Holodeck bug reported on 10/06/2020
When you copy and paste text from the chat window, the last character of each message and the last character of each account handle are removed from the text. Previously, the messages and account handles were copied correctly.
Steps to reproduce
1. Install build ST.105.20200810a.25 (SVN 261196). Then start the game client.
2. Press the Esc key. Click on the "Options" button. Then click on the "Chat" tab.
3. Turn on the options "Show Dates" and "Show Times".
4. Right-click on the chat window's text input box, and change the channel to [Local].
5. Enter the following lines into chat window:
Test-1
Test-2
Test-3
6. With your mouse, highlight the three lines you just entered in the chat window (including the date, time, channel name, character name, and account handle).
https://i.imgur.com/4pGREhT.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/dSAIEbb.png
7. After highlighting the lines above, release the left mouse button. Then paste the highlighted text into a text editor.
[9/27 9:50] [Local] Sarine@frtoaster: Test-1
[9/27 9:50] [Local] Sarine@frtoaster: Test-2
[9/27 9:50] [Local] Sarine@frtoaster: Test-3
8. Observe that all three lines were copied and pasted correctly.
9. Install build ST.110.20200917a.3 (SVN 261138). Then start the game client.
10. Repeat steps 2 through 5.
11. With your mouse, highlight the three lines you just entered in the chat window. Notice that you can't highlight the final "3" in the last line.
https://i.imgur.com/m125f33.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/jpR4eQ3.png
12. After highlighting the lines above, release the left mouse button. Then paste the highlighted text into a text editor.
[9/27 10:06][Local]Sarine@frtoaste:Test-
[9/27 10:06][Local]Sarine@frtoaste:Test-
[9/27 10:06][Local]Sarine@frtoaste:Test-
13. Observe that the last character is missing from each line and the last character of the account handle is missing as well.
Related bug reports
This bug was previously reported in the Tribble bug forum before release.
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Comments
Eg: If I type:
test1
test2
test3
When I copy the text from bottom up and paste it, I will get the following:~
test
test
test3