Unable to edit file on mobile
When viewing a file from a Nexus 5X device you cannot view the edit button.
If you manually navigate to the edit page vertical and horizontal scrolling within the edit box do not work.
UX Proposal
Let's get the text editing experience feeling better on mobile. Things to consider:
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Don't scroll to top when editing on mobile #26164 -
Make text selection work well -
Investigate: Additionally there is strange behavior when you edit a file from a mobile browser. In my case, the caps/shift "up arrow" (Google keyboard) also performs a backspace some times when it is pressed. This only happens when editing a file, not in for example the comment text box. -
Investigate: Sometimes the cursor jumps while editing text. -
Investigate: avoiding auto-zoom; restoring the ability to move around the text with both touch-and-drag and keyboard 3D-touch; and most importantly, making sure edits still work after changing the text position with a single tap (currently, only back spacing works after doing this, until you unfocus and refocus the textarea) Once we are feeling good about this, we should make sure it is easy to access the Edit
button. -
Add edit button to mobile file view https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/28377