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Cursor skips to end of text line after hitting backspace/delete

Jennifer Hemmens

Hello everyone,

A colleague of mine just pointed out a rather annoying "bug" he has been experiencing in the Confluence editor.

If there is an empty line between paragraphs, when you delete said line by using backspace or the delete key, the cursor jumps to the end of the following text line. If you don't notice this has happened, you're likely to start typing at the wrong part of the page, as this is not the expected behaviour of the cursor.

Some additional information:

This happens randomly;
The browser we're using is Google Chrome;
I've recreated the problem and made a short video to demonstrate what happens, however I'm not able to upload it with this comment.

Does anyone know what could be causing this problem?

Accepted answers

Diego_88dj6o

Hello there Jennifer! Thanks for sharing this detailed information with the Community.

The behaviour you described can be checked under this report:

CONFSERVER-37581 | deleting a blank line moves caret to unexpected position

The best approach would be to vote and watch the report. Voting increases the report visibility and watching will keep you up to date with everything there!

Let us know your thoughts.

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Diego_88dj6o

Hello there Jennifer! Thanks for sharing this detailed information with the Community.

The behaviour you described can be checked under this report:

CONFSERVER-37581 | deleting a blank line moves caret to unexpected position

The best approach would be to vote and watch the report. Voting increases the report visibility and watching will keep you up to date with everything there!