[Android-development] Text Selection Handles Qt 5.8 QQC2 - some workarounds

[ekke]

Am 25.03.17 um 17:45 schrieb Robert Iakobashvili:
> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 7:35 PM, ekke <ekke at ekkes-corner.org> wrote:
>> Am 25.03.17 um 17:30 schrieb Robert Iakobashvili:
>>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 7:23 PM, ekke <ekke at ekkes-corner.org> wrote:
>>>> I remember some posts about problems with Text Selection Handles and Qt 5.8
>>>> To provide a solution customers can work with I developed some workarounds.
>>>>
>>>> Today blogged about:
>>>> https://appbus.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/text-selection-handles-qt-5-8/
>>>>
>>>> perhaps it helps others
>>>>
>>>> ekke (ekkehard gentz)
>>>>
>>> Dear Ekke,
>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>> Yes, the selection handles are too buggy on Android at Qt-5.8.
>>>
>>> Do you have recommendations for widgets?
>>>
>>> Do you know how to get rid from the handles?
>>>
>>> This is a show stopper for me not to move up from 5.7.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Robert
>>>
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> sorry - never did Qt Widgets development
>>
>> developed 4 years BlackBerry10 Cascades / Qt 4.8
>> started Qt development for mobile (Android, iOS, W10 will follow) with
>> QtQuickControls2
>>
>> ekke
> Dear Ekke,
>
> My guess that making
>
> selectByMouse: true
>
> is a general recommendation and for Widgets as well.
>
> There are some recommendations on net as for getting rid from
> handles by placing a null image, but hopefully the issues will be fixed
> somewhere in Qt-5.9.1
>
> Thanks once more.
>
> Kind regards,
> Robert
>
Hi Robert,

from discussion with J-P I learned that selectByMouse is in conflict
with Flickable and scrolling multi line TextArea and should not be set
on touch device with QQC2.

ekke