTW, pasting via context-menu does exactly the same as Ctrl-V. Only Ctrl-C deviates.
>
> The bug is still there in v1.14.0 RC1. I have created a ticket.
> http://code.pgadmin.org/trac/ticket/337
>
> It can be a pain, because Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are probably the most frequently used key combinations of all.
>

If only I could reproduce it...

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Guillaume
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