Ctrl+A inside table cell should only select all of the cell's content instead of the whole document.
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Description
Describe the bug
Ctrl+A usually only selects the current cell content if the user is inside a table instead of selecting the whole document
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Create a new table
- Create some cells with text content
- Enter a cell and press Ctrl+A
Expected behavior
Only the text inside the cell should be selected.
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- OS: Arch Linux
- Browser: Firefox
- Browser version: 125.0.3
- Device: Desktop
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Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the table-cell keyboard-selection handling in the JavaScript editor, reproduce the Ctrl+A steps, and verify that selection is limited to the current cell while document-level Ctrl+A remains unchanged.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
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