NEW288461
Selection gesture blocks click events 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=288461
Summary Selection gesture blocks click events
vegard.schau
Reported 2025-02-25 00:12:06 PST
I've come across a bug where click events are not triggered after selecting/highlighting text, in a specific pattern, within a contenteditable div. https://jsbin.com/fopiwubobi/1/edit?output Click the Editable content, select "Editable" and drag selection to the right. An indication that the bug has been triggered is when the selection "freezes" as you drag it. As you can see from the video, nothing is now clickable. The bug is inconsistent, so it doesn’t always happen even if you follow the same steps. The only solution seem to be reloading the page. I have only been able to reproduce this using safari IOS
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Video demonstration of highligh + event locked (1.80 MB, video/mp4)
2025-02-25 00:15 PST, vegard.schau 		no flags
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vegard.schau
Comment 1 2025-02-25 00:15:40 PST
Created attachment 474339 [details] Video demonstration of highligh + event locked
Radar WebKit Bug Importer
Comment 2 2025-03-04 00:13:51 PST
<rdar://problem/146087829>
vegard.schau
Comment 3 2025-03-12 00:48:49 PDT
Can confirm this is still a problem in ios 18.4. For more context, the 'click' event stop firing. However, every other touch event seem to be firing (pointer/touch).
lchtao26
Comment 4 2025-05-13 06:52:27 PDT
Yes, we're also experiencing this issue on iOS 18.4.1. When drag-selecting text within an input box, the page sometimes freezes, making buttons and links unresponsive. Only form elements like input fields remain functional. Thank you for reporting this! It's been a long-standing problem for us, and we only recently discovered that drag-selection is the trigger.
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