(RC2) Copy/paste grid data behaves differently in different browsers

[gdlm]

Version of Ext GWT
3.0 Release Candidate 2

Browser versions and OS

• Internet Explorer 8, version 8.0.7601.17514
• FireFox 11
• Google Chrome, version 18.0.1025.162 m
  
  All running on Windows 7 Professional SP 1

Virtual Machine
No

Description
I try to select and copy the data of a simple grid to be able to paste it in NotePad.

Run mode
Production mode

Steps to reproduce the problem

Run this simple grid example (we run it in production mode): (sample code here)
Try to select all cells by
- pressing the left mouse button in the lower right corner of the lower right cell
- dragging the mouse to the upper left corner of the upper left cell
- release the mouse button
- press Ctrl+C to copy the selected cells (all)
- Open a new document in Notepad
- press Ctrl+V

Expected result
Notepad document containing:
John<tab>Doe
Luc<tab>Desmet
Marino<tab>Falco

Actual result
Depends on the browser:

• In IE8 the result is the best (for a change):
  John Doe
  Luc Desmet
  Marino Falco
  (No tabs between the column values, but simple spaces. Bug or not?)
• In FF11 I simply can't select the column values! NOK
  [ (although we added the line

  grid.setAllowTextSelection(true);

  ]
• In Chrome the result in NotePad looks like:
  John
  Doe
  Luc
  Desmet
  Marino
  Falco
  
  (Each column value on a new row - NOK)

Test case
Code: here


Helpful Information


Video

• I'll make one if needed

Debugging already done

• none

Possible fix

• ?

[gdlm]

Hi Sencha,
Any reaction on this one?

[gdlm]

I see that yesterday several bug reports got addressed and did get a reaction.
Is this one forgotten somehow?
It's still a problem in 3.0.0

[WesleyMoy]

Copy and paste from a grid is not a scenario we support. We have currently left the result of such an attempt undefined. As a result, the behavior you are describing is not exactly a bug.

That having been said, the difference in behaviour is something we'd like to look into. Being able to copy in one browser and not another is not definitely not the intended effect. The correct fix may be to make text unselectable in all browsers. We'll look into this further.

For the moment, if you need your data in a format amenable to copy and paste, consider looking into one of the GWT-compatible CSV libraries. These should be significantly easy to copy and won't introduce space/tab ambiguities.

[darrellmeyer]

Text is now not selectable for all browsers (the default behavior). You can see the change here:

http://staging.sencha.com:8080/examp...lace:basicgrid