Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 10969
Mouse behavior and text selection
Last modified: 2014-01-23 13:01:13 UTC
Current behavior: Double-clicking selects a word. Triple-clicking selects a line. Suggested behavior: Holding the ctrl key and clicking on the mouse should select the current sentence, from the previous period (.) to the next period (.). To double-click in text should select the current paragraph. The current behavior of line selection on triple-clicking is aberrant. A line of text is not an object for a word processor.
Created attachment 4438 [details] More details on reported issue.
Let me add further details to my comments: To ctrl+double-click in text should select the current paragraph. ctrl was omitted in the original text. The current behavior of line selection on triple-clicking is aberrant. A line of text is not an object for a word processor. More details: sentences and paragraph are more practical selection objects.
Created attachment 7194 [details] updated attachment from another issue.
*** Issue 11376 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
jw:reassigned to bh
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To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".
Holding down the left mouse button and dragging the cursor should give a visible confirmation of selected text, but does not in writer.
It seems this enhancement request has been adressed with the recent builds. Double-clicking selects the word. Triple-clicking selects the sentence. While it is not exactly as Word does it is perfectly acceptable to me. So we can close this bug. I cannot reproduce the problem experienced by the previous poster.
So, the poster asked to close the issue. so I will close. The main issue seems to be solved.