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

[Dave Howorth]

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 20:30:48 +0200
Lewis <lewyssmith at free.fr> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:03:11 -0000
> Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:19:36 +0200
> > Lewis <lewyssmith at free.fr> wrote:   
> > > It is particularly annoying when you try to copy/paste an
> > > e-mail address from a message list     
> > I am not sure where you are referring to. Can you explain?  
> 
> I explained badly; sorry. I know this problem has plagued me in the
> past in specific situations which I cannot remember. To start with, I
> should have said selecting from the 'message header pane', not the
> list (impossible). The From, To, Subject fields (but not their
> headings) can be selected.
> After on-the spot experimenting, I find:
> * If you can click the destination window to raise it, the selection
> sticks & pastes.
> * If you use Alt/Tab to swap windows, the selection goes.
> * This does not happen with the main message pane!
> * Without exhaustive testing, it is only the ALT key which kills the
> selection from the header pane!

I can confirm that pressing Alt when an address in the header is
highlighted does indeed cause the selection to be cleared and
underscores to appear in the menu. And it does not if the selection is
in the message pane.

I can't vouch for the rest of the statements since I use
focus-follows-mouse policy.
 
> Perhaps the thread originator can clarify other situations where the X
> buffer disappears.
> 
> Regards		Lewis
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