Bug 406381

Description Matt N. 2013-04-23 19:44:32 EDT

This is a non-Windows feature that I rely on for quickly selecting blocks of text.

STR:
1) Add multiple non-empty lines of text to a field
2) Place the caret somewhere in the middle of one of the middle lines
3) Click and drag upwards from that point and go past the first line of text

Expected result:
All text preceding the click should be selected, including all of the first line, regardless of the horizontal position of the cursor.

Actual result:
All text preceding the click is selected except for the first line where only text to the right of the cursor position is selected.

The same STR also apply for the last line of text when selecting downwards past the last line of text in the editor.

Note that the cursor doesn't have to leave the editing area, only go past the last line of text, in order for this behaviour to happen with the last line.

This behaviour seems to be standard on OS X (e.g. TextEdit and all other text inputs) and Linux (e.g. gedit and Firefox).