- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:52:38 +1000
- To: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
- CC: www-validator@w3.org
Frank Ellermann wrote: > Jukka K. Korpela wrote: >>on a typical browser, you can wipe out the contents of the >>text input field by pressing the Esc key there. No questions >>asked. > > Not with my browser. In Firefox, text boxes can be cleared by pressing Esc twice. Textareas can't be cleared with Esc, you need to use Ctrl+A (or equivalent) and then delete. In IE, pressing Esc once will clear both text boxes and textareas. In Opera, Esc will not clear either. > "Select all" + "cut" also doesn't work, Then your UA is broken. If you're using IE, it looks like if you right click within a textbox/textarea anywhere but on the selected text, the selection will be removed, and thus cut/copy won't work. If you select the text, then right click it, it works. That is, IMHO, a broken implementation and other browsers seem to work much better. > I can select the text area content with the mouse, and then > "shift Del" it, but then I also lose the old clipboard content. If you want to delete the content, but don't want to replace the clipboard content, then either don't cut/copy (just use delete/backspace), obtain some clipboard managment software that allows you to copy multiple items at the same time, or use a system with 2 clipboards. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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