I know this has been suggested and talked about before, but I'm putting it out
here again. Talkback really needs a way to be able to select text outside of an
edit field. The best way I'm thinking this could be done is below.
Introduce a selection mode.
This mode could be activated and deactivated via a gesture or through the
context menu. You could then move around the screen in any app like you
normally would, and even change your navigation mode. Moving forward or swiping
right would select, and moving backwards or swiping left would unselect text.
Talkback would say, "selected and "unselected" before reading the focused text.
This would make it more practical, especially if you are working with large
paragraphs.
As for a gesture, I'm thinking double tap and hold with 2 fingers. This would
activate and deactivate the selection mode. You could then,
1. copy the selected text using a new gesture, swipe up and then down with two
fingers.
2. select all text using yet another new gesture, swipe down then up with two
fingers.
This would come in handy for webpages, and for those times when someone sends
you a link that can not be activated for whatever reason.
I really hope we see something like this in the very very near future.
I know this has been suggested and talked about before, but I'm putting it out
here again. Talkback really needs a way to be able to select text outside of an
edit field. The best way I'm thinking this could be done is below.
Introduce a selection mode.
This mode could be activated and deactivated via a gesture or through the
context menu. You could then move around the screen in any app like you
normally would, and even change your navigation mode. Moving forward or swiping
right would select, and moving backwards or swiping left would unselect text.
Talkback would say, "selected and "unselected" before reading the focused text.
This would make it more practical, especially if you are working with large
paragraphs.
As for a gesture, I'm thinking double tap and hold with 2 fingers. This would
activate and deactivate the selection mode. You could then,
1. copy the selected text using a new gesture, swipe up and then down with two
fingers.
2. select all text using yet another new gesture, swipe down then up with two
fingers.
This would come in handy for webpages, and for those times when someone sends
you a link that can not be activated for whatever reason.
I really hope we see something like this in the very very near future.What
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I know this has been suggested and talked about before, but I'm putting it out
here again. Talkback really needs a way to be able to select text outside of an
edit field. The best way I'm thinking this could be done is below.
Introduce a selection mode.
This mode could be activated and deactivated via a gesture or through the
context menu. You could then move around the screen in any app like you
normally would, and even change your navigation mode. Moving forward or swiping
right would select, and moving backwards or swiping left would unselect text.
Talkback would say, "selected and "unselected" before reading the focused text.
This would make it more practical, especially if you are working with large
paragraphs.
As for a gesture, I'm thinking double tap and hold with 2 fingers. This would
activate and deactivate the selection mode. You could then,
1. copy the selected text using a new gesture, swipe up and then down with two
fingers.
2. select all text using yet another new gesture, swipe down then up with two
fingers.
This would come in handy for webpages, and for those times when someone sends
you a link that can not be activated for whatever reason.
I really hope we see something like this in the very very near future.x
Original issue reported on code.google.com by AriesThe...@gmail.com on 27 Sep 2015 at 9:45
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
AriesThe...@gmail.comon 27 Sep 2015 at 9:45