[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30106: Text editor, highlighted words (by clicking on them): Select preceding instead of trailing space

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#30106: Text editor, highlighted words (by clicking on them): Select preceding
instead of trailing space
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 Reporter:  let me see...    |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor           |    Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 #If this is not an issue which can be solved by Wordpress, but only on
 browser level, please advise where to apply with this.#

 When I edit my texts, I oft want to put words to another place in my
 sentence. To highlight them, I can double click on these words, and then,
 the word plus the trailing space will be selected for C&P or drag'n'drop.

 However, that makes my work more tedious. Since oftenly after copying, the
 trailing space is not needed any more, while it is missing right before
 the word. Two examples with German punctuation rules applied:

 Example 1: The grey dog was barking. -> The dog was barkinggrey . (After
 copying and moving "grey", and before any other change is made to the
 sentence. Exactly the wrong space was selected: The trailing one. Making
 two additional changes necessary.)

 Example 2: The dog, which barked, was grey. -> Thegrey dog, which barked,
 was . (After copying "grey": foregoing space missing, making another
 manual space necessary between grey and dog, and removing it and the end
 of the sentence - again, two completely unnecessary steps of work.)

 This costs me a lot of time, since I really juggle words. Therefore, I
 would like to suggest: When highlighting a word in the editors by clicking
 on it, the foregoing space (if available) should be selected, instead of
 the trailing one.

 This will have no downside, since punctuation always follows words, and
 never comes before them (except in spanish). So always selecting the
 foregoing space is almost always the more intelligent choice.

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