That would be inconsistent with how text fields behave in other applications. To get cut/copy/paste options, one has to long-press on the field. Furthermore, if we display the selection contextual menu on focus, that means that the user will have to first dismiss it before she can start typing in the address bar.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371207 Title: [Browser] when focusing on the URL field, copy/cut/paste options are not displayed Status in Ubuntu UI Toolkit: New Status in Ubuntu UX bugs: Fix Committed Status in Web Browser App: New Status in “ubuntu-ui-toolkit” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “webbrowser-app” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Current behaviour - Go to a website - Tap on URL field - suggestions are still displayed - Cut/Copy/Paste options are not displayed Desired behaviour - On Focus, hide suggestions - Display text selection contextual menu, so user can cut/copy or paste a different URL in place To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/+bug/1371207/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
