Text inside TextInput that have background make cursor disappear
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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
- git clone https://github.com/jcubic/react-native-text-input-cursor.git
- cd react-native-text-input-cursor
- npm install
- 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
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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