When trying to copy a webpage using Google Chrome or Firefox, the highlighted text stops and the end of my monitor screen. I'm going to see if going from XFCE 4.10 to 4.12 on Xubuntu 14.04.3 will fix this issue. Here is another example. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2283696&p=13374454#post13374454
Ex. Go to google.com and paste this in the search area: can highlight by going upwards but not downwards xfce My mouse can lighlight the first line starting with the word "ssh" and the last line ending with the word "everything ..." My mouse cursor cannot go past the last line "expressions can match many items, but evidently not everything ..." If I scroll upward, I can copy the entire webpage.
This happens when using XFCE 4.10 and 4.12
I cannot copy a portion of an entire webpage using Google Chrome or Firefox when copying downwards. Upwards works. This happens with: Debian 8 Jessie XFCe with 4.10 using Iceweasel/Firefox or Google Chrome Xubuntu 14.04 with XFCE 4.10 and 4.12 using Firefox or Google Chrome Xubuntu 12.04 live cd using Firefox This doesn't happen with: Debian 8 Jessie KDE using Firefox or Google Chrome Kubuntu 15.04 live dvd using Firefox LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice Calc Mousepad Has anyone else seen this? Someone else reported this on the Ubuntu forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2283696 Ex. Go to google.com and paste this in the search area: can highlight by going upwards but not downwards xfce My mouse can highlight the first line starting with the word "ssh" and the last line ending with the word "everything ..." My mouse cursor cannot go past the last line "expressions can match many items, but evidently not everything ..." If I scroll upward, I can copy the entire webpage. KDE 4.x doesn't have this issue. Windows 7 doesn't have this issue. Using Win7 on a laptop with Firefox 41.0.2 and I'm able to scroll downwards without any issues using the same mouse that was connected to the machine with Xubuntu 14.04.
Go go google.com Put the words in quotes in the search area "can highlight by going upwards but not downwards xfce" and press enter. Highlight the first weblink on the webpage after the section "About 4,710 results (0.52 seconds)" and press your left mouse button and highlight the words and scroll downwards. How far do you get when scrolling? Are you able to scroll all the way down by using your left mouse button and holding it?
I'm using: Kernel 3.13.0-65-generic (i686) Intel 945G video card Xubuntu 14.04.3 with XFCE 4.10 Firefox 41.0.1 Google Chrome 45.0.2454.101 Dell generic usb mouse Go here: https://www.google.com/search?q=can+highlight+by+going+upwards+but+not+downwards+xfce&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Highlight the first weblink on the webpage after the section "About 4,710 results (0.52 seconds)", press your left mouse button and highlight the words and scroll downwards. How far do you get when scrolling? Are you able to scroll all the way down by using your left mouse button and holding it?
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