Increase spacing between edit box and bits button to allow editing messages
The editable portion of the chat box contains not just the edit area but a bits button and an emote button. Typing on mobile can be tough and often I want to edit my message before posting to fix typos. After making edits in the middle of the message I often want to go to the end of the message and fix the last word or add something to the message.
The problem? It's very difficult, even if using a stylus, to get the edit caret to the end of the text because the bits button is there.
Since mobile devices have to use touch points, we need to have a bit of additional space between the end of the editable area and the bits button so that we can actually edit the end of the message. This is an issue Slack had when it put buttons in the edit box and was able to fix by making the edit area a bit shorter and the buttons a bit further to the right of the end of the edit box.
I am requesting the addition of some tappable space between the end of the editable area and the bits button. Alternately maybe the bits button could move somewhere else, although I'm no sure where and we wouldn't want the same issue with just the emote button. I know it's valuable real estate, but accidentally hitting the bits button over and over again while trying to edit text is extremely frustrating. This could also be considered an accessibility issue.
Thank you for your consideration!
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Lazerbeamzstreamz commented
Agreed that this could be something many people could benefit from.