Is there a way to enable text selection/Highlight on one book and disable on another?

ldmobi · 01-14-2022, 12:35 PM

as per title, I would like to read some books with highlighting and selection of text disabled (in bed, fiction, etc).

Other books (non-fiction, or during commuting) I would like to have selection and highlighting enabled.

If I remember correctly I was able to set this on a per-book basis until the 09.2021 update.

Now I can only find the Long press setting, but it's applied across all books. so i need to enable and disable (Tap and gestures -> Long-press on text -> do nothing, for example) every time I change book.

I usually am reading one fiction and one non-fiction at the same time so setting this every time I switch book is annoying.

Am I missing something or it is an impossible thing at the moment?

pazos · 01-15-2022, 02:18 PM

The behaviour you defined is expected.

People that want to disable highlights completely (because they never use it, had input difficulties ...) can disable it entirely with Gear -> Tap and gestures -> Long-press on text -> do nothing.

The rest of the people should be ok tweaking their desired action on long press, including a popup with all options (which is the default), and just avoiding any long press using mind power

01-14-2022, 12:35 PM	#1
ldmobi Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: none	Is there a way to enable text selection/Highlight on one book and disable on another? as per title, I would like to read some books with highlighting and selection of text disabled (in bed, fiction, etc). Other books (non-fiction, or during commuting) I would like to have selection and highlighting enabled. If I remember correctly I was able to set this on a per-book basis until the 09.2021 update. Now I can only find the Long press setting, but it's applied across all books. so i need to enable and disable (Tap and gestures -> Long-press on text -> do nothing, for example) every time I change book. I usually am reading one fiction and one non-fiction at the same time so setting this every time I switch book is annoying. Am I missing something or it is an impossible thing at the moment?

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01-15-2022, 02:18 PM	#2
pazos cosiñeiro Posts: 1,406 Karma: 2451781 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: BQ Cervantes 4	The behaviour you defined is expected. People that want to disable highlights completely (because they never use it, had input difficulties ...) can disable it entirely with Gear -> Tap and gestures -> Long-press on text -> do nothing. The rest of the people should be ok tweaking their desired action on long press, including a popup with all options (which is the default), and just avoiding any long press using mind power