element-hq / element-hq/element-ios
Selecting text of a message
- Dominant language
- Swift
- Stars
- 1.8k
- Forks
- 544
- PR merge metrics
- PR metrics pending
Description
### Your use case
#### What would you like to do?
I would like to be able to only select a portion of a text message. Currently the only way I found is to copy the whole message, paste it somewhere and then select what I really need.
#### Why would you like to do it?
Because sometimes things like an email address is sent which I want to copy for example to create a new contact.
#### How would you like to achieve it?
Maybe a special mode in which the message becomes a text where all the OS default text tools are available
### Have you considered any alternatives?
_No response_
### Additional context
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by reproducing the current whole-message copy behavior in the iOS message view and inspect how message interaction is implemented. Done means a user can select only part of a message and use the standard iOS text actions, including copying the selected portion.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, swift
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100