Bug 194120

Summary: Highlight incorrect in two column text
Product: [Applications] okular Reporter: Matt Hubert <matt>
Component: generalAssignee: Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 0.8.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Matt Hubert 2009-05-26 07:42:12 UTC
Version:           0.8.3 (using 4.2.3 (KDE 4.2.3), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.28-11-generic

In a PDF with two (or probably any number of) columns of text, the highlight tool selects text in both columns before moving to the next line.

It should be that when highlighting a line and reaching the right edge of the first column, the highlight should move to the next line below as oppose to the same line in the next column.

Highlighter's current order:
Col 1 Line 1
Col 2 Line 1
Col 1 Line 2
Col 2 Line 2

The correct order for written English:
Col 1 Line 1
Col 1 Line 2
Col 1 Line 3
...
Col 2 Line 1
Col 2 Line 2
Col 2 Line 3
Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2009-05-26 09:53:41 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 161324 ***