Now that it is possible to select and delete areas in textboxes without crashing NetSurf, would it be possible to have areas deleted by overtyping automatically cut to the clipboard, a la Impression? Or at least have a "do you really want to do this?" warning, a la Impression II?
Currently it seems all too easy to jog the mouse and accidentally select a block above the cursor, which results in everything you have just written being wiped out unintentionally as you continue to type - I'm not clear if this is a bug or a side-effect of my mousing/typing style, but it happens quite often. It used to cause a crash and the loss of all data, but now only causes the loss of a section of the text. :-) But this could be easily reversed if the lost text defaulted to a Ctrl-X action: it *is* possible already to select a section, cut it to the clipboard, and paste it elsewhere. It would be nice (and safer) if overtyping had the same effect. The main argument I can see against it is that people might conceivably want to copy text to the clipboard, delete a block of text by overtyping with a backspace, and then paste the former clipboard contents; I'm so used to working with Impression that I expect deleted text to get clipped. -- Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie == Today is the last day of your life so far.
