Pressing alt clears text selection

[Callum Macdonald]

I reported this bug some time ago on a previous Ubuntu version and it was marked as invalid, but it definitely still exists. I've tested on a Guest session, and the bug exists there.

I don't know if the bug is Revelation wide, or specific to Ubuntu, so I'm reporting it here first.

Steps to recreate:
1) Create a new password file
2) Create a new password entry
3) Preferences > General > Passwords > "Display passwords and other secrets" check
4) Double / triple click password to select text
5) Press the alt key

At this point, the text selection disappears and the cursor is flashing at the start of the password.

The typical workflow for me is select password, alt-tab back to application, middle click to paste password. This bug breaks this workflow because pressing alt clears the text selection.

[Callum Macdonald (chmac)]

I've reported this on the Revelation bugtracker also.
https://bitbucket.org/erikg/revelation/issue/66/alt-key-clears-text-selection-on-ubuntu

As an aside, the revelation-bugs project here on Launchpad points at the old Revelation bugtracker, they're now using bitbucket. Can I update the link somehow?

[Stefan Voelkel (stefan-voelkel)]

FWIW, I can not reproduce this on Debian Squeeze.

Out of curiosity, why don't you use (on an entry), right click, Copy Password?

[Callum Macdonald (chmac)]

@Stefan: Right click, copy password is slightly slower for me than double/triple clicking the password. I work around the bug by moving my cursor off the Revelation window (which based on my settings makes another window active) then using alt-tab.