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This preference controls the selection behaviour when double-clicking text as it relates to punctuation surrounding the text. | 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+Shift+Left/Right and Ctrl+Backspace) work when editing text. | ||
==Possible values and their effects== | ==Possible values and their effects== | ||
===True=== | ===True=== | ||
Select surrounding punctuation. (Default on Minimo and all platforms except Unix and OS2) | Select surrounding punctuation. Above mentioned shortcuts stop at punctuation characters. (Default on Minimo and all platforms except Unix and OS2) | ||
===False=== | ===False=== | ||
Do not select any punctuation. (Default on Unix and OS2 for all apps except Minimo) | Do not select any punctuation. (Default on Unix and OS2 for all apps except Minimo) |
Revision as of 14:33, 18 June 2006
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+Shift+Left/Right and Ctrl+Backspace) work when editing text.
Possible values and their effects
True
Select surrounding punctuation. Above mentioned shortcuts stop at punctuation characters. (Default on Minimo and all platforms except Unix and OS2)
False
Do not select any punctuation. (Default on Unix and OS2 for all apps except Minimo)
First checked in
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)
- Minimo (all versions)
- SeaMonkey (all versions)
Related bugs
- Bug 98546 - Better word-break detection (double-clicking, Control+arrow keys, Control+Backspace/Delete)
- Bug 190615 - make stop_at_punctuation=true the default on unix (double-clicking shouldn't select punctuation)
- Bug 193025 - Pref "layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation" can't be set in user's user.js.
- Bug 194925 - Split layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation behaviour in two prefs, one for keyboard, one for mouse