Android: At onbeforeinput always fires 'deleteContentBackward' and never 'deleteWordBackward'
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Description
iOS Safari does this correctly and according to the spec.
Tested on a Samsung-Android.
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Research direction
Open the linked repro at w3c.github.io/editing/repros/495.html and reproduce the Android behavior described in the issue. Compare the emitted beforeinput inputType with the spec and the iOS behavior. Done means Android distinguishes deleteContentBackward from deleteWordBackward as expected, with the repro demonstrating the corrected result.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, html
- Domain
- mobile-dev, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100