Ubuntu 18.04 GNOME - Do not lose selection when cursor leave textfield
Is it possible setup GNOME to not lose or do not invert selection when cursor leave textfield and continue moving in right direction? (MS Windows way: selection follow cursor even if them left the field). It is not always convenient and it is not always possible to move mouse cursor exactly along the text field, especially over long distances.
Examples with Firefox address bar (but you can see same behavior on any another textfield):
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Hand has flinched and I lose selection
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Is it possible setup GNOME to not lose or do not invert selection when cursor leave textfield and continue moving in right direction? (MS Windows way: selection follow cursor even if them left the field). It is not always convenient and it is not always possible to move mouse cursor exactly along the text field, especially over long distances.
Examples with Firefox address bar (but you can see same behavior on any another textfield):
Start moving
Hand has flinched and I lose selection
18.04 mouse gnome-shell
edited 4 hours ago
pomsky
31.1k1194127
asked 12 hours ago
maturemature
2,0531728
Does it really lose selection? I think it doesn't, but also doesn't show any visual indication. If you bring the cursor back again after leaving the text-field you'll see it selects the right part of text.
– pomsky
4 hours ago
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Is it possible setup GNOME to not lose or do not invert selection when cursor leave textfield and continue moving in right direction? (MS Windows way: selection follow cursor even if them left the field). It is not always convenient and it is not always possible to move mouse cursor exactly along the text field, especially over long distances.
Examples with Firefox address bar (but you can see same behavior on any another textfield):
Start moving
Hand has flinched and I lose selection
18.04 mouse gnome-shell
edited 4 hours ago
pomsky
31.1k1194127
asked 12 hours ago
maturemature
2,0531728
Is it possible setup GNOME to not lose or do not invert selection when cursor leave textfield and continue moving in right direction? (MS Windows way: selection follow cursor even if them left the field). It is not always convenient and it is not always possible to move mouse cursor exactly along the text field, especially over long distances.
Examples with Firefox address bar (but you can see same behavior on any another textfield):
Start moving
Hand has flinched and I lose selection
18.04 mouse gnome-shell
18.04 mouse gnome-shell
edited 4 hours ago
pomsky
31.1k1194127
asked 12 hours ago
maturemature
2,0531728
edited 4 hours ago
pomsky
31.1k1194127
asked 12 hours ago
maturemature
2,0531728
edited 4 hours ago
pomsky
31.1k1194127
edited 4 hours ago
pomsky
31.1k1194127
edited 4 hours ago
pomsky
31.1k1194127
31.1k1194127
asked 12 hours ago
maturemature
2,0531728
asked 12 hours ago
maturemature
2,0531728
asked 12 hours ago
maturemature
2,0531728
2,0531728
Does it really lose selection? I think it doesn't, but also doesn't show any visual indication. If you bring the cursor back again after leaving the text-field you'll see it selects the right part of text.
– pomsky
4 hours ago
add a comment |
Does it really lose selection? I think it doesn't, but also doesn't show any visual indication. If you bring the cursor back again after leaving the text-field you'll see it selects the right part of text.
– pomsky
4 hours ago
Does it really lose selection? I think it doesn't, but also doesn't show any visual indication. If you bring the cursor back again after leaving the text-field you'll see it selects the right part of text.
– pomsky
4 hours ago
Does it really lose selection? I think it doesn't, but also doesn't show any visual indication. If you bring the cursor back again after leaving the text-field you'll see it selects the right part of text.
– pomsky
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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Does it really lose selection? I think it doesn't, but also doesn't show any visual indication. If you bring the cursor back again after leaving the text-field you'll see it selects the right part of text.
– pomsky
4 hours ago