Yes, but why not touch quickly, grab, and then do the accurate positioning in the input line?
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course, if you "touch and hold" a spot in the display the magnifier > comes on and lets you position rather accurately. > > On 2012/05/13 10:14 , Eric Iverson wrote: > > I will think about this. It makes more sense on a computer as you are > > touching the line with the mouse which is quite accurate. The iPad touch > > (at least with my fat fingers) is more random. > > > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Henry Rich<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> This is the same suggestion I made a few years back (for JIDE). My > >> natural move is to click on the correct spot in the line, and it is a > >> shame to have lost that position when the line comes down for editing. > >> It would be great to have this as an option for people who work that > way. > >> > >> Henry Rich > >> > >> On 5/13/2012 10:01 AM, Eric Iverson wrote: > >>> I think the api makes your suggestion possible. I'm not sure it would > be > >> a > >>> good idea. At least not for me. I stab the line I want at random so > would > >>> not benefit from having the random position preserved. I'll think about > >>> this and see if others have comments. > >>> > >>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:46 PM, David Leibs<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>>> It is easy to select within the workspace. This positions a blinking > >>>> vertical line at the point of selection. It you then touch the little > >>>> "enter symbol' the line of text is moved to the input area. > >>>> Unfortunatly your selection point is gone and you have to position the > >>>> vertical blinking insertion point again and with a slower and more > >>>> cognitively loaded gesture. It would be nice if that insertion point > >>>> could be maintained. I do not know if Apple's API would even allow > >>>> this. I have no idea as to whether this would even be a good idea. > >>>> > >>>> - David Leibs > >>>> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
