Hi Loïc, I believe you are correct, I use the ion3 window manager (Version 20061223-1). When using a different window manager, the problem doesn't occur. How can I tell if this is actually an ion3 or a gtk problem?
Thanks, Aaron On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:53:51 +0100 Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007, Aaron Small wrote: > > In all gtk applications, when I use the mouse to highlight text in a > > text entry box, the selection will highlight momentarily, then > > disappear. If I drag the mouse to the right across some text, the right > > edge of the selection will move with the mouse cursor, but the left edge > > will catch up almost immediately meaning as I go, only one to two > > letters nearest the mouse are ever selected and the selection always > > ends up empty, unless I move the mouse *very* fast. I'd guess I have > > about half a second to get the text selected and release the mouse > > button before I lose the selection. This makes it impossible to copy > > text. > > It looks like a program is running in the background and stealing your > focus, could you try creating a fresh new user on your system: does it > suffer of the same problem? > > Could you check whether this happens after adding a particular applet > or running a particular program in your session? > > Bye,
