Dimillian / Dimillian/IceCubesApp

MacOS app doesn't support selecting text of posts with the mouse

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Description

When running Ice Cubes on a Mac, the text of posts is not selectable. It would be nice to be able to select some text in a post with the mouse to be able to copy it to the clipboard. A workaround is to take a screenshot, open it in preview, then use the built-in OCR to select the text.

This is with Ice Cubes Version 1.10.35 (2569).

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue on macOS using Ice Cubes Version 1.10.35 (2569), then inspect how post text is rendered in the SwiftUI app. Done means text in a post can be selected with the mouse and copied to the clipboard without using the screenshot/OCR workaround.

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Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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