305960 - double-click and drag should select by word, but selects by character

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 16203

(Camino Graveyard :: Page Layout, defect)

Description

[paul bx]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050819 Camino/0.9a2+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050819 Camino/0.9a2+

Double-clicking (to select word) and triple-clicking (to select line) work
correctly. However, if you drag the mouse pointer after the final click (without
releasing the mouse button), the selection should (per HIG I woudl guess) grow
by the relevant unit. Instead, Camino grows the selection by character.

See most any standard app -- e.g. TextEdit or Safari -- if you need an example
of the proper behavior.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Double-click on word in page
2. Hold mouse button down and drag
3. Notice selection growing by character, not by word

Actual Results:  
I noticed the selection growing by character, not by word. I tried to keep calm.

Expected Results:  
It should have grown the selection by word.  Have I typed enough yet?

Comment 1

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

i'm sure this is a dupe of long-standing core bugs. don't expect a fix any time
soon, i'm afraid. :(

Comment 2

[paul bx]

Too bad. Definitely a ding in Camino's nice Aqua finish!

Sorry to post a dupe.  I tried a half-dozen different searches first but didn't
see anything.

Comment 3

[Torben]

For the record: the Core bug is bug 16203. Not sure whether this is a dupe or a
dependency...

Comment 4

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

I believe all of that stuff is handled in Core.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 16203 ***