Bug 102013 - Implement text selection with touch on Windows (turn on accessible touch caret)
Summary: Implement text selection with touch on Windows (turn on accessible touch caret)
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.2.0.4 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: accessibility
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Blocks: Win-Touch Win-Tablet-Mode
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Reported: 2016-09-09 09:14 UTC by Volga
Modified: 2023-07-06 06:00 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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An example of selecting text cursor on touch screen, this screenshot is taken from Free Download Manager 5.1 (89.87 KB, image/png)
2016-09-09 09:14 UTC, Volga 		Details
Select text by touch on FDM 5.1 (53.95 KB, image/png)
2016-09-09 14:24 UTC, Volga 		Details
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Description Volga 2016-09-09 09:14:10 UTC 
Created attachment 127230 [details]
An example of selecting text cursor on touch screen, this screenshot is taken from Free Download Manager 5.1

Current vsrsion of LibreOffice does not support using a selector to move the text cursor by touch. This is a very useful behavior for users who use touch screen devices such as Surface. Recent versions of MS Office has already implemented.
Comment 1 Volga 2016-09-09 14:24:41 UTC 
Created attachment 127234 [details]
Select text by touch on FDM 5.1
Comment 2 Volga 2016-09-27 16:33:20 UTC 
This is also necessary when Tablet Mode is enabled on Windows 10.
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2016-10-09 15:55:45 UTC 
Let's set to NEW.