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Issue with Navigation Bar text selection in native Browser

Environment:

  • Device: beyond2lte
  • /e/OS Version: 1.19-s
  • Browser: Native /e/OS Browser

Description:

Previously, long-pressing the navigation bar in the native browser would result in the entire URL being selected, with a context menu appearing promptly. However, after updating to /e/OS version 1.19-s on the beyond2lte device, this behavior has changed. Now, when long-pressing the navigation bar, only a part of the URL is selected initially. To select the entire URL, additional steps are needed, such as manually adjusting the selection via the context menu. This change represents a degradation in usability, requiring extra steps for a task that was previously more straightforward.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open the native browser on a beyond2lte device running /e/OS version 1.19-s.
  2. Navigate to any website to ensure the navigation bar contains a URL.
  3. Long press on the navigation bar where the URL is displayed.
  4. Observe that only part of the URL is selected, unlike previous behavior where the whole URL would be selected.

Expected Behavior:

Long pressing on the navigation bar should select the entire URL and present a context menu, facilitating quick actions such as copy, cut, or share.

Actual Behavior:

Only a portion of the URL is selected upon long pressing, necessitating additional steps to select the whole URL, which complicates the usability.

Additional Information:

  • Frequency of Occurrence: Consistently reproducible on /e/OS version 1.19-s on beyond2lte.
  • Workaround: Users can manually adjust the selection via the context menu, although this is less efficient than the previous behavior.

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