[Okular-devel] [Bug 150293] New: I want to highlight select all (or parts) of "Properties" dialog info (including fonts) and paste it into editor

[Kurt Pfeifle]

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           Summary: I want to highlight select all (or parts) of
                    "Properties" dialog info (including fonts) and paste it
                    into editor
           Product: okular
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: okular-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: pfeifle kde org


Version:           SVN (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          doesn't matter doesn't matter

When I work with PDFs (very often for troubleshooting print-related problems), I frequently need to note down as many as properties known as possible about them. One of the tests and checks is to view them for visual inspection.

Another test is to run "pdfinfo" and "pdffonts" in a konsole, and paste the results into the evaluation report I need to create.

It would be nice if I could highlight/select all of the text shown in the "Properties" dialog of Okular and paste that (same for the fonts tab).

It would also be nice if I could point a user who needs help to that option. (One of the first questions I ask users very often is about the embedded fonts. Normally they don't have pdfinfo installed, or don't know how to use it, so they send me the complete PDF instead of a short info in their mail.)

((((Uhmmm... and why do the two tabs look so very different when they display their info? Is their any other reason than "it looks somehow nicer if the two are different"?)))

I've not yet used okular for other file types than PDFs, so I'm not sure for which supported file types there is a similar Properties dialog. For consistency reasons, copy and pasting should be possible there too.

((In general, I also hate it if I can't copy and paste from an error or warning dialog too. Frequently, when reporting a bug and needing to quote what the message said, it is required to manually type-copy the message from the dialog...))