[Bug 16860] New: Facility to copy text from dialogue boxes by dragging mouse over

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16860

Summary: Facility to copy text from dialogue boxes by dragging
                    mouse over
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

When a dialogue box displays a message, it is currently not possible to 
select the text for copy into another application, because dragging the 
mouse over the text has no effect.

For example, this makes it extremely awkward to copy error messages 
containing long registry keys or multiple messages into an application, 
such as an editor, or into a browser search box for diagnostic purposes.

Suggested fix is that dragging a mouse over dialogue text, highlights and
copies 
to clipboard.

[Bug 16860] Facility to copy text from dialogue boxes by dragging mouse over

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16860

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-01-10 12:47:44 ---
That's the way it works on windows. Wine has to emulate it all.

You can't just replace a static text control with something else that allows
text selection. Programs won't understand it and will most likely crash. Or
mis-behave.

This is a won't fix.

[Bug 16860] Facility to copy text from dialogue boxes by dragging mouse over

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16860

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED
         OS/Version|All                         |other
           Platform|All                         |Other

--- Comment #2 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-01-10 12:48:01 ---
Closing

[Bug 16860] Facility to copy text from dialogue boxes by dragging mouse over

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16860

--- Comment #3 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-01-12 06:06:34 ---
Although this doesn't work for every dialog, the MessageBox API in Windows
does support Ctrl+C (Ctrl+Ins) - which copies MessageBox text into clipboard.
MessageBox in Wine doesn't implement that.

[Bug 16860] Facility to copy text from dialogue boxes by dragging mouse over

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16860

--- Comment #4 from Mark Hobley   2009-01-12 20:34:26 ---
You could make this copyable to host applications not running within the wine
environment, without affecting the way that Microsoft Windows based
applications work. (Copy to the Unix clipboard, not the Windows one.)

I am certain it is possible to fix this.
> This is a won't fix.

Of course, we are at your mercy.