[fr] reset button on "My filters" and "My rules"

[throwaway242685]

Prerequisites

• I verified that this is not a filter list issue. Report any issues with filter lists or broken website functionality in the uAssets issue tracker.
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• I performed a cursory search of the issue tracker to avoid opening a duplicate issue.
• The issue is not present after disabling uBO in the browser.
• I checked the documentation to understand that the issue I am reporting is not normal behavior.

I tried to reproduce the issue when...

• uBO is the only extension.
• uBO uses default lists and settings.
• using a new, unmodified browser profile.

Description

hi, are there any plans to implement a "Reset" button on both "My filters" and "My rules" so we can clear them more easily?

something like this?

(these images were edited by me, that's not actual code)

A specific URL where the issue occurs.

most of the time, I only want to reset filters or rules separetely so I can replace them with new ones.

also... on Android it gets extremely buggy when you try to clear them manually by selecting them, so this button would simplify things a lot.

Steps to Reproduce

1. if you try to reset filters/rules on Android, it gets extremely buggy and it just doesn't work.

Expected behavior

it should be easy to reset them.

Actual behavior

it should be easy to reset them.

it's not easy, specially on Android.

uBO version

1.59.0

Browser name and version

Firefox 129.0.2

Operating System and version

Windows 10 / Android

[garry-ut99]

on Android it gets extremely buggy if you try to reset them manually, and this button would simplify things a lot. if you try to reset filters and rules on Android, it gets bugged and doesn't work.

Yes, a known problem:

• "My Filters" section of the settings is pretty bugged on Android #2326
• On Firefox for Android, uBO's textboxes also remove letters in front of the cursor when Backspace is held down #1716
• hard to select text in custom rules editor on Firefox for Android #903

Isn't the main Reset button sufficient or to import a backup with "all your settings + empty "My filters" + default "My rules": https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings#backuprestore-section .

• (by the way: Restore/Reset settings do not work on Yandex for Android #1009))

can you please implement a "Reset" button on both "My filters" and "My rules" so we can reset things more easily?

As for "My filters" , a duplicate of:

• Troubles clearing "My filters" list on Firefox for Android gorhill/uBlock#3646

a) to bring a virtual keyboard by clicking anywhere in "My filters" text area,
b) and then to tap 2 times on filter or on border (it will select all filters)
c) then to press Backspace (it will delete all selected filters)
d) then to press Save

As for "My rules", a duplicate of (but due to the current problems on android, it might be reconsidered):

• Suggestion: Add option to reset dynamic filtering rules and whitelist to defaults gorhill/uBlock#1653

[garry-ut99]

most of the time I only want to reset filters or rules so I can replace them with new ones.

Usually there is no need to reset filters/rules all the time/ so often, you need to provide a real explanation why and how often do you reset your filters and rules (several times per day or once every few days?).

Maybe you are an unexperienced user who creates plenty of bad filters like website.com##random_df223e3, and then after a while, you want to replace them with another bunch of useless random filters/rules, it this is the case, you need to learn how to create better filters/rules, which will stand longer.

But on the other side, maybe it's too hard for unexperienced users to learn how to create good filters, so I don't know.

[garry-ut99]

is everything (...)

Get away from me, clown, maybe I could ask you the same, because you've confused me with the uBO creator, I'm a volunteer...it's uBO creator who refused to implement "reset" funtionality, not me, and that's why I asked you for a reason, because most of time the uBO creator expects some real examples/cases of why to implement a functionality request, other than "I want it to be implemented" or "proof of concept", but if you are not interested, then it's your choice (anyway after your reply, I can assume you have the same reason for your feature request, like the other guy from the other thread, which actually is very similiar reason to the one I mentioned about).

throwaway242685

Read again with understanding, what I already said above, or stop trolling: I'm not against implementing anything, and I only asked you a question the uBO creator often asks: "why the feature is needed (real usage cases)".

[throwaway242685]

are there any plans to implement something like this?

[gorhill]

No plan because it's just a select all (ctrl-a or double-click in left gutter); then delete or paste. These are more like text editors, text editors don't have a "reset" button.

[throwaway242685]

it's just a select all (...) then delete

to be fair, this doesn't work on Android.

it gets buggy and it doesn't work most of the times.

if you think that a new button could be problematic, then maybe it could be an optional button that you enable through advanced settings... idk.

it doesn't have to be a permanent button.

[razorcool]

IT STOP BLOCKING YOUTUBE ADS

[gorhill]

I am going to decline this.

For Android, if I touch and hold, I am presented with a set of choices, with "Select all" as one of them.