monkeytypegame / monkeytypegame/monkeytype
Fcitx5 IME with preedit composition not working in Firefox
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Current Behavior
Can't start typing using Fcitx5 input method, with "preedit" composition mode. It's OK when preedit is disabled.
Expected Behavior
Type normally.
Steps To Reproduce
- Set up Fcitx5 IME and add an input method that needs composing (like Chinese or Japanese). In this case I'm using fcitx5-rime with schema "朙月拼音".
- Go to Monkeytype with Firefox.
- Select the input language to the desired one. I use "Chinese Simplified".
- Toggle the input method (the shortcut I'm using is Super+space) and start typing.
- Observed: The composition view won't show, and it's still typing alphabets.
Environment
- OS: Arch Linux rolling; kernel 6.11.0-modified-dirty.
- Browser: Firefox
- Browser Version: 131.0
Anything else?
Screenrecord demonstration:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8b26971d-7133-47b1-9d98-d29c0ae217d1
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Firefox on Arch Linux with Fcitx5 and a composing input method such as fcitx5-rime using the steps in the report. Trace Monkeytype's typing and composition input handling, then verify that preedit composition works without breaking ordinary typing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100