Weird text editing behavior since latest update
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Open a text file
- go anywhere in the text and press enter
- the cursor jumps to the beginning of the file
Expected behaviour
pressing enter should just go to the next line
Actual behaviour
the cursor jumps to the beginning of the file.
Moreover, somehow, because I didn't care enough after pressing enter, the content of my file got deleted, and this empty file got automaticaly saved.
Again, for some reason, no versions of this file dating from less than 6 months are to be found in the web interface.
So, my file's content is definitively lost (well, I'll try to get it back from the backup)
Screenshots
Here's a screenshot of my file in the web interface:

Environment data
iOS version: e.g. iOS 14.6
Nextcloud iOS app version: Nextcloud Liquid for iOS 4.0.1.1
Server operating system: Debian/stable
Web server: Apache
Database: Mysql
PHP version: 7.3
Nextcloud version: 22.0.0 RC1
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First steps
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Enter-key behavior in the Nextcloud Liquid for iOS app version 4.0.1.1 against the listed Nextcloud 22.0.0 RC1 environment. Trace the text editor's cursor movement, autosave, and version-history behavior; done means Enter moves to the next line without deleting or automatically saving the file.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, swift
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100