GNU bug report logs - #19988
25.0.50; Drag events ending in different frame

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Message #41 received at 19988 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19988 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19988: 25.0.50; Drag events ending in different frame
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:05:10 +0100

> When I select a region by dragging Mouse-1 starting at the "selected."
> above, as soon as the mouse cursor leaves the emacs frame, the region
> won't grow or shrink anymore until I enter the frame and window again.
> And when I release the drag outside of the frame and window where I
> started, the final region is the last one before leaving the
> frame/window.

With emacs -Q?  That's very strange.  I've never seen such behavior
anywhere, neither with Emacs nor with any other application I use.

> That's pretty much what I'd expect except that releasing
> the drag outside of the start frame/window inactivates the region.

But how can you possibly mouse-extend the region if your mouse cursor
has to stay within the window?

martin

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