microsoft / microsoft/monaco-editor

Feature request: mobile (touch) support

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chrome-android editor-core feature-request safari-ios
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Description

It'd be super sweet if touch interaction worked well.

So far, I haven't seen any web-based code editor that supports touch interaction properly, so mobile sites (f.e. accessing Codepen on your phone and editing a pen) are just horrible.

It would be great to have code text editing on mobile web.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the editor's touch and input handling, then reproduce code editing on a mobile web browser; done means touch interaction supports usable code text editing on mobile web.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, typescript
Domain
frontend, mobile-dev, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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