Using dictionary inside tap zone?

Uncle Robin · 12-08-2022, 06:08 AM

I just tried looking up a word that happened to be inside a tap zone, and no matter what I tried, I could not ring up the dictionary and only ever activated the specified gesture for that zone. Is there are way to still access words inside tap zones, whether for dictionary lookup or highlighting?

Frenzie · 12-08-2022, 07:00 AM

By default long-press on various corners is set to pass-through for exactly that reason.

If you do want a corner to do something on long-press, you should normally still be able to select the text there by starting the selection from a little further away. Then you'd probably have to edit the lookup to remove some extra words. It might be easier to just type it.

Uncle Robin · 12-08-2022, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frenzie

By default long-press on various corners is set to pass-through for exactly that reason.

If you do want a corner to do something on long-press, you should normally still be able to select the text there by starting the selection from a little further away. Then you'd probably have to edit the lookup to remove some extra words. It might be easier to just type it.

D'Oh!

Thanks for the cluestick - I'll change the long press gesture to a double tap.

12-08-2022, 06:08 AM	#1
Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,661 Karma: 52758936 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra Colour	Using dictionary inside tap zone? I just tried looking up a word that happened to be inside a tap zone, and no matter what I tried, I could not ring up the dictionary and only ever activated the specified gesture for that zone. Is there are way to still access words inside tap zones, whether for dictionary lookup or highlighting?

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12-08-2022, 07:00 AM	#2
Frenzie Wizard Posts: 1,751 Karma: 730681 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Antwerp Device: Kobo Aura H2O	By default long-press on various corners is set to pass-through for exactly that reason. If you do want a corner to do something on long-press, you should normally still be able to select the text there by starting the selection from a little further away. Then you'd probably have to edit the lookup to remove some extra words. It might be easier to just type it.