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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by Pxtl on Sunday September 24, 2023 @10:47AM (#37633633)
In gboard we've already got modal stuff for numerical keypad, emojis, special characters (2 different modal pages), etc.

Adding one more modal keyboard page for cursor-editing (arrow keys, ctrl-arrow-keys, home/end, pgup/godown, select-toggle-button, delete, rclick menu) would just make sense. Would just be getting the rest of the desktop keyboard into the phone keyboard, nothing groundbreaking.

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by thomastjeffery on Sunday September 24, 2023 @11:34AM (#37634025)
They already have an option to move your visit by dragging across spacebar. Why not just replace half of the oversized spacebar key with something useful?
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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by redsharktooth on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:22AM (#37644239)
TIL, thanks!
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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by somethingsidont on Sunday September 24, 2023 @11:52AM (#37634187)
This exists on Android Gboard, though it's hidden in some menus by default. [0]

[0] https://www.xda-developers.com/gboard-v6-2-adds-cursor-contr... (2017)

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by davidinosauro on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:04PM (#37636636)
Wow, indeed it's still there in GBoard!

Thank you for sharing, I could never have found it before knowing it exists.

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by Pxtl on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:15AM (#37644133)
Whoa, I had no idea (obviously). Note, that article is out of date, instead of the G icon, now it's a four-square icon. I don't know why they're not just using a standard hamburger icon, but whatever.
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