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Bug confirmed with normal text files also (attachment added)

Steps:

1) highlight some text (e.g. a single line in the middle)
2) scroll till the bottom of the document (using the mouse wheel)
3) scroll till the top
4) Type Ctrl+C then Ctrl+F and finally  Ctrl+V  (or manually search for the same text in the document)

** Attachment added: "test.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1457035/+attachment/4416153/+files/test.txt

** Description changed:

  my system:
  Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS x64 (updated)
  Release:	14.04
  
  apt-cache policy gedit
  gedit:
-   Installed: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
-   Candidate: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
-   Version table:
-  *** 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 0
-         500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
- 
+   Installed: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
+   Candidate: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
+   Version table:
+  *** 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 0
+         500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  reproducing bug:
  open a text file (with some text inside)
  highlight some text (e.g. 2-3 lines)
  scroll up and / or down
  
  you will notice that the highlighted text will be copy-pasted randomly
  in your document.
  
+ if you can't reproduce the bug this way, try opening a 400 lines .py
+ (python) text file (UTF-8 encoded) with python code inside it.
  
- if you can't reproduce the bug this way, try opening a 400 lines .py (python) text file (UTF-8 encoded) with python code inside it.
+ 
+ EDIT:
+ Bug confirmed with normal text files also
+ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1457035/comments/4

** Description changed:

  my system:
  Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS x64 (updated)
  Release:	14.04
  
  apt-cache policy gedit
  gedit:
    Installed: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
    Candidate: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  reproducing bug:
  open a text file (with some text inside)
  highlight some text (e.g. 2-3 lines)
  scroll up and / or down
  
  you will notice that the highlighted text will be copy-pasted randomly
  in your document.
  
  if you can't reproduce the bug this way, try opening a 400 lines .py
  (python) text file (UTF-8 encoded) with python code inside it.
  
- 
  EDIT:
- Bug confirmed with normal text files also
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1457035/comments/4
+ Bug confirmed with normal text files also (see comment #4)

** Description changed:

  my system:
  Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS x64 (updated)
  Release:	14.04
  
  apt-cache policy gedit
  gedit:
    Installed: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
    Candidate: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  reproducing bug:
- open a text file (with some text inside)
- highlight some text (e.g. 2-3 lines)
- scroll up and / or down
+ 0) open a ~400 lines text file
+ 1) highlight some text (e.g. a single line in the middle)
+ 2) scroll till the bottom of the document (using the mouse wheel)
+ 3) scroll till the top
+ 4) Type Ctrl+C then Ctrl+F and finally Ctrl+V (or manually search for the same text in the document)
  
  you will notice that the highlighted text will be copy-pasted randomly
  in your document.
  
  if you can't reproduce the bug this way, try opening a 400 lines .py
  (python) text file (UTF-8 encoded) with python code inside it.
  
  EDIT:
  Bug confirmed with normal text files also (see comment #4)

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Title:
  gedit random paste highlighted text while scrolling

Status in gedit package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  my system:
  Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS x64 (updated)
  Release:	14.04

  apt-cache policy gedit
  gedit:
    Installed: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
    Candidate: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  reproducing bug:
  0) open a ~400 lines text file
  1) highlight some text (e.g. a single line in the middle)
  2) scroll till the bottom of the document (using the mouse wheel)
  3) scroll till the top
  4) Type Ctrl+C then Ctrl+F and finally Ctrl+V (or manually search for the same text in the document)

  you will notice that the highlighted text will be copy-pasted randomly
  in your document.

  if you can't reproduce the bug this way, try opening a 400 lines .py
  (python) text file (UTF-8 encoded) with python code inside it.

  EDIT:
  Bug confirmed with normal text files also (see comment #4)

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