• vxx@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    I don’t think that’s workarounds, you’re supposed to use your free hand for keyboard commands to effectively highlight and edit text.

    My favourite combo is ctrl+z because it reverts the last action. Works in almost every application.

    Ctrl+a marks the whole text.

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      21 days ago

      Yes, these are documented features and not some kind of obscure off-label workaround. What I mean is that the use of these features serves as a workaround (or, if you like, an “alternative”) when simple mouse selection should work but behaves erratically.

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        21 days ago

        The mouse issue you describe sounds like a feature as well, since you can mark things off screen by simply going over the edge on the left side.

        This is extremely annoying on phone, but I never had that issue when it wasn’t some webpage with multiple elements like advertising and share buttons and scripts in between.