Double Tap in URL input for Text Menu

[thall1961]

Problem Description

Initial tap in the browser url bar highlights the entire url, but subsequent taps do not bring up a menu as expected. Tapping several times and dragging the copy section to the beginning and the end of the url text is the only way to show the copy menu.

Feature Overview

Show text menu on 2nd tap

Design

On 2nd tap in url bar, keep text highlighted and show menu

Implementation Details

https://youtu.be/drHSd-SjFEY

##User Experience

1. Double tap in the url input
2. Menu should show
3. Tap a 3rd time to place cursor

Additional information

[fear-the-beaver]

In Safari, second tap in the address bar highlights the whole URL and presents menu with "Copy / Cut" options.

[jonathansampson]

Comparison with Other Browsers

In addition to Safari, the tap + tap + copy behavior is also observed in the following:

• Firefox
• Chrome
• Opera
• Duck Duck Go
• Edge

Browsers which behave similar to Brave are:

• Firefox Focus

Recent Examples of Feedback

It is also worth noting that when notable figure Kevin Rose mentioned his recent appearance on the Brave podcast, the first two responses from his community regarding Brave were from iOS users (Steve Campbell and BeholdObscurity) who expressed some difficulty with copying URLs:

Workarounds, and their Discoverability

Share With

Users can click the … at the bottom-right of the browser and select Share with… from the menu. The resulting menu lists Copy as the first option. This is not ideal as users may not be copying with the intention of sharing; as such they would not necessarily think to look within this region of the browser.

Multi-Tap

Tapping the address bar multiple times (i.e. 4x) in quick succession offers a copy option. This is not ideal as it is far too esoteric; users are not likely (nor should they be expected) to know obscure gestures.

Long-Press

Users of Brave on iOS can also currently long-press the address bar (with no initial tap) to reveal an option to copy the URL. This feature was not known to one of the users in the recent examples above, suggesting potential room for improvement in UI/UX on Brave's part.

Users tend to expect Safari-like behavior, where a tapping on selected text reveals options to copy said text. In Brave, tapping on selected text moves the state from selection mode to caret mode. The user above who was familiar with this workaround shared that "it's not a default gesture," because "it's not how copying test in other apps work on iOS". As such, even for users who are ultimately familiar with the long-press approach, copying the URL may still involved considerable friction.

[srirambv]

Verification passed on iPhone XR with iOS 13.5 running 1.25(21.5.3.20)

• Verified test plan from Fix #3444: Dont reset the cursor if we arent removing an autofill #3615

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Verification passed on iPhone 7+ with iOS 14.5 running 1.25(21.5.3.20)

• Verified test plan from Fix #3444: Dont reset the cursor if we arent removing an autofill #3615

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Verification passed on iPad Prowith iOS 14.5 running 1.25(21.5.3.20)

• Verified test plan from Fix #3444: Dont reset the cursor if we arent removing an autofill #3615