Setting the Textual Selection

X Windows Sequences of consecutive characters within an object can be selected by dragging, multi-clicking, extending, or grabbing. In each case, a sequence of characters is highlighted on the screen and the sequence is copied into both the X server's primary selection and the X server's CUT_BUFFER_0. From the primary selection or CUT_BUFFER_0, the sequence of characters can be pasted into other applications. The sequence of characters selected is arbitrary and need not be a syntactically well-formed phrase.

NT Sequences of consecutive characters within an object can be selected by dragging, multi-clicking, or grabbing. In each case, a sequence of characters is highlighted on the screen and the sequence is copied into the cut buffer. From the cut buffer, the sequence of characters can be pasted into other applications. The sequence of characters selected is arbitrary and need not be a syntactically well-formed phrase.

The different ways of setting the textual selection are described in separate subsections below:

• Dragging
• Multi-clicking
• Extending (X windows only)
• Grabbing