Re: Context option "Copy" doesn't work with links

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Hartmut Figge wrote:


Paul B. Gallagher:


If I right-click a link in an incoming or sent plain-text email,
where SM has already recognized the text as a link and displayed it
in blue underline,


That's still so.


I'm offered options including "Copy" and "Copy link." The latter
works as expected, but the former does nothing.


Hm- The latter is "Copy Link Location". I don't see "Copy Link".


You're right, of course, I misspoke.


I suspect this is because no text is selected, so "Copy" has
nothing to copy and leaves the clipboard intact (it doesn't copy a
null string and thereby clear the clipboard). But if that is so,
shouldn't "Copy" be grayed out?


If "Copy" is supposed to do nothing, then surely the menu entry
should be greyed out. Greyed? Grayed? Hm.


"Gray" is American, "grey" is British. Six of one, half-a-dozen of the 
other, or as the Russians say, один черт ("one devil").


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Re: Context option "Copy" doesn't work with links

[David E. Ross]

On 3/26/2018 9:29 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> If I right-click a link in an incoming or sent plain-text email, where 
> SM has already recognized the text as a link and displayed it in blue 
> underline, I'm offered options including "Copy" and "Copy link." The 
> latter works as expected, but the former does nothing.
> 
> I suspect this is because no text is selected, so "Copy" has nothing to 
> copy and leaves the clipboard intact (it doesn't copy a null string and 
> thereby clear the clipboard). But if that is so, shouldn't "Copy" be 
> grayed out?
> 

If you want to copy a link as text, you must first mark it,  That is,
you place your cursor at one end (or just beyond to avoid triggering the
link) and -- holding down your keyboard's Shift key -- drag the cursor
to the other end.

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And then you say you will, but then won't.
You're undecided now, so what're you goin' to do?
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Re: Context option "Copy" doesn't work with links

[Hartmut Figge]

Paul B. Gallagher:

>If I right-click a link in an incoming or sent plain-text email, where 
>SM has already recognized the text as a link and displayed it in blue 
>underline,

That's still so.

>I'm offered options including "Copy" and "Copy link." The 
>latter works as expected, but the former does nothing.

Hm- The latter is "Copy Link Location". I don't see "Copy Link".
"Copy Link Location" works and "Copy" does nothing. But, I never used
"Copy" before, as far as I can recall, so I don't know if the behavior
was different in old times.

I'm using the last usable SM-Trunk and a recent Mail from Bugzilla.
There is always a link in those. :)

>I suspect this is because no text is selected, so "Copy" has nothing to 
>copy and leaves the clipboard intact (it doesn't copy a null string and 
>thereby clear the clipboard). But if that is so, shouldn't "Copy" be 
>grayed out?

If "Copy" is supposed to do nothing, then surely the menu entry should
be greyed out. Greyed? Grayed? Hm.

But that is a very low issue on current SM-Trunk. ;)

Hartmut
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Context option "Copy" doesn't work with links

[Paul B. Gallagher]

If I right-click a link in an incoming or sent plain-text email, where 
SM has already recognized the text as a link and displayed it in blue 
underline, I'm offered options including "Copy" and "Copy link." The 
latter works as expected, but the former does nothing.


I suspect this is because no text is selected, so "Copy" has nothing to 
copy and leaves the clipboard intact (it doesn't copy a null string and 
thereby clear the clipboard). But if that is so, shouldn't "Copy" be 
grayed out?


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