On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 11:31, Magnus Manske wrote:
Erik Moeller wrote:
>I've changed the code so that the text is autoselected via JavaScript.
>This should eliminate the need for a user option.
I don't think the Linux people will be
overjoyous - selecting the text
means copying it...
I am one of those, but I don't see the problem. 1) This is PRIMARY, not
CLIPBOARD. If you want your clipboard contents to be safe, you use
CLIPBOARD (i.e. Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V). 2) To delete the text, you have to
select it anway. True, not everyone will do it by mouse (and thereby
trigger PRIMARY), but even for those who don't, it will be a convenience
to preselect it.
However, if there's a way to suppress PRIMARY when calling the select()
method in Javascript, please let me know.
I'm Linux person and I really don't like it.
Real men use PRIMARY for copying, not CLIPBOARD ;-)
Option to start with empty box is the best solution.
Or even better always start with empty box and put such text over it.