tablet (iPad) support

[akosyakov]

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[jankeromnes]

See also #311 and eclipse-theia/theia#3557.

[jankeromnes]

Another iPad keyboard problem:

• Ctrl + C doesn't work (not a single Ctrl command actually)

EDIT: Using https://keycode.info, here is how Ctrl and C are detected on desktop:

• Ctrl is {key: Dead, location: 1, code: ControlLeft}
• C is {key: c, location: 0, code: KeyC}
• Ctrl+C is {key: c, location: 0, code: KeyC}

And on iPad bluetooth keyboard:

• Ctrl is {key: Dead, location: 0, code: Unidentified} (not detected if focus is on input)
• C is {key: c, location: 0, code: KeyC}
• Ctrl+C is {key: Enter, location: 0, code: KeyC} (not detected if focus is on input)

EDIT 2: Actually, Ctrl + C seems to work for me now, on iPad with iOS 12. Yay?

[kennethreitz]

Looking forward to this working! You'll be (by far) the best iOS dev solution=D

[jankeromnes]

I recently tried Gitpod again on my iPad with iOS 12. I ran into many small issues, but was able to (horribly) work around most of them:

• I couldn't open links printed in the Terminal (it says to use Cmd + click, but Cmd + tap didn't work)
• I couldn't select or copy text from the Terminal (would have helped me visit that link)

I then redirected the Terminal output into a file, but:

• It was hard to select text in the Editor (because long-press opens a context menu instead of selecting). However, sometimes Shift + arrow keys worked (!?)
• I couldn't copy selected text from the Editor with Cmd + C (I think it said something about using my system's native copy/paste instead of JS?)

I then rewrote that file into an HTML file with an <a> link, and opened a preview, which allowed me to finally visit that darn link (it had a super long token, so I couldn't just remember and re-type it)

I also couldn't:

• Resize panels
• Close context menus (except by clicking on "Copy GitHub link" every time)

[mrpher]

+1 vote for this, this would be a game-changer. 🤩

[6ms]

I also agree. Gitpod on iPad Pro is almost usable, but for these reasons it is really painful to use currently.

[jankeromnes]

Hi @mrpher and @6ms! Many thanks for the feedback! 👍

I would vote for closing this issue, because Gitpod does work well on iPad now! 🎉

There are of course a few things to be improved still, like:

• Apple Pencil support
• Ability to resize panels on touch interfaces
• Ensuring that scrolling works everywhere (including in keybinding settings, markdown previews, and using magic keyboard touchpad)
• Ensuring that copy/paste works everywhere (e.g. in editors and terminals)

@6ms Are there additional problems that break your iPad experience with Gitpod? If so, please list all specific issues you see.

[gtsiolis]

I would vote for closing this issue, ...

Agree. It makes sense to close this and open more specific follow-up issues we can tackle one-by-one. Having a broad and abstract issue like this isn't much helpful. 📕

[geropl]

Closing because too unspecific. Gitpod on IPad generalls works now (see above); though it makes sense to track the missing pieces in separate issues.