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iPad, mobile mode, text editing is unstable
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Description

iPad
6th Generation
Software version 13.5
Safari
Mobile mode (works fine in desktop mode)
Visual editing mode

In the "Bicycle pedal" page, Flat and Platform section.

Enter visual editing mode.

Touch the text with single finger to set the cursor; cursor is displayed, and keyboard pops up at bottom and toolbar at top.

Using a single finger, scroll the text up or down. At certain positions the display will start to flash, as though it's constantly redrawing the screen. The scrollbar flashes, sometimes a thin horizontal line is visible flashing in the middle of the text and sometimes, if the toolbar is visible it will flash as well.

If this flashing is happening, and you put your finger on the cursor because you want to "grab" it and try to move it to another place, the text frame will shift swiftly to another spot, often leaving behind a thin, black, no longer flashing cursor in the spot where the cursor was, but there is no longer an active cursor.

Event Timeline

JTannerWMF added subscribers: ppelberg, JTannerWMF.

@ppelberg will upload a video of this and add a ticket of the flashing toolbar

@ppelberg will upload a video of this and add a ticket of the flashing toolbar

The ticket is here: T259321.

Although, in reading this task's description once more, I wonder: Do you think T259321 (the new ticket) ought to be closed as a duplicate of this one?

We decided not to merge in T259321 and whichever engineer picks this up should investigate what they are able to reproduce.

@Dough34 If you're able to record your screen while experiencing this problem and upload the recording here (use the button), it would be helpful for us, as we're not really sure whether this is the same issue as we were seeing in T259321.

Couldn’t reproduce it. But noticed another problem in the same context. While moving the text insertion point around with my finger, if I move it over a link, it will sometimes change to a region selection. Made a video to show this but it may be too large, as upload failed after getting to the end of upload saying there was no storage space configured. Couldn’t figure out how to configure storage space.

I think the original problem has been fixed since I reported it.

Couldn’t reproduce it. But noticed another problem in the same context. While moving the text insertion point around with my finger, if I move it over a link, it will sometimes change to a region selection. Made a video to show this but it may be too large, as upload failed after getting to the end of upload saying there was no storage space configured. Couldn’t figure out how to configure storage space.

@Dough34 Phabricator has a very low file size limit (4 MB, if I remember correctly), so only very short videos can be uploaded (~10 seconds). You could upload it somewhere else and post a link here, or you can email it to me and I'll do that (matma.rex@gmail.com).

If you're still able to reproduce the problem, a video would definitely help us.

Please also test on Beta Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/), the issues I could reproduce and which are described in T259321 should be fixed there now.