Double-click in the results area to select a word doesn't work
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In an older version of LINQPad I used to double-click a value in the results to select the word (like an ID number), and copied/pasted that value into our business software to look up someone's profile.
Now double-clicking doesn't select anything, I need to position the mouse at the beginning of the word, then click and drag to the end, which is much more time consuming because you need to be very precise (clicking a few millimeters away you are in a different column).
Is there any fix to make the double-click word selection working?
Thanks,
Steven
Now double-clicking doesn't select anything, I need to position the mouse at the beginning of the word, then click and drag to the end, which is much more time consuming because you need to be very precise (clicking a few millimeters away you are in a different column).
Is there any fix to make the double-click word selection working?
Thanks,
Steven
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Yes, this is annoying and it's due to a bug in an Internet Explorer update. Curiously, the bug only comes into play when IE is embedded in another application.
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Thanks Joe for the answer.
My default browser is Firefox, I am not really using Internet Explorer.
Is this because you are using some features of Internet Explorer in the application? -
LINQPad uses the WebBrowser control which is hard-coded to IE. I cannot make it use FireFox, AFAIK.
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Ok. Why do you use the WebBrowser control? Is it to show the formatting of the result in tables? Maybe it could be replaced with a different control not dependent on IE?
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LINQPad output is heavily HTML dependent. It needs a web browser to render.
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I see.
Sorry I am not a programmer. I just searched for some alternatives to the WebBrowser control, and I saw some other people complaining about it too.
I have read somewhere that the current WebBrowser control is from an old version of IE.
This article suggests GeckoFX web browser control, they say is cross platform:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19414771/alternative-to-webbrowser-control-for-net-c
or this article suggests Webkit or Gecko (this says Gecko is a Firefox engine, but the 1st article was saying is from Google Chrome):
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/790542/replacing-net-webbrowser-control-with-a-better-browser-like-chrome
Sorry, I have no idea how hard is to replace the current WebBrowser control with a different one.
