Drag with finger in the graph to see readings

[Qxlkdr]

In the Dexcom native app and in the Dexcom Follow app it's possible to put your finger in the graph and dragging it to the left or right to see each value.

This is a very fast way of reading the values rather than with high precision tap each dot.

Would it be possible to implement such a feature to this amazing app?

I cannot show it correctly, but imagine that you hold your finger on the screen while taking the screenshot. 😊

Would that be OK to add as a feature request issue in the repository?

Thanks in advance.

[Navid200]

No, please don't open an issue.

You can tap on any point on the xDrip main screen to see its details.
Please explain what exactly it is you want differently.

[Qxlkdr]

Let's say I'm viewing the daily history as below:

It's hard to even hit the correct dot to see which is my lowest value and the values next to it. I know that I can zoom/expand the area but then it's one moment extra. Don't get me wrong. It's possible to get all values by tapping each dot.

However, adding a dragging functionality would certainly speed up the process of viewing a lot of different values without the need of tapping each dot.

The exact feature I would like to see is discribed in the below YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/74G3kPzBB8s?t=62&si=s3WrIkApj0W8inyM

Link is directly to the part where it's demonstrated, 1 minute until 1.10, so 10 seconds is all you need to get a better picture of what I'm talking about. Hope it helps.

Thanks in advance.

[Navid200]

Thanks, that is a perfect presentation of what you want.

Let me see what I can do about representing requests.
I can create a web page just to show the requests only.

Please have a look at the number of open issues we have, 76. That's a lot of open issues.
I want all of those closed. But, it is not easy. Some of them have been there for years.
If we keep opening issues, it is not going to speed up development and support. But, it may create too many open issues drowning everything and taking away any significance from any of them.

Please don't get me wrong. I value your request and I loved seeing the video and I would love to add that to xDrip.
I would just like to have the bugs resolved before we distract the developers by asking them to keep adding more and more features.

Would it be acceptable if I create a web page that lists details of all requests so that we would also have a record of the requests so that we would not forget them either?
Would you accept that compromise?

[Qxlkdr]

Thanks a lot for your commitment to this specific discussion.

This is not in any way an urgent request. My son (4y) got T1D three weeks ago so I'm still very preoccupied learning. Just came across xDrip a few days ago and loves it. Soo many features in one app, it's amazing. Right now I'm only using it as Dex Share so I'm logged on with my sons account in xDrip. The UI and the possibility to see data more than 24 hours back is amazing while enabling Google Drive backup is just what I want. We're still on the path of setting the correct doses, this is why I want to compare data and have an easy way if viewing it.

Feel free to create a page for requests like this to keep track of them. I work within IT so it's perfectly understandable that you want to have the bugs fixed first, no worries. 😊

It's 2 am for me now so I need to drop the phone and sleep. I will reply again in a few hours. zZz

Thanks in advance.

[Navid200]

There is another way to see the readings.
You can enable data tables as explained here: https://navid200.github.io/xDrip/docs/Datatables.html
Using it, you can see a list of all readings and scroll through it.

It is definitely not what Dexcom app offers. But, it is a different way to see the details about all readings.
It may help you in your search through the readings.