Umlauts / special characters disappearing when typing fast
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bug
feature: EasyMDE
need to reproduce
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
When typing an umlaut character (like ä, ö, ü), followed by any other character or blank space very fast, the umlaut gets deleted again. When typing a bit slower, the everything is fine. Same with other special characters like °. I'm using the latest Firefox.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the Notes editor with Firefox by typing ä, ö, ü, or ° followed quickly by another character or space, using the linked screencast as a reference. Trace the editor's input handling and verify that special characters remain intact when typing quickly and when typing slowly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100