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Cannot select text on iPad with trackpad / mouse
See original GitHub issueOS/Web Information
- Web Browser: Safari (with / without PWA) / Chrome
- Local OS: iOS
- Remote OS: Ubuntu Server
- Remote Architecture: Arm64
code-server --version: 3.9.3
Steps to Reproduce
- Connect a mouse or trackpad to iPad.
- Select any text in the editor with Mouse / Trackpad (i.e., press the Trackpad or Mouse left button and move around).
Expected
The text should be selected.
Actual
Only the cursor gets moved around. Nothing gets selected.
Notes
This works on some other implementations (e.g., Gitpod).
This issue can be reproduced in VS Code: No
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 2 years ago
- Reactions:3
- Comments:18 (10 by maintainers)
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thanks, so this is a code-server issue.
For me on 14.5, the text selection works neither in the editor nor in the terminal window (iOS 14.5.1). Edit: Somehow the text selection works now in the terminal, the one in the text editor is still broken (Maybe re-connecting my mouse changed something).