Bug 412916

SUMMARY

It is effectively impossible to select the first character of a line of output on Wayland. That is: try to highlight one entire line of output or its first word is effectively impossible. Text selection begins exactly one character after the cursor position (visually).


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Generate some output
2. Try to select the first word/first line of that output without covering the previous line
3. Observe the fail.

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT

This should "just work".

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian unstable
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.62.0
Qt Version: 5.11.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

On Wayland, using a trackpad. 

The problem is really that text selection does not start *at* the position of the cursor (as visually indicated by the tip of the arrow), but rather requires the cursor to be one character to the *left* of whatever character the selection range will start at. 

The problem is compounded by thin window borders, meaning that there is no valid position left of the first character which you can point the cursor at. So it becomes effectively impossible to select the first character of a line.