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| : ''On Android 4 after not using the trackpad for a few seconds the cursor is hidden again, which works quite well --erikos'' | | : ''On Android 4 after not using the trackpad for a few seconds the cursor is hidden again, which works quite well --erikos'' |
| : ''John pointed me towards XFixes HideCursor/ShowCursor and that there is a [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650604 feature ticket] and a [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2011-June/msg02029.html patch] for gnome-settings-daemon that Sugar could hook into (out of my depth here, didn't get any working code) --gary'' | | : ''John pointed me towards XFixes HideCursor/ShowCursor and that there is a [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650604 feature ticket] and a [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2011-June/msg02029.html patch] for gnome-settings-daemon that Sugar could hook into (out of my depth here, didn't get any working code) --gary'' |
| + | : ''Apparently John (mentioned briefly in a voice call) has added some hooks for us to easily enable and disable the hardware cursor, not yet investigated the code yet --gary'' |
| + | : ''[ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/utilities/unclutter-8.README Unclutter] is a very simple utility that hides a cursor if it has not moved. Or maybe we can hide the pointer in tablet (e-book) mode and keep it in laptop mode?'' --[[User:Sridhar|Sridhar]] 19:51, 20 August 2012 (EDT) |
| * Palette hover/click behaviours | | * Palette hover/click behaviours |
| ** Single tap of a button with a primary action should _not_ trigger hover delay palette content (to prevent toolbar palettes and help hints obscuring UI after use) | | ** Single tap of a button with a primary action should _not_ trigger hover delay palette content (to prevent toolbar palettes and help hints obscuring UI after use) |
| ** Touch and hold _should_ trigger full display of palette content (like a right click, no extra delay) | | ** Touch and hold _should_ trigger full display of palette content (like a right click, no extra delay) |
| + | *: ''I'm [http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/24460/press-and-hold-or-long-press-gestures-unintuitive concerned] about the undiscoverability of long-press actions, particularly for new users.'' --[[User:Sridhar|Sridhar]] 19:51, 20 August 2012 (EDT) |
| ** Tapping an icon with no primary action should instantly open the full menu/palette, no delay (e.g. Frame right edge buddy icon/s) | | ** Tapping an icon with no primary action should instantly open the full menu/palette, no delay (e.g. Frame right edge buddy icon/s) |
| * Hide all keyboard shortcut accelerators when booting on touch only devices | | * Hide all keyboard shortcut accelerators when booting on touch only devices |
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| * Up/down menu/combo overflow UI too thin (hard to scroll up, gtk combo widget needs work here) | | * Up/down menu/combo overflow UI too thin (hard to scroll up, gtk combo widget needs work here) |
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− | ===Text editing=== | + | ====Text editing==== |
| * Touch friendly text selection handles | | * Touch friendly text selection handles |
| ** Custom Sugar design, use user colours for selection handles (or monochrome theme as a fallback) at each end of text (Carlos upstreamed [http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/log/?h=touch-text-selection patches] to gtk3+) | | ** Custom Sugar design, use user colours for selection handles (or monochrome theme as a fallback) at each end of text (Carlos upstreamed [http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/log/?h=touch-text-selection patches] to gtk3+) |
| *** Example [http://people.sugarlabs.org/garycmartin/Text_touch_place_insertion_point_design/ animation] placing the cursor via touch | | *** Example [http://people.sugarlabs.org/garycmartin/Text_touch_place_insertion_point_design/ animation] placing the cursor via touch |
− | *** Example [http://people.sugarlabs.org/garycmartin/Text_touch_place_selection_design/ animation] making text selections via touch | + | *** Example [http://people.sugarlabs.org/garycmartin/Text_touch_place_selection_design/ animation] making text selections via touch (long-press gesture) |
| + | *** Example [http://people.sugarlabs.org/garycmartin/Text_touch_selection_modification_design/ animation] moving a multi line text selection's handles via touch |
| *** Example [http://www.lanedo.com/~carlos/touch-text-selection.webm movie] of Gtk3 patches (not Sugar themed yet) from Carlos. | | *** Example [http://www.lanedo.com/~carlos/touch-text-selection.webm movie] of Gtk3 patches (not Sugar themed yet) from Carlos. |
| ** Selection palette Cut/Copy/Paste/Speak (Share selection with friend feature?) Rough [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Cut_Copy_Paste_Speak_palettte_mockup.png example mockup]. | | ** Selection palette Cut/Copy/Paste/Speak (Share selection with friend feature?) Rough [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Cut_Copy_Paste_Speak_palettte_mockup.png example mockup]. |
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| **** Icon only provides translation neutral palette but provides no textual hints to aid discovery | | **** Icon only provides translation neutral palette but provides no textual hints to aid discovery |
| **** Text and Icon palette may be too large (obscure too much canvas) | | **** Text and Icon palette may be too large (obscure too much canvas) |
− | ** Editable vs. non-editable widget interaction? e.g. Selecting text from web page, vs. selecting text in a text input widget. | + | ** Editable vs. non-editable widget interaction? e.g. Selecting text from web page, vs. selecting text in a text input widget should be identical if possible. |
| ** Single tap to insert cursor (snap to end of existing word?) | | ** Single tap to insert cursor (snap to end of existing word?) |
− | ** Drag cursor widget to move cursor position (other designs also raise a zoom lens for small screen accuracy but often designs based for Phone size screens) | + | ** Drag cursor widget to move cursor position (other designs also raise a zoom lens for small screen accuracy but often designs based on Phone size screen limitations) |
− | ** Touch and hold to drag a selection (snap to end of existing word as per current Write implementation?) | + | ** Touch, hold and drag to make a selection (snap to end of existing word as per current Write implementation?) |
| ** Touch and hold to auto select a single word, widget handles at each end of selection. | | ** Touch and hold to auto select a single word, widget handles at each end of selection. |
| ** ''Double tap and drag to select a range of text, same as above (double tap is not a Sugar design, but a fallback for users used to existing implementations as per Android/iOS)'' | | ** ''Double tap and drag to select a range of text, same as above (double tap is not a Sugar design, but a fallback for users used to existing implementations as per Android/iOS)'' |