Cannot copy/paste on iOS

For a while now I have been unable to copy and paste from GitLab.com pages on my iOS devices.

I think this may be related to the custom GFM copy/paste feature that we added back in 8.17 with gitlab-foss!8597 (merged).

/cc @DouweM

Fix

• Fix so that GFM copy/paste is possible on Safari/Chrome on iPhone.
• If the above is not feasible, disable GFM copy/paste, and just ensure regular copy/paste is possible.

Good find

Yep, likely related. I wonder what happens in iOS Safari in this method; http://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/copy_as_gfm.js#L299

@victorwu can we add some weight to this bug fix? I conduct a fair amount of issue discussion on my iPhone (as I'm doing right now ) and I run into this annoyance several times a week.

If GFM copy/paste can't be quickly fixed on mobile perhaps as a temporary fix we can conditionally disable it based on user agent strings? Raw copy/paste is better than no copy/paste.

changed milestone to %Next 2-3 months in gitlab-foss

changed the description

changed milestone to %Next 3-6 months in gitlab-foss

mentioned in issue gitlab-foss#38617 (closed)

moved from gitlab-foss#32546 (moved)