facebookarchive/draft-js

Holding backspace on iOS should delete words

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#436 opened on Jun 2, 2016

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Description

When you have something typed on an iPhone and you hold the backspace, you expect it to start slowly deleting one and one character, then one and one word, and so on. But when it should be deleting words, it slows down the deletion of one and one character, so it actually deletes slower.

(I'm sorry i'm not able to provide a gif right now) (Tested on iPhone 6 on both Chrome and Safari)

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascriptreact
Domain
frontend
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Basic React knowledgeUnderstanding of Draft.js editor state
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
The issue describes a bug in the backspace key handling on iOS browsers within Draft.js. Since the repository is archived (facebookarchive), it's unlikely to see active development. However, to investigate, look at the source code in `src/component/handlers/editOnBeforeInput.js` and the character/word deletion logic. The issue may be related to the `onBeforeInput` handler or the composition event handling on iOS. Contributing would require forking the archived repo or proposing a solution in a fork.