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[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Open the app
2. Open any report
3. Send message with mention
4. Click and drag to highlight the message containing the message and observe that cursor remains pointer while highlighting and does not change to I beam

Expected Result:

App should change the cursor to I beam while highlighting the mentions part in message as it normally does for email, links etc

Actual Result:

App keeps the cursor as pointer and does not change to I beam while selecting mentions part in message

Workaround:

Can the user still use Expensify without this being fixed? Have you informed them of the workaround?

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.16-5
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

cursor.not.change.to.I.beam.for.mentions.mp4

Recording.658.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @dhanashree-sawant
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1684312696564409

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @strepanier03 (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

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[strepanier03]

I am testing this and the mentions as well as other clickable links, like embedded URLs are all the point, not the I beam.

I believe it should be the point because it's clickable whereas the I beam indicates text and typing.

@kavimuru - Can you weigh in here. I'm not sure about moving this one forward.

[melvin-bot]

@strepanier03 Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!

[strepanier03]

@dhanashree-sawant - I have question about your repro steps. In step 4 you say "Select the mention message and observe that cursor remains pointer while selecting and does not change to I beam".

By "select" do you mean open up the sent message to editing and then clicking on the mention?

The reason I ask is because the pointer makes sense to me because the mention is clickable, just like other links.

If I hyperlink a URL, it should be a pointer because it's clickable, same with the mention.

Can you help me understand why it should be an I beam if it's clickable?

[dhanashree-sawant]

Hi @strepanier03, if you see email, URL, they are all clickable but when we select by dragging over them, cursor changes to I beam, if we want to keep the cursor as pointer while drag and select, we should do that too on email and URL to maintain consistency.

[strepanier03]

Aaah, I think I didn't understand that "select" meant to drag over the message, not click (select) on them. I'll go through it again and update the OP comment with the clarification.