Bug 398181

Summary:	Make value text fields be selected and copied
Product:	[Applications] kinfocenter	Reporter:	dufferzafar <dufferzafar0>
Component:	All KCMs	Assignee:	David Hubner <hubn3rd>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	arojas, bugseforuns, codestruct, nate, shalokshalom, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.13.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description dufferzafar 2018-09-03 08:02:44 UTC

This is a minor usability issue.

The text where it says "KDE Plasma Version: 5.13.4" etc. is not copyable.

I feel it should be as it allows for easier sharing.

I tested other KCMs as well, and none of the text can be copied.

Comment 1 Antonio Rojas 2018-09-03 08:17:33 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 366266 ***

Comment 2 dufferzafar 2018-09-03 10:25:04 UTC

Wow, I created bug-report for a bug that was fixed _yesterday_

The solution suggested in that thread is of adding a button, which seems fair.

But do you think we should still make the text elements selectable?

Comment 3 Gregor Mi 2018-09-03 19:42:48 UTC

> But do you think we should still make the text elements selectable?
I like that idea. Recently, there was a change written for the file properties dialog: The value fields are now also selectable and copyable.

Comment 4 Gregor Mi 2018-09-03 19:52:55 UTC

> Wow, I created bug-report for a bug that was fixed _yesterday_

This is one of those cool moments when you work for Free Software projects :-)

Comment 5 Harald Sitter 2019-02-20 14:22:20 UTC

I am not sure this necessarily make sense from an effort vs. use point of view with the new copy button in the picture.

Conceptually the about-distro module does not have a string "KDE Plasma Version: 5.13.4". It has the two strings "KDE Plasma Version:" and "5.13.4" (and it doesn't even particularly know that the two belong to one another). We could easily make either side selectable, but then does that really have a lot of use?

You can actually see the problem in the Memory module. The text in the memory table is selectable, but each line is really comprised of 3 distinct elements that you can copy individually instead of as a whole.

On top of that there's the problem that by default non-interactive space is dragable space (i.e. if you click and press anywhere on empty space you can drag the window). Which makes selecting by dragging a bit hit-and-miss at the best of times.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2020-07-21 17:30:02 UTC

I agree with Harald that the "Copy to Clipboard" button resolves this in a way that's good enough. :)