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feat: support text highlighting/selection in textfield via trackpad clicks and gestures (macOS)

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#120 opened on Feb 14, 2017

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Description

Whenever I want to select a portion of a text I wrote on the text/input field via click+drag or gesture (3 finger selection), it keeps dragging the main windows rather than selecting the text. Double-clicking to select a whole word or using Shift+Arrow keys to works fine.

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Research direction
Investigate how to capture trackpad clicks and gestures (like three finger drag) in Electron on macOS, and prevent the default window dragging behavior while allowing text selection. Look into the 'preventDefault' on appropriate events and possibly use 'setIgnoreMouseEvents' or custom event handling.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
ElectronmacOS development basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60