Copy from 'code' text

[steve]

Windows 10:

Microsoft Edge corrupts Nyquist code when copied from "code" boxes in forum posts.
Leading spaces are encoded, (possibly as non-breaking space?) which creates invalid characters for the Nyquist interpreter.
Other characters may also be affected (not tested).

Firefox and Chrome:
Clicking the "Select All" link does not select all, it just scrolls to the top of the page.

Internet Explorer selects and copies the text as expected.

[steve]

Firefox 53.0 64-bit Linux.

The same problem as Firefox on Windows 10.
This is a new 'bug', so I'm now wondering if it is related to the recent changes on the server.

[steve]

Firefox and Chrome:
Clicking the "Select All" link does not select all, it just scrolls to the top of the page.

This appears to be a bug in phpBB that has emerged due to recent browser updates breaking a workaround for a different bug. I'm discussing a possible fix with our SysAdmin.

[steve]

Firefox 53.0 64-bit Linux.

The same problem as Firefox on Windows 10.
This is a new 'bug', so I'm now wondering if it is related to the recent changes on the server.

This part is now fixed. If anyone still finds "Select All" not working in Firefox on Linux, try reloading the page (Ctrl + R) or clear the browser cache.

[steve]

Windows 10:
...
Firefox and Chrome:
Clicking the "Select All" link does not select all, it just scrolls to the top of the page.

This also works now.

Microsoft Edge corrupts Nyquist code when copied from "code" boxes in forum posts.
Leading spaces are encoded, (possibly as non-breaking space?) which creates invalid characters for the Nyquist interpreter.
Other characters may also be affected (not tested).

The problems appears to only affect leading spaces. Non-breaking spaces are inserted when copied by Edge. Until / unless Microsoft fix it, I think all that we can do about this is to say, "if you want to copy code, don't use Edge".

Internet Explorer still works OK.