Why is there now select all

[joeynox]

***Why is there NO select all***. Wtf. Trying to copy something can be quite challenging. Should a simple select all then copy have been implemented?

 

[Slai]

No idea, I dont get why theres no ctrl-copy, ctrl-cut and ctrl-paste, no alt-f4, no ctrl-alt-delete, no ctrl-z and ctrl-y, no ctrl-a, ctrl-s, ctrl-o, no mouse-hover-menu-system for IE10, etcetera.

I guess its mostly because... you just do things slightly more cumbersome since its touchbased instead of full QWERTY. You mark the first/last word, and drag the marker to the end/start of the text you desire to copy, and thats that.

Mark->select. Its no harder than mark->longpress->copy compared to mark->ctrl-c, but thats the trade-off when you want a pure touch device. It seems.

 

[joeynox]

It is harder when doing it on some web sites or forums or even the wpcentral app for the forums. Sometimes when editing,ot quoting you can't scroll down. A select all just makes more sense . If you wanted to copy the test on a site are you gonna scroll the whole page ? Wouldn't selecting all just be more efficient ?

 

[Slai]

Sure, but loads of things would be crazy efficient as well. Making IE10 so that it lets you scroll down would be a much smoother fix, wouldnt you say?

Iunno, all touchphones lack functionality. select all is just one of many :| .