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Re:Tell HN: iOS converts units for highlighted text by PhilipRoman on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:21AM (#35723994)
To be fair this is not a new problem. Windows still doesn't let you select text at all in certain GUI contexts. Especially annoying when you need to copy an error message.
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Re:Tell HN: iOS converts units for highlighted text by vxNsr on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:42AM (#35724140)
most error messages you can just click on the error window and press ctrl+c and then paste to your favorite text editor.

this works nearly everywhere in W10- that uses native code to display the error, I can't vouch for how well this works in W11 where they butchered everything

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Re:Tell HN: iOS converts units for highlighted text by DarthNebo on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:19AM (#35724865)
Sure for native GUIs yes, but this was already something browsers supported & these apps just steam-rolled their 'keep 'em hooked & on platform' plan....I just lose patience when there's no slider on most doom-scroll apps either. Like c'mon....thankfully reddit still has it
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