I can only quote one word

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Users are discussing an issue where Moin is only able to quote a single word when using Firefox on their Galaxy Tab S9 FE ([/t/-/369911/6]) running Android 14 and Firefox 139.0.4 ([/t/-/369911/4]). The problem started after a recent Discourse commit ([/t/-/369911/1]) aimed at improving text selection ([/t/-/369911/1]).

joffreyjaffeux has been actively investigating, attempting to reproduce the issue on various Samsung Galaxy Tabs running different Android versions ([/t/-/369911/3], [/t/-/369911/5], [/t/-/369911/7]). The issue seems to be related to the Discourse view, working correctly in mobile view ([/t/-/369911/8]).

joffreyjaffeux identified some related issues and began working on a fix, deploying a test branch with toolbar rework ([/t/-/369911/14]). Initial testing by Moin indicates the fix resolves the quoting problem, although a minor bug requiring a double press of ‘e’ for fast editing was also noted ([/t/-/369911/14]). Further adjustments were made to discourse-ai helper ([/t/-/369911/13]). Thanks for testing from joffreyjaffeux.

When I try to quote something using Firefox on my tablet, I only get one word.
It was working when I posted 4 hours ago, but now it doesn’t work anymore.


I have tried safe mode and a private tab to eliminate browser plugins.

I noticed there was a recent commit which should improve the text selection: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/33143
Could this be the cause?

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Which android version please? and maybe firefox version?

No repro on Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Plus v15.0.

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Android 14, Firefox 139.0.4

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Also no repro on Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus v14.0.

This is a Galaxy Tab S9 FE

No repro on Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 v13.0 :man_shrugging:

When I switch Discourse to mobile view using the button in the sidebar, it works. But as soon as I switch back, it’s broken again.

Ok I can’t repro the exact same thing, but I see issues, will try to work from here.

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We are testing a branch internally, if all goes well I will merge this tomorrow.

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Still working on this, we are making few changes to discouse-ai helper to make things easier to change here.

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@Moin I just deployed meta on a specific branch reworking the toolbar, can you give it a try and let me know how it goes for you please?

(one small bug I know, is that now you have to press e twice for fast edit, I will fix this)

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I have just quoted several times, it has always worked. :+1:

I usually don’t have a keyboard connected to my tablet anyway

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Awesome, thanks for testing.

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