switch off auto-selection of text (or what ever it is called ..)

[robert]

On 25.12.2017 12:36, Owen Thomas wrote:
> This has happened to be before too.
>
> I think Robert is describing a situation where he clicks the mouse 
> somewhere, and then, after releasing the mouse button, he moves the 
> mouse cursor, by moving his mouse, elsewhere. He frustratingly 
> observes all text in the application where he clicked to the place in 
> nearest proximity to where the moved the cursor to has been highlighted.
exactly
>
> I have had this problem too, and I believe it is because I have 
> accidentally enabled some assisted typing facility. I don't know how 
> to stop it, but thankfully it hasn't happened to me in a while.
>
> I don't know how to fix it, but it could be a hardware thing? What 
> type of hardware have you got Robert?
dell xps15
robert

>
>   Owen.
>
>
> On 25 December 2017 at 21:52, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net 
> <mailto:gheskett at shentel.net>> wrote:
>
>     On Monday 25 December 2017 05:28:04 robert wrote:
>
>     > On 25.12.2017 11:20, Chris Green wrote:
>     > > On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 10:49:45AM +0100, robert wrote:
>     > >> i have a super annoying problem of which I do not even know
>     how to
>     > >> name it ..
>     > >>
>     > >> Some times my ubuntu 7.10 (but it was the same with former
>     > >> versions) on a dell xp15 starts to "autoselect" text.
>     > >>
>     > >> So when I click some where and move the cursor the text gets
>     > >> selected.
>     > >
>     > > Er, that's the standard way text selection works in Unix/Linux.
>     > > Click and move the cursor to select text, then paste with the
>     middle
>     > > button (button 3).
>     >
>     > no it is not..
>     > You have (to my understanding) to press the shift key together with
>     > the mouse move.
>     >
>     > My box behaves as if I would have pressed the shift key, which I do
>     > not ..
>     >
>     > robert
>
>     Thats how its supposed to work _IF_ you do not release the left mouse
>     button before you move the mouse. Note the IF above. You may have
>     a bad
>     mouse, quite a few of the later mice use the flex of the plastic
>     buttons
>     anchoring hinge as a spring, which IMNSHO is NOT near enough up
>     pressure. I tend to pry the top covers off and take a hot air rework
>     stations wand and heat the hinge, bending it up about 1/8" to make
>     sure
>     the darned thing will release when I lift my finger. Let it cool and
>     reassemble.
>     >
>     > >> Very annoying.
>     > >>
>     > >> No idea what triggers this.
>     > >
>     > > It's normal, it's the way it 'should' work (if I'm understanding
>     > > your description correctly).
>     > >
>     > > What do you want to happen when you click and move?  If you want
>     > > 'click and drag' then that works too if you click on an 'object'.
>     > > It's down to what you click on.
>
>
>     Cheers, Gene Heskett
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