Bug 212048

Summary:	Touch Screen Text Selection Handles
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	James Swift <me>
Component:	WebKitGTK	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	Normal	CC:	bugs-noreply
Priority:	P2
Version:	WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux

Description James Swift 2020-05-18 15:07:56 PDT

In Epiphany as well as Foliate (which uses WebKitGTK to render ebooks), there is no way to select text on touchscreen devices. You can double tap to select a single word, but as there are no handles you cannot select more than one word at a time. I see there was a thread in 2013 about this, but nothing since.