Comment #3 on issue 19508 by AlenLPeacock: url highlighting selection is wrong on Linux http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=19508
I understand the reasoning behind the intentionality of this, but would still argue that it's odd behavior on Linux. I just checked the behavior described in http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-reviews/browse_thread/thread/878579dd61c53a00 /213560d76d537337 , and it doesn't seem to work on my build -- single-clicking in the url box clobbers X's clipboard. This is definitely a bug, no? The reason I say it's still odd, even if working as described in the referenced discussion is that by highlighting the url selection, you are giving the user an affordance that says "this text is now on the clipboard." If the text isn't really on the clipboard (and I 100% agree that you shouldn't require clobbering X's paste buffer just to type in a new url), it's misleading and weird. I applaud efforts to make common operations simple, and this seems to fall in that category. But I think the majority of Linux users are going to feel like it's just a bad port of MS Windows conventions. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
