Hi Peter, thank you for your reply. The example you sent works perfectly :) Ctrl+x and Ctrl+u cuts the text, Ctrl+p and Ctrl+v pastes the text and ctrl+c and ctrl+a work just as they should. Why was cut defined as ctrl+u and paste defined as ctrl+p? When I re-create your example from within Glade I can get similar results but when I add a few more features things start to go awry. Cutting and pasting only works on with ctrl+u and ctrl+p and copy fails completely. Select all works fine. I have included my Glade file for you to take a look at. I'm sorry for all these questions and thank you for taking the time to answer me, regards, Derek. _______________________________________________________________ Hot new product - Spider Networks introduces stunning online ePortfolio solution for students and teachers http://www.spider-networks.net/solutions/eportfolio.html