ipython/ipython — Issue #1320: Trying to refocus on selected text in a cell behaves strangely
Author: alexbw
Created: 2012-01-25 02:01:58+00:00
State: open

Returning to full-cell text-selection behaves oddly.
Make two cells with code in them. Select the entirety of the text with the cell (or run it with ctrl+enter), and then focus to the next cell with either the mouse of keyboard.

Now, returning to the previous cell with the keyboard (ctrl-m p) works as expected. The text highlighting is the proper color, and you can move around as if the highlighted text is in focus.

Clicking on the cell, however, behaves strangely. It does not refocus the text, and single-clicking doesn't ever refocus the text. Navigating via mouse shouldn't behave that differently from keyboard navigation, with respect to the focus of contents of a cell, I don't think.