Chrome Version: ToT M61
OS: Chrome OS
What steps will reproduce the problem?
(1) System menu -> Network
(2) Click (i) icon
(3) Try to select text
What is the expected result?
Easy to do it every time
What happens instead?
There is no margin of error (padding) and the bubble auto-closes
when the cursor leaves it. It is almost impossible to start
selection to the left of the letter 'I' in IP (it is only a single
pixel wide). It is also almost impossible to start on the bottom / right
and drag left / up because once you have passed the letter 'I', the
bubble auto-closes.
The only way I can select text repeatedly is double-click (and don't
release) on "IP" and then drag right to select the whole text. Not
something that most users would do.
Suggestions (in no particular order):
1. Add more padding to prevent the bubble from closing when you overshoot
a little bit.
2. Add margin (distance) so that the bubble only auto-closes when the mouse
pointer is a few pixels away from the border rather than just on exit.
3. Delay auto-close by 1500ms or so. This would allow selection from the
right to left to work since there would be some time to press Ctrl+C before
the bubble closes.
4. Treat that more as a regular bubble and not auto-close, rather have (i)
work as an anchor view and toggle the bubble on or off as well as display
activated (square ripple) state.
5. Add [Copy] button instead of the text selection. I believe I've seen some
Android UI elements do that.
Comment 1 by tdander...@chromium.org
, Jun 23 2017