[Bug 38144] "Highlight pointer when you press control" option breaks firefox cut/copy by keyboard.

[Andy Price]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
Using an up-to-date dapper i368 install, when using the "Highlight
pointer when you press control" option in the mouse preferences, you
cannot use Ctrl-c to copy or Ctrl-x to cut a substring from the address
box or the google search text box in firefox.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Click on System->Preferences->Mouse->Pointers tab
2) Enable "Hilight pointer when you press control" option
3) Run firefox and enter text in the address box
4) Select a subsection of the text with cursor or shift+arrow keys
5) Press Ctrl-c or Ctrl-x

Expected results:
1) The selected text should be copied or cut to the clipboard

Actual Results:
1) The cursor is hilighted due to Ctrl being pressed
2.a) With Ctrl-c the whole of the text in the box is copied to the clipboard instead of just the selected part.
2.b) With Ctrl-x the whole of the text in the box is cut to the clipboard instead of just the selected part.

Further observation:
Text box widgets in form elements on web pages don't show the same buggy behaviour as the address box and google search box.
Other applications (e.g. gedit) don't seem to show the bug.

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"Highlight pointer when you press control" option breaks firefox cut/copy by keyboard.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/38144