Here is a better prototype: http://jsfiddle.net/rynfk6zc/43/embedded/result/
> On 08 Dec 2014, at 14:25, Mattias Andrée <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> xdg mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg > _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
