Bug 196480 - Shift-arrow keys select in the wrong direction in an RTL input
Summary: Shift-arrow keys select in the wrong direction in an RTL input
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML Editing (show other bugs)
Version: WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware: Unspecified Unspecified
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
URL:
Keywords: InRadar
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2019-04-01 20:34 PDT by Simon Fraser (smfr)
Modified: 2023-02-06 13:00 PST (History)
7 users (show)

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Description Simon Fraser (smfr) 2019-04-01 20:34:26 PDT 
Created attachment 366465 [details]
Testcase

Load the attachment, type a bunch of text into the input, and then arrow around: the caret moves in the direction you expect. Now shift-arrow: the selection is extended in the wrong direction.

This works in Firefox.
Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2019-04-01 20:36:33 PDT 
<rdar://problem/49507135>
Comment 2 Ryosuke Niwa 2019-04-01 21:59:59 PDT 
Yeah, the selection is always extended in logical direction.
Comment 3 Simon Fraser (smfr) 2019-04-02 10:18:50 PDT 
That's really odd when arrow keys move the caret in the physical direction.
Comment 4 Ryosuke Niwa 2019-04-02 14:14:59 PDT 
(In reply to Simon Fraser (smfr) from comment #3)
> That's really odd when arrow keys move the caret in the physical direction.

To support extending / shirnking selection in visual direction, we need to support multi-range selection or weird stuff happens.
Comment 5 Ahmad Saleem 2023-02-06 13:00:25 PST 
I am able to reproduce this in WebKit ToT (259906@main) and it matches with Chrome Canary 112 while Firefox Nightly 111 show caret in the end of the text and also Shift+Arrow keys also behave opposite of Safari & Chrome.