Selected text not overwritten when new typing begins
When I select a line of text, normally it would get deleted/overwritten when typing a new line of text, but when I select text in Firefox and begin typing again, it simply deletes the first word in the selection and keeps the rest. Is there a setting to have ALL text selected deleted/overwritten when new text is entered? Selecting one word overwrites the whole word but when an entire line to be deleted is selected, only the first word is deleted and typing begins where that word ends.
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Hi there,
Yes, constantly. It occurs not just during typing and text deletion but also formatting. If a line of text is selected and underline formatting is chosen, for example, only the first word of the selected sentence is underlined and the rest of the sentence then becomes unselected. I have to re-select the line and re-format all of it or delete all of it.
Oh, sorry, for some reason I thought you were on Android (where we had a related issue)... But I managed to realize that you're on macOS now xD
Could you please try running Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode and see if the issue persists?
Unfortunately the issue still persists in troubleshoot mode. If I could upload a short clip it would make more sense! There are no particular problem sites where it happens as it is all over the web.
Hi,
Sorry for the delayed reply, I just wanted to make sure other contributors don't want to jump in.
Given that it's definitely a bug, and its origins remain unknown, I suggest that you report it on Bugzilla, Mozilla's bug tracker, for the developers to take a look. You'll also be able to upload a video recording (which is highly appreciated).
Please also feel free to share a link to the bug report here for us to follow along.
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