iPadOS and iOS ‘move cursor with pressed space bar’ does not work

[remyzandwijk]

Hi,

on iPadOS and iOS there is a feature which allows you to move the cursor in text fields while press and hold the space bar. It makes it very easy to place the cursor exactly where you want.

Unfortunately, it does not work on the Better Go Playground. Would it be possible to implement that feature?

Thanks!
Remy

[x1unix]

@remyzandwijk Better Go playground uses Monaco editor which also powers VSCode.

The problem is that Monaco doesn't play nice with touch devices and was never designed to support them.
I'm working atm to replace Monaco with CodeMirror for touch devices to mitigate the issue but it will take some time (contributions are appreciated).

[remyzandwijk]

Thanks for the explanation @x1unix!

[x1unix]

@remyzandwijk can you try this please and tell me if it works there: https://codemirror.net/try/

This is one of possible alternatives for a current Monaco editor.

[remyzandwijk]

@x1unix this works, thanks!

Edit: deleted rather stupid and wrong feedback. I’m having a bad day.