(I didn’t delete these notes, but you’ll see why)
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Once you are done reading, please delete the above notes
Use case or problem
Actually, the above instructions are a PERFECT example use case. Consider what I need to do to “delete the above notes” once I’m done reading while on an iOS device:
- double tap
- adjust the sliders on both right and left to accommodate the two asterisks on the right and the entire “important note” instructions on the left.
- While doing this, I need to drag my finger up to the top of the screen, which sadly is a recipe for unwanted behavior like scrolling to the very top of the screen in one go and losing my selection.
Basically, iOS is kinda lame sometimes.
Proposed solution
Instead, if I had to do this in Obsidian, I could use the mobile toolbar ribbon to do the following:
- double tap to select a word
- tap “select line” command from the ribbon to select the entire line which reads “above notes (asterisk asterisk)” on my screen
- Tap “select all above/prior to caret” to select the entirety of the above text
- Delete
Specifically, I think the minimum number of “select” commands should be
- Select current line
- Select all to end of line (equivalent to shift + end on desktop)
- Select all to beginning of line (equivalent to shift + home on desktop)
- Select all to beginning of file (I think this is like shift + crtl or shift + alt + home?)
- Select all to end of file (same)
Could add a couple more, too, like select to beginning/end of a heading, paragraph, to next image, and so on. But I would really love the 5 listed.