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Cannot select text to copy from output box
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Description
i try your calculator.py
but cannot select any text to copy from output box
looks is readonly
is there any parameter to enable selection for output box?
i try use read_only=False but still cannot select
scrolling only can using mouse as page up/down is not working
txtOutput = TextArea(
style="class:output-field",
# text=help_text,
multiline=True,
scrollbar=True,
line_numbers=True,
search_field=search_field,
read_only=False
)
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Research direction
Start with calculator.py and the shown TextArea configuration; reproduce the output box behavior with read_only=False, including text selection, copying, and page-up/page-down scrolling. Done means output text can be selected and copied and keyboard paging works as requested.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 35/100