From 31661e28b1a010fa67b3a2527c43a129ab2a41cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Soltys <adam@coinos.io>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:35:41 -0700
Subject: A mouse drag on the feed selects text again instead of grabbing and
 flicking the page.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013ZDf1cyCQLkfjftYhymZAg
---
 src/app.js | 49 +++----------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/app.js')

diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index f904cc3..c8697ce 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -6612,9 +6612,8 @@ if (INTENT_URI) {
 // The feed scrolls like a phone on a desktop. A mouse wheel's notch gives
 // it a push that coasts and slows, so a few turns travel a few posts and
 // quick turns stack up; a trackpad (which already coasts) is left alone.
-// And a mouse can grab the feed and flick it: drag up or down, let go while
-// moving and it keeps going. A drag that starts sideways is still a text
-// selection, and a drag that moved isn't a click on what it started on.
+// (A mouse drag used to grab the feed and flick it; it selects text again —
+// Adam, 2026-10-18: "i'd rather be able to select text normally".)
 (() => {
   if (typeof window === 'undefined' || matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches) return;
   // The wheel coasts whenever a feed or a thread is the page being scrolled
@@ -6736,49 +6735,7 @@ if (INTENT_URI) {
   // anything else that moves the page takes over from a coast
   window.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => { if (/^(Arrow|Page|Home|End| )/.test(e.key)) stop(); });
   window.addEventListener('touchstart', stop, { passive: true });
-  // ---- grab and flick
-  let drag = null;
-  document.addEventListener('pointerdown', (e) => {
-    if (raf) stop(); // a click catches a coasting page, like a finger does
-    if (e.pointerType !== 'mouse' || e.button !== 0 || !inScope(e.target)) return;
-    drag = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY, ly: e.clientY, on: false, pts: [] };
-  });
-  document.addEventListener('dragstart', (e) => { if (drag) e.preventDefault(); }, true); // images/links: scroll, don't drag them out
-  document.addEventListener('pointermove', (e) => {
-    if (!drag) return;
-    if (!(e.buttons & 1)) { drag = null; return; }
-    if (drag.sel) return;
-    if (!drag.on) {
-      const dx = Math.abs(e.clientX - drag.x), dy = Math.abs(e.clientY - drag.y);
-      if (dx < 6 && dy < 6) return;
-      // clearly sideways: selecting text (and still not a click on the post)
-      if (dx > 2 * dy) { drag.sel = true; return; }
-      drag.on = true;
-      document.documentElement.classList.add('grab-scrolling');
-      try { getSelection().removeAllRanges(); } catch {}
-    }
-    window.scrollBy({ top: drag.ly - e.clientY, behavior: 'instant' });
-    drag.ly = e.clientY;
-    drag.pts.push([e.timeStamp, e.clientY]);
-    while (drag.pts.length > 2 && e.timeStamp - drag.pts[0][0] > 100) drag.pts.shift();
-  });
-  const end = (e) => {
-    if (!drag) return;
-    const d = drag; drag = null;
-    if (!d.on && !d.sel) return;
-    if (d.on) {
-      document.documentElement.classList.remove('grab-scrolling');
-      const p = d.pts, a = p[0], b = p[p.length - 1];
-      // released while moving: throw it; held still first: just let go
-      if (a && b && b[0] > a[0] && e.timeStamp - b[0] < 60) coast((a[1] - b[1]) / (b[0] - a[0]) * 2.4);
-    }
-    // the press moved: what it started on isn't opened (Chrome still clicks it)
-    const eat = (ev) => { ev.stopPropagation(); ev.preventDefault(); };
-    document.addEventListener('click', eat, { capture: true, once: true });
-    setTimeout(() => document.removeEventListener('click', eat, { capture: true }), 300);
-  };
-  document.addEventListener('pointerup', end);
-  document.addEventListener('pointercancel', () => { if (drag?.on) document.documentElement.classList.remove('grab-scrolling'); drag = null; });
+  document.addEventListener('pointerdown', () => { if (raf) stop(); }); // a click catches a coasting page, like a finger does
 })();
 
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