On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 08:11:14AM +0000, mick.crane wrote: > On 2025-03-25 03:00, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > On Tue, 2025-03-25 at 02:25 +0000, mick.crane wrote: > > > xfce4 > > > In things that display text you can drag the mouse over to select > > > blocks > > > of text. > > > Is there some way by a combination of key presses/drag mouse to > > > select > > > separated sections of text? > > > eg. > > > alpha > > > beta > > > charlie > > > delta > > > select only "alpha" and "charlie" text with mouse drag and copy. > > > > > > Hi, mick.. I was able to do what you're asking by using the CTRL key. I > > clicked CTRL then dragged the cursor to select 3 or 4 words as a > > phrase. I was able to then choose a few more random snippets while > > holding the CTRL key down the hold time.
[...] > Hi, > Doesn't work here, probably I should get a keyboard with more keys, see if > is different. > Mick I think this depends more on the application itself than on the keyboard. Some applications will support this, some not. And, since there is no "standard" way to express a "multiple" or "discontinuous" selection in the underlying windows system (it's X, probably) -- applications will find diverse and creative ways to pass that on, if at all. Cheers -- t
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