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Suggestion: Disable toolbar auto-show and gestures during text selection #578

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@Flanr4

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Currently, if you select text via long-press and then drag the selection handles to highlight more text, the browser mistakenly interprets this movement as regular swipe gestures. For example, I've noticed this causes the toolbar to reappear after it was hidden (when the auto-hide setting is enabled), and it also triggers unintended on-screen gestures

​Possible solution:
A potential fix would be to temporarily disable or block these specific browser interactions while text selection is active

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Environment:

  • Device: realme 9 pro+
  • OS: Android 14
  • WebLibre version: 0.30.0-alpha-4

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