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Typing not working #328
Description
code-serverversion: 1.32.0-310- OS Version: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS & Kernel 4.15.0-1036-azure
Description
Firstly, sometimes when I open a new terminal the editor stop recording my keystrokes (it's not because focusing), no matter what I type it's not doing anything, I can still select the code and even delete it but I cannot add nothing. Sometimes the problem is solved by closing the terminal.
I had running it on an azure container for like 3-4 days and I connected to it several times since then.
Steps to Reproduce
(Not sure at 100%, sometimes it stops registering the keys suddenly)
- Create new terminal
- Type whatever in there
- Click back to text editor
- Try to type anything and doesn't work. Only the backspace bar
Activity
nol166 commentedon Mar 24, 2019
I found this issue when working with the search field in extensions. The workaround was to right click i the search field for extensions, the left click and typing goes back to normal. As a side note, it seems that the extension search field grabs focus and doesn't let go even when you switch back to (as in your situation) the code editor.
ShannonMasters commentedon Mar 25, 2019
Image from dockerhub (https://hub.docker.com/r/codercom/code-server) (no version tags.. last updated 9 days ago at time of this post).
I have the same problems as described by others above, but also noticed if you highlight any text in the actual code editor you also lose the ability to type as well. The cursor still blinks to indicate focus, but until you deselect the text you cannot resume typing.
ShannonMasters commentedon Mar 25, 2019
This also appears to only affect Chrome. I just tested in Firefox Quantum 66.0.1 (64-bit) and it works fine, no loss of ability to type so far.
sr229 commentedon Mar 26, 2019
Can confirm this bug as well. Sometimes the editor does not accept input when I was process of making #225 in Crostini.
frenck commentedon Mar 26, 2019
This seems to workaround this issue:
If I disable selection clipboard, this issue seems to be gone.
buckley310 commentedon Apr 18, 2019
I am running into same/similar behavior in the settings screen (UI version). Whenever I open the settings screen, several keys stop working (enter, down arrow key, etc). I can usually convince it to go back to normal by right-clicking in the search box in settings, and then closing the settings tab.
The JSON settings screen doesn't do this, only the UI settings screen.
Firefox 66.0.3 is affected for me. Cannot reproduce in Chromium 73.0.3683.103.
ShannonMasters commentedon Apr 18, 2019
can confirm the workaround that frenck posted for disabling selection clipboard works. In the interim of this getting fixed, I have just included in my docker file a line to copy a settings.json file with:
{
"editor.selectionClipboard": false
}
buckley310 commentedon Apr 18, 2019
"editor.selectionClipboard": falsedid not resolve the settings screen issue in my test.sr229 commentedon May 24, 2019
I don't think this is persistent on newer versions. Let me know if there are other people still getting this.
buckley310 commentedon May 24, 2019
I am still getting this issue in the latest docker image with firefox 67.
buckley310 commentedon May 24, 2019
The only place I can seem to reproduce it now is the search box on the settings screen though. None of the other places seem to trigger it anymore.
iglizar commentedon Jun 13, 2019
Worked for me, thanks so much!
sr229 commentedon Jun 14, 2019
I think we can close this off @coadler?
coadler commentedon Jun 14, 2019
Actually kyle had this assigned, will let him close
buckley310 commentedon Jun 14, 2019
I can still recreate this issue
code-asher commentedon Oct 30, 2019
I attempted to recreate this on v2 but it seems to work as expected with or without the selection clipboard. If anyone has issues on v2 lemme know and we can reopen.
buckley310 commentedon Oct 31, 2019
@code-asher I can still recreate the typing issues i mentioned earlier. seems to affect firefox, but not chrome in my testing. on a fresh instance of code-server:v2, i can open a new document and type just fine, but if i do Ctrl+, to open the UI settings screen, then close the settings tab with the mouse, not all my keys work in the text editor now. notably, down arrow key and Enter. it happens with or without selection keyboard enabled. If nobody else can recreate it, i can document more thoroughly. If it's thought to be a similar but separate bug i can leave this thread alone.
code-asher commentedon Oct 31, 2019
Ah thanks for those steps! I was able to replicate. I opened #1135 for this.