Combination of usePreview:false and alwaysOpen:true causes typing from physical keyboard to misbehave

[mrfishy]

The options described in the subject seem to cause the cursor to behave weirdly when typing on the physical keyboard. See this jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/mmeuer/V37bC/1/

The cursor doesn't stay with the latest character in the field. It will sometimes get one character behind, sometimes more if you type quickly. I have noticed that it when the key is released that the cursor jumps back.

I've seen this on Windows with Chrome and IE10.

[Mottie]

Hi @mrfishy!

That does look like a serious issue... I'll look into it soon. Thanks for reporting it!

[mrfishy]

I think I've fixed the issue, although someone who actually understands the code needs to verify that it doesn't have unintended consequences. For the narrow situation in which I'm using the keyboard it works like a charm.

There is an if statement near line 199. Here is how I've changed it:

    // I've changed this line to get rid of an error that was causing
    // the cursor to move to the wrong place in the field during
    // keyboard typing.  I don't really understand why this works,
    // but it was traced to the alwaysOpen option, so this seemed reasonable to
    // try.
        // Previous value:  if (!base.isVisible() || o.alwaysOpen) {
        if (!base.isVisible()) {
        clearTimeout(base.timer);
        base.reveal();
    }
};

The only change was to remove the " || o.alwaysOpen)" from the condition.

I hope this is helpful. Thanks for creating such a useful plug-in!

-mark

[Mottie]

Thanks again for your help in finding the problem!