From baa8a6e8a3e847c246ce78f3be9bb9e268f6b808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arturo Vargas <avargas@nearsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:01:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Disable cut and copy if there is not selected text

---
 app/src/processing/app/Editor.java | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Editor.java b/app/src/processing/app/Editor.java
index 566cabf1c..129ae030c 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Editor.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Editor.java
@@ -1369,8 +1369,6 @@ public class Editor extends JFrame implements RunnerListener {
 
     menu.addSeparator();
 
-    // TODO "cut" and "copy" should really only be enabled
-    // if some text is currently selected
     JMenuItem cutItem = newJMenuItem(tr("Cut"), 'X');
     cutItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
@@ -1515,6 +1513,21 @@ public class Editor extends JFrame implements RunnerListener {
       menu.add(useSelectionForFindItem);
     }
 
+    menu.addMenuListener(new MenuListener() {
+      @Override
+      public void menuSelected(MenuEvent e) {
+        boolean enabled = textarea.getSelectedText() != null;
+        cutItem.setEnabled(enabled);
+        copyItem.setEnabled(enabled);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void menuDeselected(MenuEvent e) {}
+
+      @Override
+      public void menuCanceled(MenuEvent e) {}
+    });
+
     return menu;
   }