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

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.

Regards
Erwin