Android iOS: cut copy paste selection handle WORKS GREAT if...

[ekkescorner]

... setting selectByMouse to true

thx Sacha Zyto's comment QTBUG-34867
now I'm getting all the handles to select, cut, copy paste Text on Android and iOS :)

the little trick:

selectByMouse: true

gives you all these options.

Android
selectByMouse: false

• TAP: shows one handle to change the position
• DOUBLE TAP: same

selectByMouse: true

• TAP: shows one handle to change the position
• DOUBLE TAP: selects the word where you double-tapped, shows 2 handles you can use to change selection and shows on top of Page Menu to select all, cut, copy, paste

iOS
selectByMouse: false

• TAP and HOLD: move cursor and shows Select / Select All, Paste above cursor
• DOUBLE TAP: nothing

selectByMouse: true

• TAP and HOLD: move cursor and shows Select / Select All, Paste above cursor
• DOUBLE TAP: selects the word where you double-tapped, shows 2 handles you can use to change selection and long press on selection gives cut, copy, paste, delete

tested on QtQuickControls2 TextField and TextArea
Android 6, iOS 10.2.1
Qt 5.8

[Schluchti]

@ekkescorner Could you maybe try again if you could reproduce this two issues https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-57031 and https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-56939 with Android 6? Unfortunately I do not have a device with Android 6 at the moment. During my tests with Android 4 I had the selectByMouse property set, so maybe that's the difference?

[ekkescorner]

@Schluchti 57031:
Handles disappear

Important: you must be sure to remove the Focus from textField
otherwise the Handle still is there
so it's a bug, but you know the workaround ;-)

[ekkescorner]

@Schluchti 56939:

TextField, selectByMouse:true
double-tapped, word selected 2 selection handles visible

suspended app
re-opened

selection handles still visible

so this works for me (5.8, QQC 2.1, Android 6.0.1)

[Schluchti]

@ekkescorner Many thanks for re-testing! I think I should give Qt 5.8.0 another chance :)

[ekkescorner]

@Schluchti said in Android iOS: cut copy paste selection handle WORKS GREAT if...:

@ekkescorner Many thanks for re-testing! I think I should give Qt 5.8.0 another chance :)

do it - really recommended

from my blog post you know what can happen and HowTo solve / workaround ;-)
I didn't found any blockers yet while customers are testing

just updated all my TextField and TextArea in all projects to enable the double-tap text selection and will publish this on monday to all my BetaTesters.
if something went wrong we'll know soon

[Schluchti]

@ekkescorner Really cool!

Would be great, if you could let me know if the beta testers report any issues regarding the selection handles on Android :)

[ekkescorner]

@Schluchti said in Android iOS: cut copy paste selection handle WORKS GREAT if...:

@ekkescorner Really cool!

Would be great, if you could let me know if the beta testers report any issues regarding the selection handles on Android :)

of course I would report it here.

[ekkescorner]

@ekkescorner @jpnurmi reminds me that there's a problem if you're using multi-line Text inside Flickable.
just tested.
He's right: as long as the TextArea has focus if you try to scroll the selection will be changed instead of scrolling the page.
If you're outside the field scrolling works well

I'll create a bugreport on this soon.
my workaround: I'm placing a small button (w icon) besides the field to toggle word-selection-mode. just tested. this works.

In most cases my TextFields are single line text where selection works well so I can live with this.