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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) | ||
===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]. | ||