Currently, the newly-introduced functionality allowing users to double-click words to select them will attempt to select whitespace after the word. For example, if the ‘DEF’ of ‘ABC DEF GHI’ is selected, then in actuality DEF gets selected (with the additional space selected). While this behavior matches the system behavior on Windows, the system behavior on macOS is to only select the word without whitespace.
As a result of this difference, text selection is disjoint between the system and Minecraft on macOS. This inconsistency is notable given that Minecraft generally respects system conventions on macOS, such as using the Cmd key in place of Ctrl for relevant keybindings, so I believe that it represents a valid issue.
Expected behavior
Use a macOS device
Type ‘ABC DEF GHI’ in a selection screen
Double-click ‘DEF’
Observe that ‘DEF’ is selected
Actual behavior
'DEF ' with an additional space is highlighted.
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Can confirm. I would add that the way macOS does it seems superior since you can paste the selected word at the end of a sentence without deleting anything, I don’t know why Windows does it differently.