[Trac #579] [Clipboard] Issues copying text from the browser

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#579: [Clipboard] Issues copying text from the browser
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 Reporter:  marco   |        Owner:  tomeu  
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal  |    Milestone:  BTest-2
Component:  sugar   |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:          |  
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Old description:

> To reproduce:
>
>  * Select some text from the home page (google)
>  * Drag it the clipboard
>  * Drag it back to the google search field
>
> Issues that requires design thinking:
>
>  * The frame is not showed automatically when dragging. It should show
> when hitting corner with the mouse or when starting the drag. The second
> option is going to be tricky to implement.
>  * The title of the rollover is alwasy "Name".
>  * The rollover has no content
>  * The icon is always a text icon regardless of the real content.
>
> Bugs:
>
>  * Something that looks like a progressbar is showing in the rollover.
>  * Displaying the rollover I get this:
> {{{
> ** (sugar-shell:7487): CRITICAL **: get_content_area_vertical: assertion
> `requested_content_height >= 0' failed
>
> ** (sugar-shell:7487): CRITICAL **: get_content_area_vertical: assertion
> `requested_content_height >= 0' failed
> }}}
>  * This is really incosistent but if you try to drag stuff at some point
> you will get one or many:
> {{{
> Introspect error: The name org.laptop.Activity12583218 was not provided
> by any .service files
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/home/marco/sugar-jhbuild/source/sugar/shell/view/Shell.py", line
> 131, in __window_opened_cb
>     activity_host = ActivityHost(self.get_model(), window)
>   File "/home/marco/sugar-
> jhbuild/source/sugar/shell/view/ActivityHost.py", line 54, in __init__
>     self._id = self._activity.get_id()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 25, in
> __call__
>     ret = self._proxy_method (*args, **keywords)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 102, in
> __call__
>     reply_message = self._connection.send_with_reply_and_block(message,
> timeout)
>   File "dbus_bindings.pyx", line 455, in
> dbus_bindings.Connection.send_with_reply_and_block
> DBusException: The name org.laptop.Activity12583218 was not provided by
> any .service files
> }}}
>  I wonder if dnd creates toplevel windows? This is really weird.

New description:

 To reproduce:

  * Select some text from the home page (google)
  * Drag it the clipboard
  * Drag it back to the google search field

 Bugs:

  * The frame should show when hitting the screen edge/corners. I hope this
 is just matter of listening to the drag_motion signal (it might need to be
 added to the widget events too).
  * We should have a title. I think we want to be able to associate a title
 for each clipboard type. This will have to be hardcoded in the clipboard I
 guess. For text it should be "Text clipping"
  * We should preview the text content in the rollover. We want to have
 something like 4 lines of text, in a menu which is 2 grid cells large.
 Numbers are sort of random, we will need to tweak them, but the logic
 should be that.
  * Something that looks like a progressbar is showing in the rollover.
  * Displaying the rollover I get this:
 {{{
 ** (sugar-shell:7487): CRITICAL **: get_content_area_vertical: assertion
 `requested_content_height >= 0' failed

 ** (sugar-shell:7487): CRITICAL **: get_content_area_vertical: assertion
 `requested_content_height >= 0' failed
 }}}
  * This is really incosistent but if you try to drag stuff at some point
 you will get one or many:
 {{{
 Introspect error: The name org.laptop.Activity12583218 was not provided by
 any .service files
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/marco/sugar-jhbuild/source/sugar/shell/view/Shell.py", line
 131, in __window_opened_cb
     activity_host = ActivityHost(self.get_model(), window)
   File "/home/marco/sugar-
 jhbuild/source/sugar/shell/view/ActivityHost.py", line 54, in __init__
     self._id = self._activity.get_id()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 25, in
 __call__
     ret = self._proxy_method (*args, **keywords)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 102, in
 __call__
     reply_message = self._connection.send_with_reply_and_block(message,
 timeout)
   File "dbus_bindings.pyx", line 455, in
 dbus_bindings.Connection.send_with_reply_and_block
 DBusException: The name org.laptop.Activity12583218 was not provided by
 any .service files
 }}}
  I wonder if dnd creates toplevel windows? This is really weird.

Comment (by marco):

 Cleared up the design issue after discussion with Eben. Tomeu you can see
 the discussion in sugar/docs/design.txt. If you have questions about
 design or implementation let me know.

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