40 / COLLABORATION
Remote Selection
The problem
Even with cursors, you can't tell what text a collaborator is selecting or editing.
The solution
Peer selections render as coloured ranges labelled with their name.
Experiment
Task: Watch a peer's selection appear in the text.
NAIVE
Interfaces feel effortless when small mechanics quietly do the right thing at the right moment.
peer rangehidden
THOUGHTFUL
Interfaces feel effortlessMaya when small mechanics quietly do the right thing at the right moment.
peer range2–6
How it works
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Collaborative editors
See exactly which passage a teammate is editing.
Code review
Reviewers' selections highlight the lines under discussion.
Docs
Comment anchors show what text a collaborator referenced.
Design specs
Highlighted ranges coordinate attention on shared content.