microsoft / microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml
NumberBox will sometimes not respond to input from the keyboard
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Description
### Describe the bug
Sometimes, the NumberBox control (`Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.NumberBox`) will not properly take input from the keyboard. This happens after focusing the control, especially the first time the control is focused after it is given a value. When this bug occurs, the only way to get the control to accept input is either to un-focus and re-focus the control, or to use the arrow keys to move the cursor.
### Steps to reproduce the bug
I've found that this works best for applications that have been launched recently. It is more difficult (but not impossible) to reproduce a second or third time, even if the NumberBox is a different instance.
**NB**: This bug does not occur *every* time, but it is by no means rare.
1. Locate a NumberBox (e.g. in the WinUI 3 Gallery, winui3gallery://item/NumberBox)
2. If the NumberBox does not already have a value, enter a value
3. Un-focus the NumberBox
4. Re-focus the numberbox
5. Attempt to modify or delete the contents of the box
### Expected behavior
The highlighted value in the NumberBox should be overwritten by the number that was inputted to the box.
### Screenshots
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### NuGet package version
WinUI 3 - Windows App SDK 1.6.3: 1.6.241114003
### Windows version
Windows 11 (23H2): Build 22631
### Additional context
Bug has been present since at least WinAppSDK 1.6.240923002 (also tested in the latest, 1.6.241114003). I have been unable to reproduce it with WinUI 2.
Other factors considered:
* Appears on both .NET 8 and .NET 9
* Appears in both production and release
* Appears in several different apps from different publishers
* Appears across different machines running different Windows versions (Enterprise, Pro, etc)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in the WinUI 3 Gallery at winui3gallery://item/NumberBox, using Windows App SDK 1.6.3 on Windows 11 and following the listed focus and edit steps. Investigate the NumberBox control's keyboard and focus behavior; done means a selected value consistently accepts replacement or deletion immediately after refocusing, without requiring arrow keys or another focus change.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100