[Feature request] Allow select text without focus and unlock minimum window size

[Joaaoc]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I'm always frustrated when I'm doing something on the PC and I decide to copy some text from Notepads and I just can't select it before bringing the window into focus.

Describe the solution you'd like Allow to select text without Notepads focused.

Describe alternatives you've considered ^.

Additional context I would also like to be able to further reduce the size of Notepads, as I can in Default Notepad.

Video demonstrating the text selection problem https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83718128/143404783-2646f9ff-adf7-4d04-a0bd-fb8de449310e.mp4

Notepads are awesome !

[jducaud]

This would be an efficiency improvement of Notepads indeed. Sparing a click, when you do it hundreds of times a day, matters.

As a workaround the only thing I can see is:

1. Go to the Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access Centre\Make the mouse easier to use screen
2. Check the Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse box

[0x7c13]

I really don't know how to bypass that using UWP. But in the meantime, I am seeing that you are able to do so with Windows Mail app which is also UWP. So I am convinced that this is doable just that I don't know how to do it yet.

[AlvinLIQ]

I have made a custom UWP TextBox Control before, but it can do that . I guess the reason that you can't select text could be "TextBox.PointerReleased" triggered when window focused, you can try use "CoreWindow.PointerReleased" instead of it.