632829 - input text is not selectable in the Web Console via Ctrl+a

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 623749

(DevTools :: General, defect)

Description

[Alex Lakatos[:AlexLakatos]]

Input text is not selectable in the Web Console via Ctrl+a, just via mouse click and drag.

Steps To Reproduce:
1.Open Web Console (CTRL+SHIFT+K)
2.Type console.log("STR");
3.Press CTRL+A

Actual Results:
3.The cursor is at the begining of the line and the text is not selected

Expected Results:
3.The cursor is at the begining of the line and the text is selected

Note: 
This happens on Windows XP, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.4. 
This works fine on Mac OS X 10.6 with CMD+A

Comment 1

[David Dahl :ddahl]

control-a is console keybinding for 'beginning of line'

Comment 2

[Alex Lakatos[:AlexLakatos]]

CTRL+A works under Windows/Linux as "Select All". It's corespondent in Mac OS X is CMD+A.

So if CTRL+A is keybinded in Web Console under Windows/Linux why isn't CMD+A on Mac OS X?

And what is the shortcut on Windows/Linux for "Select All"?

Comment 3

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

they're emacs-style keybindings.

Comment 4

[David Dahl :ddahl]

(In reply to comment #3)
> they're emacs-style keybindings.

Correction: its really unix-style keybindings. Both Mac and Linux work that way in the terminal.

Comment 5

[Kevin Dangoor]

Changing resolution to reflect this is actually a dupe of bug 623749. I think we're going to keep seeing these complaints, and that bug has more discussion on this.