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Layout.word select.stop at punctuation

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation.

This article describes the preference layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

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Background

This preference controls the selection behaviour when double-clicking text as it relates to punctuation surrounding the text. It also affects the way some shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl+Left/Right arrow) and Ctrl+Backspace) work when editing text.

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Possible values and their effects

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True

"Word" selection includes surrounding punctuation and only stops at whitespace, so that for example double-clicking example.com/the/path and the other above-mentioned shortcuts select the entire URL. (Default on Linux/Unix and OS2 for all apps except Minimo and Firefox after bug 190615)

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False

Word selection using the above mentioned shortcuts ends at punctuation characters. (Default on Minimo and all platforms except Linux/Unix and OS2)

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First checked in

2001-10-19 by Mike Pinkerton.

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Has an effect in

  • Netscape (all versions since 7.0)
  • Mozilla Suite (all versions since 0.9.6)
  • Phoenix (all versions)
  • Firebird (all versions)
  • Firefox (all versions)
  • Thunderbird (verified for 1.5.0.9)
  • Minimo (all versions)
  • SeaMonkey (all versions)
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Related bugs

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Related preferences

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