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Text inside TextInput that have background make cursor disappear

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Component: TextInput Issue: Author Provided Repro Needs: Attention Newer Patch Available
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Description

Description

If you have TextInput with children and one of the Text elements has a background the cursor on that element disappears (only the selection marker is visible). Found this while working with react-native-syntax-highlighting that was adding background but figured out how to remove the background that was on a wrapper.

Steps to reproduce
  1. git clone https://github.com/jcubic/react-native-text-input-cursor.git
  2. cd react-native-text-input-cursor
  3. npm install
  4. npm start
React Native Version

0.72.6

Affected Platforms

Runtime - Android

Output of npx react-native info
System:
  OS: Linux 6.6 Fedora Linux 39 (Xfce)
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz
  Memory: 5.33 GB / 15.28 GB
  Shell:
    version: 5.2.21
    path: /bin/bash
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 20.10.0
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/node
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm:
    version: 10.2.3
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/npm
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.9
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.6.10
    path: /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.10/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.2.0
    wanted: 18.2.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.72.6
    wanted: 0.72.6
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

I'm not sure why npx react-native info doesn't work on my system (Fedora) I do have an SDK and Android Studio.

Stacktrace or Logs
none
Reproducer

https://github.com/jcubic/react-native-text-input-cursor

Screenshots and Videos

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue using the linked react-native-text-input-cursor repository by running npm install and npm start on Android. Then trace the React Native Android TextInput rendering path for Text children with backgrounds. Done means the cursor remains visible in that case, with the reported reproduction still working.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, react-native
Domain
mobile-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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