I agree. I would like to retain this mode of selection in Windows Chrome at least. I think it's only ragged in most apps because people don't take the time to make it look nice.
-Ben On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:57 PM, David Hyatt <hy...@apple.com> wrote: > On Oct 16, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Evan Martin wrote: > >> When you select multiple lines of text in WebKit, the highlight paints >> over whitespace on the right margin. >> This is correct behavior for Mac, but not for Windows or Linux. >> > > I would suggest making it be controlled by a Setting rather than #ifdefs. I > thought one existed already, but if it doesn't, we can add one. Another > possibility might be using the theme to query for this info, although I know > we would like to preserve the gap painting on Safari for Windows. Therefore > a Setting is probably best. > > Keep in mind that eliminating the gaps will give you a pretty ugly irregular > selection in a lot of places. Do what you want in Chrome, but make sure > it's a setting and that you don't change Safari for Windows in the process. > > Thanks, > dave > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
