06-10-2020, 07:51 PM | #1 |
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Unable to select text on iOS Calibre Browser Viewer
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to use the Calibre Content Server to read on mobile. However, there is a huge drawback at the moment, that is I'm unable to select text in the viewer. When ever I hold to select the text, the Lookup interface popup, then I lose the selection when closing it. Did anyone find a solution for this ? This seems like a bug for me. |
06-10-2020, 10:15 PM | #2 |
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What is your goal in selecting text? And in any case in calibre 5 the viewer has support for highlighting, which allows you to make precise selections using selection handles.
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06-11-2020, 08:19 AM | #3 | |
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Thank you for your response. Sometimes you want to select text to quote somewhere, to translate,...etc. The same reason we ever wanted to select a text I guess. I think you misunderstood me. I was talking about reading through calibre content server on mobile browser, not the viewer on PC. Or maybe I misunderstood, the highlighting features is not here yet ? Regardless the problem, I think the Lookup interface poping up shouldn't behave like this on mobile. Because the selection text handle is a native feature of mobile, the poping up interface disable it, and we shouldn't override a native feature on principle, IMHO. |
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