Cut/Copy/Paste shortcuts in Script Interpreter don't work when another window is open

[Michael Whitty]

related to #1061

If another is open within mantid plot, the Ctrl+C (copy), Ctrl+V(paste) and Ctrl+X(cut) shortcuts do not seem to work within the script interpreter.

This is the case for plots, and data views (matrix workspaces). It does not seem to be the case when the other window is a custom interface.

[Nick Draper]

Bulk move of tickets to iteration 27, if your ticket is essential for Iteration 26 then move it back.

[Nick Draper]

Bulk move of tickets at the end of iteration 27

[Sofia Antony]

(In [9684]) re#1839 - The problem was commands like Ctrl+C on script interpreter is routed to global editing command handlers in Application window. Added code to handle Ctrl+C on script widget in the application window copySelection() method.

Application window copySelection() handles copy actions on all windows of type MDISubWindow in Mantidplot and if any of these windows is kept opened and a Ctrl+C on script interpreter widget the command was getting routed to application window code. Fixed this.However when I do paste command (Ctrl+V shortcut ) on script interpreter it gives an error -conflicting Ctrl+V shortcut Need to fix this.

[Nick Draper]

Bulk move of tickets at the end of iteration 28

[Nick Draper]

Taken from Sofia Antony's list after she left

[Russell Taylor]

(In [12548]) Add back mantid matrix menu item, presumably removed in error (it doesn't help the issue described in this ticket anyway). Re #1839.

[Russell Taylor]

(In [12552]) Add ability to create waterfall plot of entire workspace from (restored) Workspace menu item. Re #1839.

[Russell Taylor]

Last check-in should have been under #3139.

[Nick Draper]

"New" tickets moved at the code freeze of iteration 29

[Nick Draper]

Bulk move of tickets to iteration 31 at the iteration 30 code freeze

[Nick Draper]

Moved to iteration 33 at iteration 32 code freeze

[Nick Draper]

Moved at end of release 2.1

[Nick Draper]

Moved at the end of release 2.2

[Nick Draper]

Moved to milestone 2.4

[Nick Draper]

Moved at the code freeze for release 2.4

[Nick Draper]

Moved to r2.6 at the end of r2.5

[Samuel Jackson]

Fixed bug with cut, copy and paste commands.

Pressing the command key was forcing the editor to deselect text and move the cursor to the end of the line.

Refs #1839

Changeset: 84e1cf920035c1a0d63ec18c6fe373765ed2eaf4

[Samuel Jackson]

Fixed bug with backspace.

Backspace was not properly deleting selected text if the selection went up to the start of the editable line.

Refs #1839

Changeset: 792468130a05cfdfe8d32687f3836cf3946fc38a

[Samuel Jackson]

Appears to be working correctly now.

To Test:

1) Open Mantid and hit F4 to bring up the script interpreter.

2) Type something (can be anything)

3) Hit return. Now you should be on a new line.

4) Try cutting and copying text using the keyboard commands (not right click!) and pasting it into the current line.

5) Also try highlighting the whole of the editable line and hitting backspace to delete its contents. This should now work.

6) Get creative: Perhaps try cutting/copying/pasting text using the keyboard commands to/from a separate editor. Try highlighting more than just the last line of text and hitting backspace (should not delete anything).

[Russell Taylor]

It doesn't work for me (on RHEL6) specifically in the case where there's a non-floating graph and I try Ctrl-V or Ctrl-C.

Note that this is with what I consider to be referred to by 'Script Interpreter' - the one you get via F4 not F3 (the Script Window) as the testing instructions mention.

[Samuel Jackson]

Yes, I meant the script interpreter. Got the keyboard short cut wrong. It should be F4. I'll edit the testing outline.

[Samuel Jackson]

Adding code to terminate pasting if an error is encountered.

Refs #1839

Changeset: 96e03fcec04956d5adc3557297f7aea5847355de

[Samuel Jackson]

Had a problem with not being able to fix on specific RHEL machines. Created ticket #7508 to deal with this problem and pushed the fix for other platforms before the 2.6 code freeze.

[Vickie Lynch]

On my Rhel6 machine, the copy, cut, paste worked in both the script interpreter and python window. Also I copied a non-floating graph with ctrl-C and was able to paste in a document with ctrl-V. I was not able to paste it back into MantidPlot after I deleted it, but I could still paste to other applications.

[Stuart Campbell]

This ticket has been transferred to github issue ​2686