Unwanted first character using IME API

[budnix]

Description

The unwanted first character appears in the editor when IME API is used.

Steps to reproduce

1. Select Chinese (pinyin) keyboard layout;
2. Go to https://handsontable.com/features delete text Task 33 (cell A1) and switch cell into editing mode (press enter);
3. Press esc to exit from editing mode;
4. Press letters ceshi

In result, the editor should contain only Chinese symbols. Instead, the first character is visible as English character.

Your environment

• Handsontable version: 0.35.0
• Browser Name and version: *
• Operating System: macOS

[budnix]

This #4661 issue is the same as this but with different behavior on Safari.

[krzysztofspilka]

Unwanted first character using IME API #4662

[budnix]

The issue is rescheduled to February.

Tasks to be finished/fixed:

• The IME editor shouldn't appear on checkbox editor and on cells marked as readOnly;
• Add some tests to cover that editing is working for Asia users;
• On FF the bug with unwanted first character still exists but only limited to dropdown and autocomplete editors;
• Check if focus which is stolen by copyPaste plugin on selection end breaks the editing;
• Test on different scenarios and on different environments (Windows, macOS, Linux);
• Due to using z-index CSS property to hide/show editable element check if this approach doesn't break any older features (especially on IE and Edge - cursor overlapping bug).

[ruzia]

any new update?
I'm waiting for fix it.

[AMBudnik]

Hi @ruzia

there are still a few bugs that we need to finish before we will be able to get back to this project. I do not know if we will be able to do in in February (as predicted before) but we will do our best to try.

[budnix]

The IME was merged into develop branch. The editor is not compatible with fragmentSelection set to true. As a side effect, the IME tooltip appears when checkbox and select editor is set and when editor: false is set or cells are readOnly.

[budnix]

Additionally, there is some visual bug which occurs only on Edge browser. When we try to compose the word the first character is not visible in the input element but psychically it is there so it does not disturb later composition. After inputting the second character and so on, the whole text becomes visible. This will be fixed as a separate issue.

[AMBudnik]

Hi @ruzia

please update to 4.0.0. The issue has been solved in this version.

[ruzia]

@budnix

thanks for reply!
I'll check 4.0.0 later. 😄