Proposal for a better mouse selection in text fields

[Robin Dinse]

Here is a better prototype:

http://jsfiddle.net/rynfk6zc/43/embedded/result/


> On 08 Dec 2014, at 14:25, Mattias Andrée <maandree at kth.se> wrote:
> 
> Personally I don't like it, but I can see it as an
> accessibility feature.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 06:15:46 +0100
> Robin Dinse <robindinse at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello XDG maintainers and list.
>> 
>> 
>> I have a proposal for improving the text field UI
>> element.  I hope this list is the right place to bring it
>> up.  First of all, I don’t know whether this behavior is
>> already implemented somewhere or whether it is even
>> patented.  I couldn’t find anything about it in a quick
>> search.  Anyway, here is what I mean:
>> 
>> https://i.imgur.com/WHa4HeL.png
>> 
>> The problem is that one can select the individual letters
>> of the text field only within the narrow region
>> highlighted in the upper picture.  Beyond this region the
>> selection gets extended either all the way to the left or
>> to the right.  Staying within this region requires
>> precise movements both vertically and horizontally which
>> seems to be sub-optimal from a usability point of view.
>> 
>> My proposal is simply to extend this region vertically so
>> that the intended selection can be achieved with less
>> effort and/or faster.  I’m not sure yet which height
>> would work the best, but I could imagine 3-4 times the
>> commonly used height would work well.  Here is a halfway
>> functional prototype with a three times larger region
>> (best viewed in Firefox):
>> 
>> http://jsfiddle.net/rynfk6zc/40/embedded/result/
>> 
>> What do you think?
>> 
>> 
>> Best Regards.
>> Robin
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