Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
Mark Hansen wrote: On 1/9/2010 10:04 AM, jim wrote: If I read you right, sure you can. But beware, it takes two mouseclicks! Click on the link and the whole link is selected. Click again and the entire link is unselected, but any portion can now be swiped with the mouse and selected for copy. jim Huh? When I click on a link, it opens a new browser window. Same with me, Mark, and by the time I've switched back to the main/newsgroup screen to give a second click, it's as though I've just given a second single click. Now, if the browser page could be opening in the back ground..! -- Seasons greeting, one and all and may this year be a better one! Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
Philip Chee: [http://i.am.a.link] Press F7 to go into caret browsing mode. Use the keyboard cursor keys to move it to where you want to start, OK until here, but then ... highlight the text you want to copy, ... how? No luck with my SM 2.1 to highlight only the 'am'. With the mouse. Another way to select i don't know of? Hm. Ah. Shift + Cursor-right. :) CTRL-C, Not necessary. It's already done with highlighting. Now a middle-mouse click to insert. I'm on Linux. and Bob's your Uncle. Understandable from the context. At least i hope so. *g* Hartmut ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
On 1/9/2010 8:13 PM, Philip Chee wrote: Press F7 to go into caret browsing mode. Use the keyboard cursor keys to move it to where you want to start, highlight the text you want to copy, CTRL-C, and Bob's your Uncle. Phil Thanks, Phil. That's a new one on me! Works like a charm :) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
MCBastos schrieb: I tried here. It works... at a fashion. I have to click somewhere else before doing the click-and-drag thing. I have to begin the click and drag at just the right spot and move it just so. And even then, there are situations where it doesn't work, like in the middle of a long, multi-line wrapped link. It seems more an artifact of the way click-and-drag selection works than a feature. To be sure, I never missed this functionality... but if the community thinks it's a worthy enhancement, a better way would be to use a modified click-and-drag. Such as, right-click-and-drag, or alt-click-and-drag or whatever combination is still available -- in this mode the browser would ignore the link and behave as if it were normal text. And, by the way... wouldn't this be a core (Gecko) enhancement? I guess, yes. regards Martin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.asciiribbon.org/index-de.html ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
Hartmut Figge wrote: Daniel: Hartmut Figge wrote: Well, try to select 'am' from http://i.am.a.link ;) Sorry, Hartmut, but your link is invalid, so I cannot go to that website and select some arbitrary text. Sure, that is only an example which points to no website. ;) But I see your point.why would someone want to do that?? Sometimes i also need a part of a link. In such a case i open the source from which selecting only a part is possible without problems. Would be nice if i could avoid this step. :-D Or select the complete line ctrl-c then ctrl-v in notepad, then select the part you want. I do it this way, because i most of the time did not need to copy a part of a link. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:58:05 +0100, Hartmut Figge h.fi...@gmx.de in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: Daniel: Hartmut Figge wrote: Well, try to select 'am' from http://i.am.a.link ;) Sorry, Hartmut, but your link is invalid, so I cannot go to that website and select some arbitrary text. Sure, that is only an example which points to no website. ;) But I see your point.why would someone want to do that?? Sometimes i also need a part of a link. In such a case i open the source from which selecting only a part is possible without problems. Would be nice if i could avoid this step. :-D Hartmut, lazy If I read you right, sure you can. But beware, it takes two mouseclicks! Click on the link and the whole link is selected. Click again and the entire link is unselected, but any portion can now be swiped with the mouse and selected for copy. jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
On 1/9/2010 10:04 AM, jim wrote: If I read you right, sure you can. But beware, it takes two mouseclicks! Click on the link and the whole link is selected. Click again and the entire link is unselected, but any portion can now be swiped with the mouse and selected for copy. jim Huh? When I click on a link, it opens a new browser window. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:58:05 +0100, Hartmut Figge wrote: Daniel: Hartmut Figge wrote: Well, try to select 'am' from http://i.am.a.link ;) Sorry, Hartmut, but your link is invalid, so I cannot go to that website and select some arbitrary text. Sure, that is only an example which points to no website. ;) But I see your point.why would someone want to do that?? Sometimes i also need a part of a link. In such a case i open the source from which selecting only a part is possible without problems. Would be nice if i could avoid this step. :-D Press F7 to go into caret browsing mode. Use the keyboard cursor keys to move it to where you want to start, highlight the text you want to copy, CTRL-C, and Bob's your Uncle. Phil -- Philip Chee phi...@aleytys.pc.my, philip.c...@gmail.com http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
compositor wrote: Can it be made possible please? Sorry, more details, please!! -- Seasons greeting, one and all and may this year be a better one! Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
compositor schrieb: Can it be made possible please? It's possible already imo: http://www.viddler.com/explore/commander_keen/videos/17/ regards Martin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.asciiribbon.org/index-de.html ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
Martin Freitag wrote: compositor schrieb: Can it be made possible please? It's possible already imo: http://www.viddler.com/explore/commander_keen/videos/17/ regards This is not working here, i always got a selection from the beginning of the sentence till the cursor or if attacked by under ...a selection from the end of the sentence till the cursor. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
Ray_Net schrieb: Martin Freitag wrote: compositor schrieb: Can it be made possible please? It's possible already imo: http://www.viddler.com/explore/commander_keen/videos/17/ regards This is not working here, i always got a selection from the beginning of the sentence till the cursor or if attacked by under ...a selection from the end of the sentence till the cursor. Hum, I guess it's time to verfify with a clean profile and file bug then if still behaving that way. regards Martin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.asciiribbon.org/index-de.html ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
Martin Freitag wrote: Ray_Net schrieb: Martin Freitag wrote: compositor schrieb: Can it be made possible please? It's possible already imo: http://www.viddler.com/explore/commander_keen/videos/17/ regards This is not working here, i always got a selection from the beginning of the sentence till the cursor or if attacked by under ...a selection from the end of the sentence till the cursor. Hum, I guess it's time to verfify with a clean profile and file bug then if still behaving that way. regards 1. I will not play with a clean profile because i doubt about 2. I will not fill a bug ...because .. it will stay open forever. 3. I can work with the current behaviour, because i never need to select and arbitrary text from a link. 4. I have a good working detour ..copy then paste the full sentence containing the link into notepad, where i can extract what i will. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Selecting arbitrary text from a link
Interviewed by CNN on 8/1/2010 12:54, Martin Freitag told the world: Ray_Net schrieb: Martin Freitag wrote: compositor schrieb: Can it be made possible please? It's possible already imo: http://www.viddler.com/explore/commander_keen/videos/17/ regards This is not working here, i always got a selection from the beginning of the sentence till the cursor or if attacked by under ...a selection from the end of the sentence till the cursor. Hum, I guess it's time to verfify with a clean profile and file bug then if still behaving that way. I tried here. It works... at a fashion. I have to click somewhere else before doing the click-and-drag thing. I have to begin the click and drag at just the right spot and move it just so. And even then, there are situations where it doesn't work, like in the middle of a long, multi-line wrapped link. It seems more an artifact of the way click-and-drag selection works than a feature. To be sure, I never missed this functionality... but if the community thinks it's a worthy enhancement, a better way would be to use a modified click-and-drag. Such as, right-click-and-drag, or alt-click-and-drag or whatever combination is still available -- in this mode the browser would ignore the link and behave as if it were normal text. And, by the way... wouldn't this be a core (Gecko) enhancement? -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... BOFH excuse #163: no any key on keyboard * TagZilla 0.0661 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org on Seamonkey 2.0 ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Selecting arbitrary text from a link
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