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Can a underscore be used as a word separator?
The underscore should not be treated as a word separator character for the purposes of an application’s logic that selects a word on a double-click. It still might make sense for underscore characters to be treated as word separator characters in some other cases.
How does the underscore work in Firefox 3?
The problem is that in some applications, double-clicking a word containing an underscore results in just the clicked portion of the word becoming selected; the underscore gets treated as a word separator character (like a space character would be treated). Firefox 3 works this way (again, shown after a double-click on “max”):
What happens when you double click on an underscore?
In some applications, double-clicking on any portion of a word containing an underscore results in the entire word being selected. This is the behavior I want, since it lets me easily cut or copy the entire identifier elsewhere.
Is there special case logic for the underscore character?
As discussed in that comments on that ticket, though, it isn’t clear that special-case logic should be added for the underscore character, since behavior from application to application even on a single platform is inconsistent (as I noted above for Windows applications).
Is there an underscore character in Microsoft Word?
Microsoft associates: Please do not post clueless responses pretending the problem doesn’t exist, such as one from a year ago entitled “Underscore character in Word” (including its URL causes submission to hang). This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
When does the underscore disappear in a Word document?
There are numerous threads going back several years describing how the underscore character disappears when Word is at a zoom level other than 100%.