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[Browser Viewer] not possible to select text on Android

Bug #1738995 reported by Nguyen Quoc Khanh
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Bug Description

It is not possible to select texts using long-tap on Android (Chrome) while reading (to do a web search etc.) while it is possible on Windows (Chrome).

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Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote : Fixed in master

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every alternate Friday.

 status fixreleased

Changed in calibre:
status: New → Fix Released
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Nguyen Quoc Khanh (quockhanh77) wrote :

I'm using Chrome (or software that is based on Chrome) and it has translation/search/copy toolbar that pops up when texts are selected. I would like to use that.

This new feature allows to select only ONE word only after long-pressing (very long pressing)

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Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote : Re: calibre bug 1738995

I have no idea what I can do about that, I dont knwo of any JS API to
get it to appear, probably it does not appear by itself as the book
content is inside an iframe.

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