Bugzilla – Bug 11460
Can't edit middle of entered text using touch UI
Last modified: 2009-09-08 09:29:29 UTC
If I enter in the encryption password using the touch UI but enter it wrong, I have to backspace all the way until I reach the error. For very long passwords this will be poor customer experience. Need the ability to touch the text box where I want to begin editing. And/or we need a way to perform a non-destructive backspace.
(using r4875) On further testing I see we do have a non-destructive backspace, but it's far from intuitive: * Press the LEFT arrow at top-left scrolls left through the password. But we have taught the user that this button goes "back" to previous pages. * Press DONE button at bottom-right to scroll right through password. I would *never* have guessed that. (found through trial and error.) (Try editing a 25+ character password.) How about being able to swipe my finger in the text field to scroll left and right? Then touch-hold my finger to select where I want to edit?
This problem also affects when you're entering in your e-mail address for SN registration as well. Broadening the summary to include other cases.
(In reply to comment #1) > > * Press the LEFT arrow at top-left scrolls left through the password. But we > have taught the user that this button goes "back" to previous pages. I can't believe that's actually intended to be a left-arrow and not a Back key, as it is on every other page. How would you go Back one screen? > * Press DONE button at bottom-right to scroll right through password. I would > *never* have guessed that. (found through trial and error.) Same here. I guess Done doesn't really mean Done in SqueezeWorld. > How about being able to swipe my finger in the text field to scroll left and > right? Then touch-hold my finger to select where I want to edit? That's good to have, but I don't think it's intuitive, even in a touch interface. If you're emulating a keyboard, then you need keys to perform this function. How hard is it to find room on the screen for two arrow keys: <- and -> ? Also, don't use a block cursor without an Insert key and insert/overwrite modes for the keyboard. Which isn't necessary.
Fear not, Ben will fix the text entry to have the back arrow take you to the previous screen, the done button take you on and be able to move the cursor within the text by touching in the right place.
This was agreed at the on-site meetings it would not be necessary for MP
We need to make the keyboard fully functional, including moving the cursor, for MP.
Ok, I'll back off. We don't need this for MP, backspace will suffice. Plus this is a dup. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 11512 ***