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Cannot select text in multi-line SelectableTextBlock easily
See original GitHub issueDescribe the bug
I dont really know how to explain the bug but it is difficult to select text manually in a SelectableTextBlock that has multiple lines in it. See the video below.
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Add a
SelectableTextBlock. - Add some texts with multiple line.
- Try to select the text as shown in the video.
Expected behavior Can easily select the text inside the control as shown with Notepad in the latter part of the video below.
Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: Windows
- Version 11.0.999-cibuild0032750-beta
Additional context Sample project
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 6 months ago
- Reactions:2
- Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)
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Fixed in current master
+1 it is pretty annoying. Anyway, thank you a lot for the text rework in Avalonia 11, including new SelectableTextBlock 😃