GNU bug report logs - #67029
29.1; EWW mode text entry literally unusable on Brutaldon

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Csepp <raingloom <at> riseup.net>

Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 22:09:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.1

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From: Csepp <raingloom <at> riseup.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 67029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Csepp <raingloom <at> riseup.net>
Subject: bug#67029: 29.1; EWW mode text entry literally unusable on Brutaldon
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 17:04:36 +0100

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Csepp <raingloom <at> riseup.net> writes:
>
>> Haven't gotten around to it yet, sorry.  The specific case is only
>> slightly tricky, but the general case (can't enter text longer than box)
>> seems to be a universal issue across every system I've tried.
>> A hopefully simple fix would be to just do what w3m does and open a
>> separate buffer.
>
> Thanks, please let us know when you make any progress.
>
> It would be great to have an example web page.  EWW can handle file://
> URLs so you could simply send an HTML file that exhibits the problem.

Okay, so this textarea example from MDN reproduces it.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form>
<textarea id="w3review" name="w3review" rows="4" cols="50">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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