Drag to support text selection about syn

[matthewp]

How should this work, exactly? Have a start element and end element, selecting text between the two?

[alexisabril]

Yes, but also support drag's current API of coordinates. I'm not yet sure if we should allow starting from a specific point in text as well, eg: "see spot run", start selection from "spot".

[matthewp]

So it looks like the current API for Syn.drag is:

Syn.drag(options, from, callback)

Would it make sense to have this be part of Syn.drag or should there be a Syn.select?

// Using selectors
Syn.select(startElement, endElement, callback);
Syn.select('#startel', '#endel', callback)

// Using coordinates
Syn.select(options, callback);
Syn.select({ fromX: 100, fromY: 100, toX: 200: toY: 200 }, callback);

Or am I way off?

[kdillon]

Just to clarify, "drag" is a specific event type in browsers, and drag events are not actually fired for text selection. I suppose we could check the target element and see if it is draggable, and if it isn't, have this do a selection.

Thoughts on this? Thanks!