When writing a long post I sometimes want to shift the text about so it makes better sense.
But the cut & past function isn't there for Forum Garden posts. I have to write it all out again.
Does anyone know why this is? It's there for other forums I belong to.
Very strange.
Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
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Joe
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yaaarrrgg
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Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
Joe;857897 wrote: When writing a long post I sometimes want to shift the text about so it makes better sense.
But the cut & past function isn't there for Forum Garden posts. I have to write it all out again.
Does anyone know why this is? It's there for other forums I belong to.
Very strange.
Hmmm ... cut and paste is a standard function built into browsers. Typically on windows:
ctrl-x: cut
ctrl-c: copy
ctrl-v: paste
But the cut & past function isn't there for Forum Garden posts. I have to write it all out again.
Does anyone know why this is? It's there for other forums I belong to.
Very strange.
Hmmm ... cut and paste is a standard function built into browsers. Typically on windows:
ctrl-x: cut
ctrl-c: copy
ctrl-v: paste
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koan
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Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
It's not an FG issue. I can paste into my reply window without problem by right clicking.
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Joe
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Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
When I right click on forum garden posts there is no copy & paste option for me. But there is for everything else I want it for. That's why I thought forum garden may be different. Hmmmm, very odd.
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spot
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Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
There are many combinations of operating systems and browsers and editor panes. I have no idea what yours is.
I can to a small extent manage to kill my copy option. If I call up a thread and block some text in a post and right-click on it I can select "copy". If I then edit a post and save and then block some text in a post and right-click on it my "copy" option is disabled. That's the extent to which I can suppress it. If I then call up an editor pane (by using Edit again, or Quote, or Post Reply) then I can copy/paste anything within that editor pane. I've found no combination which stops me from copying or pasting within that editor pane. You seem to have found a combination in which it's possible.
It would be sensible, if preparing a post of more than a few lines, to prepare it in an external text editor where you're capable of saving a recovery copy periodically either by hand or automatically. Surely that's sensible regardless of whether you have one-off puzzles or not. A squinty window in a browser's not the best place to think up screeds of text.
I can to a small extent manage to kill my copy option. If I call up a thread and block some text in a post and right-click on it I can select "copy". If I then edit a post and save and then block some text in a post and right-click on it my "copy" option is disabled. That's the extent to which I can suppress it. If I then call up an editor pane (by using Edit again, or Quote, or Post Reply) then I can copy/paste anything within that editor pane. I've found no combination which stops me from copying or pasting within that editor pane. You seem to have found a combination in which it's possible.
It would be sensible, if preparing a post of more than a few lines, to prepare it in an external text editor where you're capable of saving a recovery copy periodically either by hand or automatically. Surely that's sensible regardless of whether you have one-off puzzles or not. A squinty window in a browser's not the best place to think up screeds of text.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.