Text selection using keyboard in Windows App is inconsistant
AnsweredThe following is inconsistent but happens regularly:
- Put cursor at end of line
- Press the [Shift] key and then press the left arrow
Expected result: Selection continues to add characters with each [Left] arrow press
Actual result: Sometimes, the selection gets reset (right edge of selection get moved).
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This has been a long-standing problem in both the app and the browser and is still a problem 7 months after the earlier reports. It only happens if you make an edit; eg add a character or two to the end of the line, then shift-left arrow (or ctrl-shift left to select words) a few times and the right-most character (or word) will be un-selected. Has been happening in the browser pretty much all 2019 if my memory is correct; I don't use the app much but it is definitely happening in that at the moment as well.
It doesn't seem to happen the second time you try to select on this line; the action is correct if you retry it.
Using the latest version of the app and Chrome browsers on fully updated Windows 10 Pro.0.18362
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