Porteus 5.0 x86-64 geany-xfce-highlight-vs-window-move

Please reproduce your error on a second machine before posting, and check the error by running without saved changes or extra modules (See FAQ No. 13, "How to report a bug"). For unstable Porteus versions (alpha, beta, rc) please use the relevant thread in our "Development" section.
User avatar
Rava
Contributor
Contributor
Posts: 5401
Joined: 11 Jan 2011, 02:46
Distribution: XFCE 5.01 x86_64 + 4.0 i586
Location: Forests of Germany

Porteus 5.0 x86-64 geany-xfce-highlight-vs-window-move

Post#1 by Rava » 25 Aug 2022, 20:56

I know geany is able to highlight text via mouse like so

Code: Select all

          line 1
          line 2
          line 3
let "█" be the highlighted part of the above example:

Code: Select all

██████████line 1
██████████line 2
██████████line 3
In Porteus 5.0 x86-64 I seem to get that method of highlighting via mouse not to work. Sadly I do not recall which key to press to change from normal highlighting to the special highlighting.

I just realize when pressing "Alt" + left mouse button + move the mouse, then the program window itself gets dragged around instead of highlighting text.
I do not recall XFCE ever doing that is the past (I usually never press Alt + move the mouse… so I not realized since from which XFCE version onwards that started happening)

My current XFCE is 003-xfce-4.12-20220218

Since I cannot get geany to highlight the way I want I presume the "XFCE moving the window the mouse is under" functionality is responsible for me no longer able to highlighting text in geany the way I want.

Anyone any idea how to switch of that XFCE behaviour?
If it would not interfere with geany, it would be a neat addition, but not needed, since moving the mouse over the program's title bar and simple press "left mouse button" lets one move the window around all you want anyway.
Cheers!
Yours Rava

User avatar
ncmprhnsbl
DEV Team
DEV Team
Posts: 3924
Joined: 20 Mar 2012, 03:42
Distribution: v5.0-64bit
Location: australia
Contact:

Porteus 5.0 x86-64 geany-xfce-highlight-vs-window-move

Post#2 by ncmprhnsbl » 26 Aug 2022, 02:01

Rava wrote:
25 Aug 2022, 20:56
I know geany is able to highlight text via mouse like so
it's very unclear what you're talking about...
do you mean the "highlight a line by left-clicking on a line number"? and "highlight all lines by CTRL+left mouseclick on the same line number" ? (sometimes: commented lines don't work like this)

alt+ left mouseclick window move is (and has been) a fairly standard keybind in most DE window managers since forever.. (and alt+rickclick for resize)
to change it in xfce4 (without looking) i'd look in the xfce settings gui(s) for keybinds settings..
Forum Rules : https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=44

User avatar
Rava
Contributor
Contributor
Posts: 5401
Joined: 11 Jan 2011, 02:46
Distribution: XFCE 5.01 x86_64 + 4.0 i586
Location: Forests of Germany

Porteus 5.0 x86-64 geany-xfce-highlight-vs-window-move

Post#3 by Rava » 26 Aug 2022, 03:36

ncmprhnsbl wrote:
26 Aug 2022, 02:01
it's very unclear what you're talking about...
I described it visually.
You can select text not by lines, but by columns, say, each line has at minimum 5 lines, some up to 80.
You want to select only the first 3 columns.

Again my example, at the beginning there is whitespace you want to delete, The lines are not

Code: Select all

"line 1"
but

Code: Select all

"          line 1"

Code: Select all

          line 1
          line 2
          line 3
let "█" be the highlighted part of the above example:

Code: Select all

██████████line 1
██████████line 2
██████████line 3
delete the highlighted text:

Code: Select all

line 1
line 2
line 3
When alt+mouse movement have been part of DEs like forever, then it must be a different combination, like alt+shift or alt+ctrl or ctrl+shift…
Cheers!
Yours Rava

User avatar
ncmprhnsbl
DEV Team
DEV Team
Posts: 3924
Joined: 20 Mar 2012, 03:42
Distribution: v5.0-64bit
Location: australia
Contact:

Porteus 5.0 x86-64 geany-xfce-highlight-vs-window-move

Post#4 by ncmprhnsbl » 26 Aug 2022, 06:02

ok, that's clearer..
CTRL+SHIFT+mouse sounds like what you want.
Forum Rules : https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=44

User avatar
Rava
Contributor
Contributor
Posts: 5401
Joined: 11 Jan 2011, 02:46
Distribution: XFCE 5.01 x86_64 + 4.0 i586
Location: Forests of Germany

Porteus 5.0 x86-64 geany-xfce-highlight-vs-window-move

Post#5 by Rava » 26 Aug 2022, 08:26

ncmprhnsbl wrote:
26 Aug 2022, 06:02
ok, that's clearer..
Sorry for messing up in my non-native tongue.
ncmprhnsbl wrote:
26 Aug 2022, 06:02
CTRL+SHIFT+mouse sounds like what you want.
Due to online issue I switch between machines and the online one is the i586 one with kernel 3.1 and Port 4.0 - while my main one is offline.

Added in 3 hours 6 minutes 10 seconds:
Ctrl+Shift+Mouse is it.

Thanks.
Cheers!
Yours Rava

Post Reply