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getSelection() does not return a single character selection
See original GitHub issueRelates to: #2244 This works fine when a double-click highlights a word selection > 1 character. But if the selection only highlights a single character, getSelection() returns an empty string. Is this by design?
Details
- Browser and browser version: Chrome 78
- OS version: Linux
- xterm.js version: 4.3.0
Steps to reproduce
- ITerminalOptions.wordSeparator = ` .:;?!"'<>(/)[=]`
- term.write('Sex (M/F)? ')
- double-click the ‘M’
- getSelection() returns ‘’
Online example: https://play.ddgame.us
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 4 years ago
- Comments:7 (5 by maintainers)
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4.7.0 works great, thanks!
@daniel-j-davis good find! Moving this
event.altKeyup one line would probably fix it, do you want to do a PR?https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/afc39106c3707532136c0818e9d3aa1dbcf176ac/src/browser/services/SelectionService.ts#L670-L671
To verify, make sure alt+click still works by moving the cursor horizontally in a prompt with input