# IDE Console Window Single Line Select

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 12, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200 "2023-11-12T19:35:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![RichardDL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@RichardDL](https://discourse.processing.org/u/RichardDL)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200/1 "2023-11-12T19:35:30Z")

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I have just discovered that if you treble-click on the console window, it selects the current line (and then you can copy it with ^c).

Other features:

- double click selects one word.
- F8 lets you use the up and down arrows to adjust the console window height. (It’s too slow to be really useful.) End the action with Tab (whatever).

Processing 4.2

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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200/2 "2023-11-12T20:04:38Z")

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Which operating system?

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**Author:** ![RichardDL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@RichardDL](https://discourse.processing.org/u/RichardDL)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200/3 "2023-11-12T20:06:04Z")

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Windows 7 Enterprise SP1.

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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200/4 "2023-11-12T20:10:38Z")

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I was having trouble getting it to work on MacOS, but it finally did work. I always thought that the inability to copy/paste error messages was a serious drawback to the editor and led to a lot of screenshots being posted. Thanks for telling us about a feature that I never knew existed.

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200/5 "2023-11-13T03:44:44Z")

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And you can also use Ctrl-a to select all?

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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200/6 "2023-11-13T05:55:09Z")

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> And you can also use Ctrl-a to select all?

Yes (cmd-a on a Mac).

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200/7 "2023-11-13T11:51:19Z")

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Hello folks,

There is also the “Copy to clipboard” button:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/f/b/fbfc71e1d060007f35973bb7ee26b604c1d38210.png)

After clicking on it:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/a/0/a0d59ca7a690b532d940ab6dea4b98bc41b7136c.png)

If you press the _shift key_ and click on the button it also does a web search for the error:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/c/0/c02729bf51b8f97d769e0619026a73c0d5e72de1.png)

If you are not familiar with the clipboard on Windows:

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`:)`

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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ide-console-window-single-line-select/43200/8 "2023-11-13T15:20:43Z")

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I have never been able to get ‘copy to clipboard’ to work on a Mac.