I’m playing around with chrome on android to see how it behaves, and I see that the insertion handle is always being shown when focusing a non-empty text field, which is also what oxide does.
The difference is that in chrome on android the quick menu isn’t shown along with the insertion handle until the handle is tapped. We could implement something similar in the browser: do not show the quick menu for the insertion handle until it is tapped.
I haven’t seen the issue described by Bill in comment #10 though (insertion handle being shown in empty text fields).
I’m playing around with chrome on android to see how it behaves, and I see that the insertion handle is always being shown when focusing a non-empty text field, which is also what oxide does.
The difference is that in chrome on android the quick menu isn’t shown along with the insertion handle until the handle is tapped. We could implement something similar in the browser: do not show the quick menu for the insertion handle until it is tapped.
I haven’t seen the issue described by Bill in comment #10 though (insertion handle being shown in empty text fields).