Select multiple words/lines when double/triple clicking.#5127
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the commit messages lack explanations/justifications of the changes.
also, judging by the commit message, the 2nd commit mixes two unrelated changes.
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I made each commit message clearer, and I thought changing the click time delay was an important enough change to warrant a third commit after all, so I split up the 2nd commit into two. |
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This is an improvement for double clicking in the editor, allowing the user to drag to select multiple words. Previously the user could only select one word at a time by double clicking. Signed-off-by: Robert P. McDowell <teatimewithrobert@gmail.com>
Like the last commit, improves triple clicking to allow the user to drag select multiple lines on double clicking in the editor. Signed-off-by: Robert P. McDowell <teatimewithrobert@gmail.com>
This is to compliment the last two commits. Before if the user dragged their mouse and tried to immediately click, they might unintentionally initiate a double click; with triple click being re-implemented it was a bigger issue, with accidental triple clicks. Signed-off-by: Robert P. McDowell <teatimewithrobert@gmail.com>
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Quality of life feature for mouse users. Many text editors have the ability to drag select words and lines, and mcedit already allows you to select one word at a time, this is just an improvement of what's already there!
Also updated how the delay between clicks works to start the timer on mouse down instead of up, this is a lot more common in text editors (you're very browser probably behaves this way); this change affects all other widgets that use double-click functionality.
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git commit --amend -smake indent && make check)Tested with both gpm and xterm-only mouse support, ncurses, and slang.