microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows

[Fabric] OnChangeText will fire twice when first typing in a textInput

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Since Jun 30, 2025.

Area: Fabric Area: TextInput bug New Architecture Workstream: Component Parity
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Description

Problem Description

onChangeText should only fire once when typing a singe character. But when first typing on a TextInput, onChangeText will fire twice. See below for log of events for type "a" into a TextInput.

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Steps To Reproduce
  1. Type a single character into a textinput
  2. onChangeText will fire twice
Expected Results

OnChangeText will only fire once

CLI version

npx react-native -v

Environment
npx react-native info
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