[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Restore not clearing the selection when click within it. See Exception in 1 above. Users need to continue to see what will be copied or cut (which also happens with paste). The breakpoint toggle and goto file/line options on the context menu need the line

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset b2e8240261aa879b8978d7add6dd1efc4318add1 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8': bpo-39885: IDLE context menu clears selection (GH-18859) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b2e8240261aa879b8978d7add6dd1efc4318add1 --

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset f9684d222e0950c1ce206873a9c66dfd30ed by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7': bpo-39885: IDLE context menu clears selection (GH-18859) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f9684d222e0950c1ce206873a9c66dfd30ed --

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

Change by miss-islington : -- pull_requests: +18218 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18861 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

Change by miss-islington : -- nosy: +miss-islington nosy_count: 1.0 -> 2.0 pull_requests: +18217 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18860 ___ Python tracker

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset 4ca060d8ad7c6df1fd4df30f9a14f6aa35380c09 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch 'master': bpo-39885: IDLE context menu clears selection (#18859) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4ca060d8ad7c6df1fd4df30f9a14f6aa35380c09 --

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +18216 stage: test needed -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18859 ___ Python tracker

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I believe the following is true: when only one selection is allowed, the cursor is normally at one end or the other, and any cursor movement either clear the selection or changes its range. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue39885] IDLE right click should clear any selection

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: (Mozilla) Thunderbird, unlike (Mozilla) Firefox, has move/clear right clicks. -- title: IDLE right click should unselect -> IDLE right click should clear any selection ___ Python tracker