Bug 398719

Summary:	Text is not visible while dragged
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	christoph, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version:	19.04.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ktexteditor/commit/a8ec3bece451aa4aeefdfe5ed2b6cf7ac1822bce	Version Fixed In:	5.78
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Patrick Silva 2018-09-16 13:52:34 UTC

open some txt file with kate
select text and drag it
Result: selected text is not moved together cursor

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2018-09-18 20:42:52 UTC

Confirmed with git master too.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2018-10-04 20:53:43 UTC

At least it is consistent with QTextEdit. Not sure if this should be limited to a certain amount of text. I like Dolphins resizing+limiting when dragging too many icons.

Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2019-08-24 20:48:31 UTC

Patches welcome to have this feature.

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2020-12-28 11:46:04 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ktexteditor/-/merge_requests/54

Comment 5 Waqar Ahmed 2020-12-29 17:16:08 UTC

Git commit a8ec3bece451aa4aeefdfe5ed2b6cf7ac1822bce by Waqar Ahmed.
Committed on 28/12/2020 at 11:33.
Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'.

Show the dragged text when dragging

M  +13   -1    src/view/kateviewinternal.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ktexteditor/commit/a8ec3bece451aa4aeefdfe5ed2b6cf7ac1822bce