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[#13413] allow selectable text for context menu contact address
Summary allow selectable text for context menu contact address
Queue IMP
Queue Version Git master
Type Enhancement
State Rejected
Priority 1. Low
Owners
Requester pete.beardmore (at) msn (dot) com
Created 08/02/2014 (3996 days ago)
Due
Updated 08/08/2014 (3990 days ago)
Assigned
Resolved 08/02/2014 (3996 days ago)
Milestone
Patch Yes

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08/08/2014 03:57:05 AM Michael Slusarz Comment #4 Reply to this comment
Your patch doesn't work - since the text will disappear once you
click on it (that's how context menus work - they disappear on click).
It works as desired for me on Firefox, Chromium, and Opera. 
Mouse-down and drag to select the text, X11 puts the text in the 
primary selection buffer for middle-click paste goodness.
For posterity sake:

I didn't mean this can't be done from a technical perspective.  But 
from a consistent UX perspective with context menus - i.e. the way 
right-click  (or application) menus work in all OS's that I am aware 
of - this is not something you can do.  context menus are click only.
08/02/2014 07:40:15 PM pete (dot) beardmore (at) msn (dot) com Comment #3 Reply to this comment
Your patch doesn't work - since the text will disappear once you 
click on it (that's how context menus work - they disappear on click).
It works as desired for me on Firefox, Chromium, and Opera. Mouse-down 
and drag to select the text, X11 puts the text in the primary 
selection buffer for middle-click paste goodness.
Regardless, this was already implemented last year:

https://github.com/horde/horde/commit/df04e69b84d0eab2ee524fdd148deb51aaeeafc4
Apologies that I missed this. I do still prefer my implementation, but 
was regrettably short-sighted on the cross-platform front, so am very 
comfortable with the rejection.

Thanks for a speedy response.

08/02/2014 06:22:55 PM Michael Slusarz Comment #2
State ⇒ Rejected
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Your patch doesn't work - since the text will disappear once you click 
on it (that's how context menus work - they disappear on click).

Regardless, this was already implemented last year:

https://github.com/horde/horde/commit/df04e69b84d0eab2ee524fdd148deb51aaeeafc4
08/02/2014 09:23:14 AM pete (dot) beardmore (at) msn (dot) com Comment #1
Priority ⇒ 1. Low
New Attachment: make.contact.address.in.context.menu.selectable.diff Download
Patch ⇒ Yes
Milestone ⇒
Queue ⇒ IMP
Summary ⇒ allow selectable text for context menu contact address
Type ⇒ Enhancement
State ⇒ New
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I frequently create an email, then need to append an address to the 
CC/BCC. I flick back to the main window and quickly identify an email 
to/from the address I want. But where the address has an associated 
name, it is hidden, in a context menu, viewable by clicking on the 
button 'name of person'. Great, I can then see it, but I can't select 
the text!

Hence I end up having to create a new email to that person just to 
extract the address. The additional steps of opening and closing the 
new mail window I've found pretty frustrating over the last year, so 
this tiny patch helps my work flow a lot.

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