openstyles/stylus

[Linux/X] CSS editor: text selection is not setting the primary selection

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#1,969 opened on May 29, 2025

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Description

Selecting text normally sets the primary selection. This is not happening within the CSS editor.

Pasting the primary selection content via middle-click, however, is working properly. The failure to set the primary selection means that I'm about to paste something other than intended.

(Copying and pasting via the clipboard works normally, but that's not what I usually use.)

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Research direction
Inspect the CSS editor component's text selection handling, focusing on how it interacts with the primary selection in X11. Look for any event handlers that might prevent default selection behavior.
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javascript
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