Browsers will generally have a long-click context menu on links, which lets you do things like copy the URL to the clipboard or open the link in a new window or external browser.
This is often important for looking info up and then pasting it somewhere.
There doesn't appear to be any long-click menu; holding on a link does nothing.
Nexus 1, Android 2.3.6
Version: 1.0.0 (Android)
Severity: enhancement
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T33805 Wikipedia Android App 1.1 tracking - current bugs | |||
| Resolved | None | T35802 Wikipedia Android app retains GPS access even when it doesn't need it | |||
| Resolved | • brion | T35208 Switch "near me" from Google Maps Android API to HTML-based OpenStreetMap backend | |||
| Invalid | None | T35855 Wikipedia Android App potential features (tracking) | |||
| Declined | • brion | T33485 Android app has no long-click menu on links: no way to copy-paste links |
Hooking into links' touch events inside the iframe should make it possible to catch a long click.
http://osdir.com/ml/phonegap/2011-06/msg00525.html
^ this message suggests starting a timeout on a touch-start event and canceling it on touch-end, ought to be reasonable.
Ideally should open a native-style popup menu with 'open', 'open in browser', 'copy link' items or such.
We won't bother fixing this in the Android PhoneGap-based app. Similar functionality should go into the native one in future though.