Closed Bug 895150 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Improve plain text copying in message scrollback

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Instant Messaging, enhancement)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Instant Messaging
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: mark.yen, Unassigned)

Details

Copying text from the scrollback in chats in Thunderbird is currently producing things in a ridiculous order.  See sample below; note the needless new lines (and ordering the timestamp before the user name, but I think getting rid of the line breaks is more important)

STR:
Copy text from the chat scrollback area (where things other people say are displayed).  The samples are from http://logbot.glob.com.au/?c=mozilla%23maildev&s=17%20Jul%202013&e=17%20Jul%202013#c87150

Expected results:
Flexible, but something like this would be nice:
NeilAway [11:17:25 AM] so, anyone with tb handy to confirm or deny a ui question?
JosiahOne [11:18:42 AM] Sure.


Actual results:
11:17:25 AM
NeilAway
so, anyone with tb handy to confirm or deny a ui question?
11:18:42 AM
JosiahOne
Sure.
I had magic copy off due to bug 764242. I guess that means I need to go look at it again...
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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