Word long press bug

Nexutix · 10-11-2016, 10:29 PM

This has happened on several occasions. Whenever I long press a word, sometimes the page turns halfway and it fails to select the word. Screenshot attached.

Nexutix · 10-12-2016, 01:58 AM

Another screenshot. Notice the part selection cursor on far left.

gabaldini · 10-12-2016, 04:41 AM

It happen often when trying to select a word at the border of the screen.
Sometimes when it occurs, it goes back to a previous selected word , who is sometimes a few pages back,

Nexutix · 10-12-2016, 04:51 AM

I disabled the tap gestures for turning the page, and it doesn't occur anymore.

Jsolomon · 10-14-2016, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nexutix

I disabled the tap gestures for turning the page, and it doesn't occur anymore.

Well thank you for that Nexutix. This has been driving me absolutely insane as I often make hundreds of annotions per book. It was not even obvious to me that this could be disabled until you mentioned it. It is however, but a poor workaround. I did not notice this issue before Kris widended the tap regions and I hope he will consider either reducing them again or making them configurable. Having to swipe to turn pages isn't ideal.

The current behavior which often causes page turns when selecting words even very close to the center on a wide iPad screen is clearly a bug.

JKenP · 10-14-2016, 11:43 AM

I was the one who asked the tap be widened. I was bring up the menu too often. With the screen either recognizing tap/turn or tap/menu, there really isn't an area of the screen where tap doesn't do something.

Personally, I've always had highlighting problem and that existed in a variety of readers along with Marvin. I find I have to press/hold/wait for it to work as I would like.

JSWolf · 10-14-2016, 01:00 PM

With Marvin 2, sometimes a long press will underline the word, but not bring up the options. This is on iOS 10.0.2.

Jsolomon · 10-14-2016, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JKenP

I was the one who asked the tap be widened. I was bring up the menu too often. With the screen either recognizing tap/turn or tap/menu, there really isn't an area of the screen where tap doesn't do something.

Personally, I've always had highlighting problem and that existed in a variety of readers along with Marvin. I find I have to press/hold/wait for it to work as I would like.

Yes, but press/hold/wait isn't working in the current implementation. The moment you touch the word the page changes, often leaving the selection bars hanging in midair. The turn or selection should be occurring on the release, not the initial tap with the delay between tapdown and tapup determing the appropriate behavior. Also, page turns should never be ocurring while dragging the selection bars.

Fralippo · 11-02-2016, 11:48 AM

Same issue here.
I highlight across pages all the time and often have to 'Split' a highlight because trying to slide the highlight over doesn't work.

10-11-2016, 10:29 PM	#1
Nexutix Reading and reading Posts: 582 Karma: 8250144 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Infibeam Pi, iPod Touch 4G, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 2, Oneplus One	Word long press bug This has happened on several occasions. Whenever I long press a word, sometimes the page turns halfway and it fails to select the word. Screenshot attached. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Nexutix; 10-12-2016 at 02:00 AM.

10-12-2016, 01:58 AM	#2
Nexutix Reading and reading Posts: 582 Karma: 8250144 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Infibeam Pi, iPod Touch 4G, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 2, Oneplus One	Another screenshot Another screenshot. Notice the part selection cursor on far left. Attached Thumbnails

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10-12-2016, 04:41 AM	#3
gabaldini Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 80 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: kindle paperwhite	It happen often when trying to select a word at the border of the screen. Sometimes when it occurs, it goes back to a previous selected word , who is sometimes a few pages back,

10-12-2016, 04:51 AM	#4
Nexutix Reading and reading Posts: 582 Karma: 8250144 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Infibeam Pi, iPod Touch 4G, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 2, Oneplus One	I disabled the tap gestures for turning the page, and it doesn't occur anymore.

10-14-2016, 11:43 AM	#6
JKenP Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 504384 Join Date: May 2011 Location: NW Indiana Device: Sony Kobo iPhone Kindle 8 HD	I was the one who asked the tap be widened. I was bring up the menu too often. With the screen either recognizing tap/turn or tap/menu, there really isn't an area of the screen where tap doesn't do something. Personally, I've always had highlighting problem and that existed in a variety of readers along with Marvin. I find I have to press/hold/wait for it to work as I would like.

10-14-2016, 01:00 PM	#7
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	With Marvin 2, sometimes a long press will underline the word, but not bring up the options. This is on iOS 10.0.2.

11-02-2016, 11:48 AM	#9
Fralippo Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: iPad 2	Same issue here. I highlight across pages all the time and often have to 'Split' a highlight because trying to slide the highlight over doesn't work.