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1. marijnh

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   vim

   on Jun 10, 2020
2. ppasupat commented on Dec 31, 2020

   

   ppasupat

   on Dec 31, 2020

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   Possibly related: #6393

   I had the same issue and found the following:

   • CodeMirror as of v5.59.0 has an issue where some non-mobile browsers might be detected as iOS and thus mobile (in src/util/browser.js). This is recently fixed in the master branch (See Incorrect iOS detection with Chrome on multi-touch supported Windows device (e.g. Surface Go) #6532).
   • The default inputStyle option for mobile browsers is "contenteditable".
   • The vim keymap uses a different method for showing the normal mode cursor (fat cursor) in contenteditable: it uses doc.markText to mark the current character. An empty line does not have any character, so the mark does not show up.

   One workaround is to explicitly set the option inputStyle: "textarea" in the CodeMirror initializer. Another is to change the line in codemirror.js that says

   var ios = !edge && /AppleWebKit/.test(userAgent) && (/Mobile\/\w+/.test(userAgent) || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 2);
   

   to

   var ios = safari && (/Mobile\/\w+/.test(userAgent) || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 2);
   
3. schmoelder commented on Oct 16, 2021

   

   schmoelder

   on Oct 16, 2021

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   Is there anything that can be done to help fix this issue? It's really limiting CodeMirror's functionality for me.
4. Komediruzecki commented on Oct 26, 2021

   

   Komediruzecki

   on Oct 26, 2021

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   Possibly related: #6393

   I had the same issue and found the following:

   * CodeMirror as of v5.59.0 has an issue where some non-mobile browsers might be detected as iOS and thus mobile (in `src/util/browser.js`). This is recently fixed in the master branch (See [Incorrect iOS detection with Chrome on multi-touch supported Windows device (e.g. Surface Go) #6532](https://github.com/codemirror/CodeMirror/issues/6532)).
   
   * The default `inputStyle` option for mobile browsers is "contenteditable".
   
   * The vim keymap uses a different method for showing the normal mode cursor (fat cursor) in contenteditable: it uses `doc.markText` to mark the current character. An empty line does not have any character, so the mark does not show up.
   

   One workaround is to explicitly set the option inputStyle: "textarea" in the CodeMirror initializer. Another is to change the line in codemirror.js that says

   var ios = !edge && /AppleWebKit/.test(userAgent) && (/Mobile\/\w+/.test(userAgent) || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 2);
   

   to

   var ios = safari && (/Mobile\/\w+/.test(userAgent) || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 2);
   

   The second workaround added to 5.59.2 didn't really do the trick, and the first workaround is not good either since IMEs do not work well when the mode is textarea rather than contenteditable.

   Any other tricks? Or do we need to wait for a formal Codemirror fix of VIM invisible cursor or IMEs working in textarea mode?
5. marijnh

   closed this as completedin #6801on Oct 27, 2021