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#305520 - 28/12/2007 16:23 Disable drag-and-drop text editing in Firefox?
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31604
Loc: Seattle, WA
I just noticed that Firefox has drag-and-drop text editing within form windows (like the one into which I'm typing this very message).

Is there any way to shut off that annoying misfeature? I have turned it off in Word, in Outlook, and in UltraEdit, 3 of the 4 places I do most of my text editing in any given day.

I can't find it in About:Config, and Uncle Google isn't helping.

Anyone know?
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#305529 - 28/12/2007 18:08 Re: Disable drag-and-drop text editing in Firefox? [Re: tfabris]
Robotic
pooh-bah

Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
I don't know how to disable that- I love it, personally.

I just popped in to say "Yay! UltraEdit!
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#305537 - 28/12/2007 20:34 Re: Disable drag-and-drop text editing in Firefox? [Re: Robotic]
music
addict

Registered: 25/06/2002
Posts: 456

about:config browser.drag_out_of_frame_style doesn't appear to be it, unfortunately.

FWIW, on Firefox on MacOS, all I seem to be able to do is drag text to the desktop. I can't seem to drag it around within a form text box.

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#305539 - 28/12/2007 20:44 Re: Disable drag-and-drop text editing in Firefox? [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
FWIW, Ctrl-Z will undo it if you do it accidentally.
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#305540 - 28/12/2007 20:50 Re: Disable drag-and-drop text editing in Firefox? [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31604
Loc: Seattle, WA
Oh, yes, I know I can undo anything I do wrong.

My usual problem with drag and drop text editing involves having it happen when I don't know it's happened, and then hitting "send" or "post" or whatever, and later looking back at the mangled email/post/whatever and wondering what crack I was on.
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