# Cursor is overriden when upload finishes

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cursor-is-overriden-when-upload-finishes/54892>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [December 28, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cursor-is-overriden-when-upload-finishes/54892 "2016-12-28T17:55:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![claas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/claas/32/71725_2.png) [@claas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/claas)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cursor-is-overriden-when-upload-finishes/54892/3 "2016-12-28T18:05:31Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Isn’t this expected since the text has to be replaced when the upload is complete? That’s not a bug.

It’s certainly a side effect of replacing the text, but it’s also not so nice for the user. I think we could save the cursor position before we replace the text and restore it thereafter.

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