Word or line mouse selection reverts to character selection when dragging

[lqueryvg]

TMUX VERSION: git master (>2.3, 6749a30 = latest github version, as of 3rd December 2016)

PLATFORM: CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)

MINIMAL TMUX CONFIG: set -g mouse on

TERM OUTSIDE TMUX: xterm-256color
TERM INSIDE TMUX: screen-256color

Steps to reproduce problem:

1. Start tmux in terminal session
2. echo "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps"
3. Enter copy mode with Prefix '['
4. Double click mouse button 1 over the o in Brown.
   Note: The word Brown should now be highlighted by tmux (good)
5. While still holding down mouse button 1, drag the selection to the right over o in Fox.
   Note: Instead of Brown Fox being highlighted (good), you will see only own Fo highlighted (bad)

The same applies to line selection mode after triple-clicking when selecting lines.

E.g. if you have the text:

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps
Over The Lazy Dog

and you triple-click over the o in Brown, the whole first line is selected (good).
But if you drag the selection down to the y in Lazy you will see only
own Fox Jumps...y Dog selected, i.e. the right half of the first line and the left half of the second line (bad).

[mlgh]

@nicm, since this feature seems to be needed to others, would it be ok if I change #672 to include lineflag and wordflag functionality (by analogy to rectflag) that would be triggered by select-word and select-line?

[nicm]

I haven't had time to look but I don't think we need wordflag, it sounds like the problem is just that the selection start should be moved to the B?

[nicm]

Something like this: x.diff.txt

[mlgh]

@nicm, I can't see how this problem can be solved without introducing wordflag.
The behavior wanted here can be seen in any text editor/web browser: double click a word and now you select only on word boundaries. triple click - and you select on line boundaries.

[nicm]

OK, if you want to do it go for it.

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On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 12:42:43PM -0800, Artem Fokin wrote: ***@***.***, I can't see how this problem can be solved without introducing wordflag. The behavior wanted here can be seen in any text editor/web browser: double click a word and now you select only on word boundaries. triple click - and you select on line boundaries. -- You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, [2]view it on GitHub, or [3]mute the thread. Reverse link: [4]unknown References Visible links 1. https://github.com/nicm 2. #682 (comment) 3. https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AASkcydeCfZY8oU1Byx9aucfSDPpJe1Aks5rFxpDgaJpZM4LDX7P 4. #682 (comment)

[dannydulai]

it's be really cool if these flags also worked for mouse dragging selection

[nicm]

I've put this in the TODO file.

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