lichess-org / chessground

Mobile/Web chess UI for lichess.org
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Clicking one of your own pieces should always select that piece - never deselect it #242

Closed SymboLinker closed 1 year ago

SymboLinker commented 1 year ago

When touching one of your own pieces, it gets selected. When touching the same piece again, it gets deselected.

From a practical point of view, it seems more logical to keep the piece selected - especially when playing on a touch screen with time pressure. While playing Puzzle Storm:

niklasf commented 1 year ago

No doubt many users rely on exactly this behavior. I find it quite intuitive, and it's consistent with how selections work in pretty much any environment.