Details
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Bug
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Resolution: Obsolete
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Low
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4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
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Severity 3 - Minor
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Description
When a macro is part of a user's selection in the editor, it should be more obvious that it has been selected.
These are the ways that a macro could become part of a user's selection in the editor:
- Click the header of the body macro placeholder,
- Click the "Select for Copy / Cut" option in the properties panel,
- Use the keyboard arrows + shift key to select a range of text, or
- Use the mouse to click and drag a range of text
The visual distinction between a macro that's selected in the editor can be quite vague across browsers.
Each browser (Chrome, IE, FF) does a decent enough job of inline placeholders. Because inline placeholders are images, the browser is familiar with how to place a selection indication over the top of them.
The browsers operate a bit differently for bodied macro placeholders:
- Chrome (OSX) highlights the entire body contents of the macro, including vertical padding (but not horizontal).
- Firefox (OSX) will apply a glowing outline to the inside of the bodied section of the macro placeholder. The glow is similar to that applied to form input fields.
- IE (7,8) provides no indication that the macro placeholder is selected. IE only highlights text characters in the editable region.