[Konsole-devel] [Bug 88953] New: Selection dragging for copying is weird, slow

[ak at ixion.net]

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88953        
           Summary: Selection dragging for copying is weird, slow
           Product: konsole
           Version: 1.4
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: ak ixion net


Version:           1.4 (using KDE 3.3.0,  (3.1))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-9)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.8.1

If you click-n-drag to select a massive amount of text, dragging past the end of the console window causes the window to scroll by the amount you moved past it and bumps the mouse back inside the window. This is IMHO cumbersome, since it requires you to keep moving the mouse until all the text is selected. Compare this with Konqueror (or many other widgets in KDE), where you click-drag the mouse past the window, and it keeps scrolling down and selecting as long as the mouse is outside, which I think is the desirable behavior.

PS: I know now that there is such a thing as "set selection end" in the menu, but the "conventional" way of selecting text should also be usable at least.