Opened 9 years ago
Last modified 9 years ago
#13968 new defect
Can't drag to select text in Google Chrome on Linux Guest
| Reported by: | Scott H | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | guest additions | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.26 |
| Keywords: | Chrome, select-text | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
I am unable to drag to select text in Google Chrome on a Linux Guest.
There is currently a thread on chromium at code.google.com for this. A common factor is when running in VirtualBox - https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456222 . Note: Their title for the bug is missleading and they are lumping the above description into that same bug report.
By drag to select text I mean: mouse down on some text, drag mouse to highlight some text, then mouse up.
I can drag to select text in Firefox with no problems.
My setup: Host OS: Windows 8.1 Pro, VirtualBox: 4.3.26 r98988 with Guest additions installed, Virtual Machine OS: XUbuntu 14.04 last updated 3/17/2015, Chrome: 41.0.2272.89 (64-bit)
On the code.google.com report, people have seen the issue with host OS of Mac OS X. One report mentioned downgrading chrome fixed it. Another mentioned uninstalling Guest Additions fixed it.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
I can verify the problem with Google Chrome > 40 and Linux guests. The cursor also doesn't change as it should with different content. OSX 10.10.3.
Occurs with all hosts
workaround here. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456222#c82
comment:3 by , 9 years ago
It looks like someone at Chromium made a fix: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456222#c133
Someone reported encountering this same issue with Virtual Box version: 4.3.12r93733 - https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456222#c72