DatePicker scrolls too quickly, making precision difficult
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Zsombor Egri | ||
Bug Description
Using the DatePicker is more difficult than it needs to be.
OS: 14.09-RTM Ubuntu-Touch on bq aquaris
Example: When adding a new event in the Calendar app, I am presented with 2 DatePicker widgets (one for date and one for time).
Expected behaviour: I expect to be able to scroll to my desired date and time quickly and efficiently. I expect it to be particularly easy to select values at the 0,15,30,45 minute times.
Current behaviour: A small movement on the DatePicker dial causes the dial to spin quickly. It is far too easy to overshoot the desired value (often by a long way), Making a precise selection is fiddly and takes longer than desirable. "Common" time increments such as 0,15,30 and 45 are no easier to select than 1,16,31 or 46, and the latter are often picked accidently.
I don't know if this sensitivity to gesture is due to the high dpi screen, or whether it is resolution independent.
| Zsombor Egri (zsombi) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| assignee: | nobody → Zsombor Egri (zsombi) |
Thanks for the report, this is a known issue and we need to expose a property in Pickers + tweak the tumbler scroll speed to a proper speed.
We are working on a redesigned DatePicker component, so this may fall under a lower priority, however we will add the property driving the Pickers so we can tweak the speed. The new component will use Pickers (tumblers) in Time picking, but not in Date picking.