vtm: Line-based/rect-block selection by mouse
Selecting text in terminal
- Select text using
LeftDrag
- Double
LeftClick
to select a word- Select emails by clicking on
@
character - Select numbers, hexadecimals, IP-addresses or any kind of numerical stuff by clicking on digits
- Select whitespace by clicking on
whitespace
character - Select a
word
by clicking on any letter
- Select emails by clicking on
- Triple
LeftClick
to select the entire paragraph - Switching between block (rectangular) and linear selection using the
Alt
key - Modify selection by holding the
Ctrl
key - Dismiss selection using
LeftClick
- Copy selection using
RightClick
(+Ctrl
to keep selection visible after copy) - Paste copied data using
RightClick
- Render clipboard content around mouse cursor
- Clear local clipboard buffer using
Left+RightClick
anywhere - ~Modify selection by dragging markers~
- Change the style of the selected lines with the UI toggles
=─ ─=─ ─=
Wrap
- Selection format toggle button (three states; takes precedence over mouse tracking mode):
- No selection available
# Selection #
- Select text only (plain text, default)
+ Plaintext +
- Select text with all attributes (ANSI-escaping: colors, alignment, etc)
! ANSI-text !
- No selection available
- Status info bottom left
- Block selection:
h_size : v_size
- Linear selection:
n rows ~m cells
- Block selection:
- Scrolling region
DECSTBM
aware
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 2 years ago
- Comments: 23 (9 by maintainers)
Commits related to this issue
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (altbuf) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (altbuf) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (altbuf) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (altbuf) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (altbuf) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (auto scroll) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
- #149 [Term] WIP: Text selection by mouse (scrollback) — committed to directvt/vtm by o-sdn-o 2 years ago
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