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Bug 58493 - VisualEditor: Cursor misplaced while editing. I click here, and it types over there.
VisualEditor: Cursor misplaced while editing. I click here, and it types ov...
Status: NEW
Product: VisualEditor
Classification: Unclassified
General (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Unprioritized normal
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Assigned To: Editing team bugs – take if you're interested!
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Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported: 2013-12-14 22:01 UTC by WhatamIdoing
Modified: 2014-03-13 02:21 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

See Also:
Web browser: Firefox
Mobile Platform: ---
Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---


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Screenshot of the article after encountering the problem, but before saving (534.90 KB, image/png)
2013-12-14 22:08 UTC, WhatamIdoing
Details

Description WhatamIdoing 2013-12-14 22:01:17 UTC
Intention:
Copyedit a sentence.  I clicked after the word "elbow" to add another phrase.


Actual Results:  
It typed my words in the middle of a sentence four lines lower.  The diff was correct, but did not include several of the last changes I made (e.g., adding paragraph breaks).  Also, in cutting and pasting another paragraph, the ref's contents were removed.


Reproducible: Didn't try
Comment 1 WhatamIdoing 2013-12-14 22:08:34 UTC
Created attachment 14098 [details]
Screenshot of the article after encountering the problem, but before saving

Four places are marked in the image:

(1) I split the paragraph as shown here, but this line break did not get saved.

(2) I clicked above the '2' and started typing after "elbow".  The next few words should have been "or a surgically implanted port".  The words "or a sur" were visible on the screen at the time I saved, but did not appear in the diff.

(3) The highlighted (blue) spot is where VisualEditor tried to put part of these words.  I have just 'undone' the addition of the text in the wrong paragraph.

(4) The first thing I did in this article was to cut text out of the ==Treatment== section and use it to create a separate ==Research== section.  Ref #30 turned into <sup>[30]</sup> when I did this.  In addition to losing the refs, it may have added line breaks; they do not appear in the original wikitext, but I had to remove several before saving.

The number of lines in between where I clicked to type at (2) and where it tried to put the words at (3) is approximately the same number of lines as what was moved to (4).
Comment 2 WhatamIdoing 2013-12-14 22:09:17 UTC
The diff (what ended up being saved) is at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diffuse_large_B-cell_lymphoma&diff=586098843&oldid=582235478

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