Bug 187989

Summary:

[macOS] Double-click to select word also selects the following space when "Smart Copy/Paste" is off

Product:

WebKit

Reporter:

mitz

Component:

HTML Editing

Assignee:

Nobody <webkit-unassigned>

Status:

NEW ---

Severity:

Normal

CC:

ap, joshuawalker, megan_gardner, mmaxfield, opendarwin, rniwa, simon.fraser, thorton, webkit-bug-importer, webkit, wenson_hsieh, zalan

Priority:

Keywords:

InRadar

Version:

Safari Technology Preview

Hardware:

Unspecified

OS:

Unspecified

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Video of toggling a flag to stop bug behavior	none

Description mitz 2018-07-24 23:46:27 PDT

<rdar://problem/14119118>

When Smart Copy/Paste is off, double-clicking a word, whether in editable or non-editable text, also selects the following space. The space should not get selected along with the word regardless of whether Smart Copy/Paste is on or not.

Comment 1 joshuawalker 2021-04-28 15:51:55 PDT

If it helps with figuring this one out, it seems that toggling one of the flags in the Debug > Drawing/Compositing Flags menu (e.g. "Enable/Disable Subpixel-Antialiased Layer Text") will stop this behavior. Some of the flags seem to only work on a per-tab basis, others per-window.

Comment 2 Simon Fraser (smfr) 2021-04-28 15:59:10 PDT

I'd be very surprised if "Enable/Disable Subpixel-Antialiased Layer Text" affected this.

Comment 3 joshuawalker 2021-04-28 16:10:32 PDT

Created attachment 427303 [details]
Video of toggling a flag to stop bug behavior

Safari 14.1 (15611.1.21.161.5, 15611) on macOS 10.15.7 (19H1030)

Comment 4 Tim Horton 2021-04-28 16:16:12 PDT

Flipping *any* pref seems to do the trick.

Comment 5 Jeff Johnson 2023-07-26 19:37:42 PDT

This bug also affects Mac Mail app, which uses WebKit for editing.