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Re: Text Selection in Mail.app
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Re: Text Selection in Mail.app


  • Subject: Re: Text Selection in Mail.app
  • From: John Heasly <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:01:43 -0800

on 1/13/04 10:00 PM, Michelle Steiner at email@hidden wrote:

> On Jan 13, 2004, at 6:25 PM, Zachary Black wrote:
>
>> This one seems trivial, but still manages to elude me. How can I get
>> the selected text of the front window?
>
> Believe it or not, you can't. *sigh*
>
> -- Michelle

After making the selection, you could do a Copy and get the clipboard. (I'm
assuming you're in the document making the selection, so what's an extra
Command + "C"?)

Not very pretty, but it works.

John Heasly
===================
The Register-Guard
Eugene, Ore.
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