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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
@democrite you can already double click or long tap an existing highlight to show its notes and also edit it easily. As for a hovering menu when selecting text, that's a possibility, though personally I dont like the idea, but am willing to be convinced if lots of people do.
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@thiago.eec, @democrite and I seem to be the only beta-testers posting here so far, and we're unanimously requesting a hovering menu. For me, and surely others, this feature trumps all other bugs and requests - I simply won't use it if I have to click all over the screen and use various keyboard shortcuts.
I particularly like thiago's suggestions (quoted below), which in my experience is not just how iBooks works, but also Kindle, Google Play Books and any other quality reader.
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1) The menu would pop-up when you select a text.
2) Then you have the options: copy, search, highlight, note, etc.
3) If you click highlight, it give you the options for colors and notes.
4) If you click note, you can start typing right away (and the text is automatically highlighted with the standard color).
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It is as smooth and seamless as possible - no keyboard shortcuts are needed as you have already used the mouse to select the text, and can then either click the highlight color or automatically start typing in the pre-selected textbox. The only real decision is whether you have to press a button to confirm/enter the note or are able to click away and it will save. I don't see why both options couldn't be offered - especially useful for the existing feature to allow for double-clicking on a highlight to edit it.
Further suggestion: include Lookup/Search Word in the pop-up context menu as well. Again, the idea is to reduce as many clicks and key presses and visits to menus as possible.