Enrich context actions

[dumprop]

When I get a message in email w/ date I can quickly add it to calendar (context prompts)

When I get it in Vienna there no something like that

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[TAKeanice]

Seems to be like another thing that Apple keeps away from the Mac. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebviewconfiguration/1641937-datadetectortypes would be the solution but is only available on iOS or in Catalyst apps. Maybe we can find another private property on WKWebView @Eitot ?

[TAKeanice]

Even UIWebView has it only for iOS: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiwebview/1617965-datadetectortypes

[Eitot]

I came to the same conclusion a few days ago. I think the only way is by using NSDataDetector.

I am not sure how this feature works, however. I don't think it supports this UI that apps like Mail have. It might not be trivial to implement this in a web view.

Maybe there is a private API in WebKit…

[dumprop]

I know that canary mail on iOS too have something like that

[Eitot]

I have not come across a private API in WKWebKit either. Since WKWebKit is opaque and run in a separate system-controlled process, I do not see how this could be added. Apple Mail seems to be using a whole private framework. Safari itself does not support this either.

[TAKeanice]

@dumprop the problem here is that we use a WebView to display the articles, and what you want works on (an attributed) TextView like the mentioned mail app probably uses, and in iOS. The only option I see is that we take the text readable on the page and process it with data recognizers. We could probably show the results on top or bottom of the article like Apple Mail does. That's a bunch of work though. If you're willing to contribute, I am happy to give you some pointers to implementing it.

[dumprop]

Apple Mail seems to be using a whole private framework

I don't think so because I have 3 party apps (on iOS) which same feature

Safari itself does not support this either.

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[TAKeanice]

Apple Mail seems to be using a whole private framework

I don't think so because I have 3 party apps (on iOS) which same feature

As I said, what you're asking does work in WebViews on iOS, but not macOS

[dumprop]

Apple Mail seems to be using a whole private framework

I don't think so because I have 3 party apps (on iOS) which same feature

As I said, what you're asking does work in WebViews on iOS, but not macOS

There was a suspicion that it works on mac too because on macOS I always use only browser Hopefully in time this will appear on the macOS too

[TAKeanice]

These are the relevant pieces of WKWebView: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/1b30c2033f0a537c4acc3372b63e22e8ff1e6e68/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/API/Cocoa/WKWebView.mm#L159 https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/1b30c2033f0a537c4acc3372b63e22e8ff1e6e68/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/API/Cocoa/WKWebView.mm#L535 https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/1b30c2033f0a537c4acc3372b63e22e8ff1e6e68/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/API/Cocoa/WKWebView.mm#L3246

[Eitot]

Only some of the logic is platform-independent, the implementation for macOS is incomplete. Lots of references to that build option pertain to iOS.

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[dumprop]

no plz

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[dumprop]

no plz