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{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Android-style text selection handles
|Feature stage=Landed
|Feature status=Complete
|Feature version=Firefox 7
|Feature health=OK
|Feature status note=Some follow-up bugs being fixed in Firefox 8 and 9
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature product manager=Thomas Arend
|Feature feature manager=Thomas Arend
|Feature lead engineer=Mark Finkle
|Feature qa lead=Aaron Train
|Feature ux lead=Madhava Enros, Ian Barlow
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature ux design=If we could use the native method, we'd do so, so, instead, we have to mimic it, much as we do with the Android Menu. 

This page here has a description of the behavior: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html 
<blockquote>'''One-touch word selection and copy/paste'''<br>When entering text or viewing a web page, the user can quickly select a word by press-hold, then copy to the clipboard and paste. Pressing on a word enters a free-selection mode — the user can adjust the selection area as needed by dragging a set of bounding arrows to new positions, then copy the bounded area by pressing anywhere in the selection area.
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<br>http://developer.android.com/sdk/images/2.3/onetouch.png
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<br>For text entry, the user can slide-press to enter a cursor mode, then reposition the cursor easily and accurately by dragging the cursor arrow. With both the selection and cursor modes, no use of a trackball is needed. 
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<br>http://developer.android.com/sdk/images/2.3/selection.png
</blockquote>


<b>Text Overflow</b>

We should also consider cases where text flows off the edge of a field, and how to get back to that to make changes. Android's native form fields handle this in two ways, as shown in this mockup: http://cl.ly/3y3u123U410L1L0u2W1n

1. Pressing and holding to activate a cursor, and then dragging that cursor to the edge of the field to scroll text.

2. Dragging the text back and forth through the field, and then long pressing to insert a cursor.
|Feature qa review=* [[Fennec/Features/androidcopypaste/TestPlan|QA Test Plan]]
|Feature implementation notes=Finkle has a restartless add-on that is being used to prototype the selection handle behavior and technical implementation.

* {{bug|652168}} - Add cursor positioning thumb controls to edit boxes
* <s>{{bug|661388}}</s> (FIXED) - Support selecting text in web content
* <s>{{bug|659022}}</s> (FIXED) - Implement copy from content
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=P2
|Feature roadmap=Firefox Mobile
|Feature list=Mobile
|Feature engineering team=Mobile front-end
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus
|Feature security status=sec-review-complete
|Feature security health=OK
|Feature security notes=reviewed by: imelven
}}