I just rebuilt mate-applets 1.18.1 on a Linux Mint 18.2 MATE (Live DVD) together with your patch. The patch fixes this bug! Selecting text by mouse works again as expected.
Here is the patch I applied: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-applets/commit/?h=gnome-3-22&id=ac310d6a362db0ddb55ab9bc581a9c92a1c1fed0
I just rebuilt mate-applets 1.18.1 on a Linux Mint 18.2 MATE (Live DVD) together with your patch.
The patch fixes this bug! Selecting text by mouse works again as expected.
Here is the patch I applied: /git.gnome. org/browse/ gnome-applets/ commit/ ?h=gnome- 3-22&id= ac310d6a362db0d db55ab9bc581a9c 92a1c1fed0
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