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Alt+selecting text refocuses to main menu on Desktop client
On Desktop client, when mouse drag-selecting text while holding Alt, upon mouse release the message text loses focus and instead the main menu gets the focus. This means attempting to Ctrl+C the text won't work. In the case of links, Alt-select is the only way to select text, because otherwise the app will attempt to drag the link. You would have to re-focus the selection by right-clicking the popup menu (left-clicking the selection would open the link, while left-clicking elsewhere would de-select the text).
Here's me attempting to Alt+select some text to copy:
This happens with message post text box both open and closed.
A couple other people noted that they couldn't reproduce, so I'm not sure how my setup is different.
I have menu bar auto-hide disabled (so I always see it), but toggling that doesn't change anything - it just means the menu will get shown (which would be rather annoying, since it shifts/resizes the whole window).
Desktop client v5.9.4, Windows 10 Pro 18362.
Thanks for the report! Does this only happen for you in the desktop app, or does something similar happen in the web application?
This specific interaction only happens on the Desktop app for me. I didn't check browser versions, but I can check now.
In Firefox, with edit text box open - Alt+selecting any text within a link doesn't selects any text at all. With edit text box closed, it selects fine.
In Opera, Alt+selecting works fine either way.
In Chrome, Alt+selecting works fine either way.
OK, transferring this to the Zulip desktop app repository; this seems decently likely to be an Electron bug. I'd be interested in whether it happens with 5.9.3.
Oh, my bad, I didn't realize there were multiple repos. Thanks!
Yes, it happens on 5.9.3 for me.
This seems to be an Electron issue on Windows that was incorrectly marked as a duplicate of a fixed issue on Linux.
- electron/electron#28314
