[browser] can't drag across text entry inside URL bar

Bug #1223955 reported by Lina Pio
10
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu UI Toolkit
New
Undecided
Unassigned
Ubuntu UX
Fix Committed
High
Lina Pio
webbrowser-app
Confirmed
Wishlist
Olivier Tilloy
ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Olivier Tilloy

Bug Description

Current situation
If the user is navigating to the beginning of the text string inside the URL bar (for example if they were navigating to change the beginning of the URL entry), there is no way to navigate to the beginning.

I wonder if this is an issue with the SDK for text selection, rather than for browser.

Desired solution
A way to drag cursor right to beginning on long press - Olivier or Bill to advise.

Lina Pio (linapio)
tags: added: browser-app-august-2013
Changed in webbrowser-app:
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Lina Pio (linapio)
Changed in ubuntu-ux:
assignee: nobody → Lina Pio (linapio)
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

If I understand it correctly, this issue is general to the UITK’s TextField component.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Bill Filler (bfiller)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
importance: Low → Wishlist
Changed in webbrowser-app:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Revision history for this message
Zsombor Egri (zsombi) wrote :

TextField does not present handlers neither for the input caret nor for the selection carets. Once having those implemented we can have this bug fixed too.

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