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Bug Report

Describe the issue: When tapping in any edit field, Connect thinks I'm highlighting from the end of the text to where I've tapped.

It's very annoying!

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[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Hi, thanks for the report and I will be looking at this issue for the next release (aiming for tonight). Cheers!

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Swiping over my space bar to move the cursor may also highlight text instead. I restarted the app and it no longer does.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

It moves the cursor bit then the highlighting just happens ending at that point instead!

[–] enkille@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

does not happen on my phone

  • device: samsung galaxy s23 ultra
  • os: android 16
  • keyboard: gboard
  • connect version: 1.0.421
[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

I'm on 422 - 421 worked fine.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I've had this happen a couple of times, but not consistently

[–] sirxdaemon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Could you clarify on the issue? I haven't been able to reproduce the issue, on 422, on either Heliboard or Gboard. What I've been doing is double tapping, or tapping and holding, a word and the highlighting seems to working fine. It seems to be at the point where I tap and start at the beginning of the world and end at the end.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Literally just tapping anywhere on any editable text is causing it here. Although actually it isn't doing it now. Weird.

[–] sirxdaemon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tap as in single tap right? Also do you have swipe typing on? Last question, this is with Gboard?

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Single tap. I just had it again when replying to another message but it isn't doing it on this one.

Swipe typing is on.

Gboard keyboard.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

I've also seen similar behavior: when trying to move the cursor by tapping, it instead selects from where the cursor is to where I tapped.

Though, like the other poster, it doesn't seem to be happening right now.