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SelectionArea supported gestures should have feature parity with TextSelectionGestureDetector #129583
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on Jun 27, 2023 Given that there are so many unimplemented gestures on SelectionArea, is work better spent allowing it to share this code with EditableText instead of reimplementing these? Or is it not so simple?
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on Oct 10, 2023 With iOS, Is it possible to combine gestures with SelectionArea, such as long press to select a word, tap to select a sentence/paragraph etc.
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High-priority issues at the top of the work listEntering text in a text field or keyboard related problemsA detailed proposal for a change to Flutterflutter/packages/flutter/gestures repository.SelectableRegion, SelectionArea, SelectionContainer, Selectable, and related APIsflutter/packages/flutter repository. See also f: labels.Owned by Framework teamTriaged by Framework team
SelectionAreashould have the same supported gestures asTextSelectionGestureDetector. This is a pre-requisite for migratingTextFieldfromTextSelectionGestureDetectortoSelectionArea. Some of these gestures are also needed for re-implementingSelectableTextwithSelectionArea#104547.Platform Common:
Platform Mobile:
Platform Desktop:
Platform Android:
Platform iOS:
Platform Linux:
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On a windows touch screen device the context menu does not show up until the long press ends in editable/static text contexts. On a long press drag it collapses the cursor at the position when the long press ends (editable text). On a long press hold it selects the word on drag start as well as popping up the selection handles (static text). On a long press drag nothing happens (the word at the long press start is selected) (static text).
Normal touch drag does nothing on static text. Consecutive taps also does nothing on static text / consecutive tap + drag.
On a normal touch drag it acts as a mouse drag (editable text). On Editable text consecutive tap / consecutive tap + drag works.
on tap down/tap up works similar to android for editable text, the selection is set on tap up.