FS#24290 - [gnome3] [gtk3] Text selection gets lost in evince and gnome-terminal

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Eugene Arshinov (statc) - Sunday, 15 May 2011, 16:05 GMT
Last edited by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Saturday, 01 September 2012, 11:04 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:

Seems that GTK3 programs have same weird behaviour. I noticed it in gnome-terminal and evince (GTK3 applications which I often use). When you select some text in a GTK3 program, and then select text in another program (maybe not GTK3-based; tested with Geany, which use GTK 2), the selection in the GTK3 program gets lost.

Additional info:
* gtk3 3.0.9-2
* evince 3.0.0-4
* gnome-terminal 3.0.1-2

Steps to reproduce (evince):
1. open a document in evince (tested with PDF) and select some text there
2. switch to another application (tested with another evince and Geany, which uses GTK 2) and select some text there
3. switch to evince. Text is no longer selected there.
* You can place evince and other application on the same workspace to easily see the effect

Steps to reproduce (gnome-terminal):
1. open two tabs in gnome-terminal and type some text in each of the tabs
2. switch to the first tab and select some text in it
3. switch to the second tab and select some text in it
4. switch to the first tab. Text is no longer selected there.

Probably I should report it upstream, I'm not sure.
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Closed by  Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Saturday, 01 September 2012, 11:04 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Monday, 03 October 2011, 19:44 GMT
is still valid with 3.2.0?
Comment by Eugene Arshinov (statc) - Friday, 07 October 2011, 09:42 GMT
Yep
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Friday, 07 October 2011, 11:03 GMT
ok, lets wait another 6 months and see if the bug is miraculous fixed.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 28 April 2012, 12:49 GMT
Did miracles occur?
Comment by Eugene Arshinov (statc) - Tuesday, 01 May 2012, 05:53 GMT
Yes, I can reproduce everything described in the report with GNOME 3.4.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Friday, 24 August 2012, 05:19 GMT
Even though 3.6 is just around the corner maybe you its best to try bugzilla.gnome.org ?
Comment by Eugene Arshinov (statc) - Monday, 27 August 2012, 06:01 GMT
Done: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=682762
Comment by Eugene Arshinov (statc) - Saturday, 01 September 2012, 04:31 GMT
They say it isn't a bug: "This is how the primary text selection is supposed to work in X11.". I don't want to insist on the contrary, so I guess this bug report should also be closed

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