[Users] [Bug 4258] X selection is cleared when highlight is deselected

[Dave Howorth]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:24:42 -0700
Chad Wallace <cwallace at lodgingcompany.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:19:36 +0200
> Lewis <lewyssmith at free.fr> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:01:25 +0000
> > noreply at thewildbeast.co.uk wrote:
> >   
> > > https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4258
> > > 
> > > --- Comment #1 from Tristan Miller <psychonaut at nothingisreal.com>
> > > --- I can confirm this issue.  It's been a major annoyance for me
> > > since I started using Claws Maail.
> > >     
> > Seconded. It is particularly annoying when you try to copy/paste an
> > e-mail address from a message list in order to compose an e-mail
> > thereto (rather than replying & changing the subject), without
> > adding that address to the address book.  
> 
> When I want to do that, I just right-click on the address and pick
> "Compose new message" from the dropdown menu.  Also, "Reply to this
> address" on that same menu comes in handy very often.

Either you or me is confused. I think the message list is the part of
the display that holds a list of messages. I don't know any way to
select an email address in that list, and I don't see those entries in
the context menu when I click above an email address in the list. I do
see those entries when I right-click on an email address in a message
display, but that's a different situation, so not what's being
discussed, I think.

That may be why Paul asked for clarification.

> I also would like to see the selection buffer behaviour fixed, but I
> have a feeling the fix for that is not within Claws itself, but in
> GTK.  Other GTK apps I use have similar problems with select & middle
> click.

I just tried using gedit as a representative GTK application and I
don't see the 'faulty' behaviour. If I select some text in a message,
which might be an address, and then click elsewhere in claws, I can
still paste the text that was selected into gedit. So I don't
understand what is wrong.

I use claws 3.16.0, so I suppose it's possible there's been a
regression?