Text input loosing focus after switching tabs (Google Docs)
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@fakepop said in Text input loosing focus after switching tabs (Google Docs):
Google Docs apps are not debuggable
Interaction and issues of focus with tabs, Vivaldi UI and Google Docs can not be debugged easily, was told by dev team.
but I reject the premise
You can.
But you bark up the wrong tree as I am not responsible for the bug. -
I wasn't implying that you are, @DoctorG. I am not barking either. Just wanted to express my disappointment.
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@mindplay said in Text input loosing focus after switching tabs (Google Docs):
I haven't seen this happening anywhere else.
I can confirm this: this issue with focus happens (in my experience) only with Google Docs and Google Sheets, not with any other website or app I have used.
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Sadly no fix available.
FYI: Follow master 🪲bug VB-43340 "Text editing fields lose focus when switching tabs (Google Docs, Office, Jira)" in Stable and Snapshot's changelogs.
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What are the chances this will get fixed?
This is probably the best browser out there and I want to continue using it - but this bug makes it essentially unusable for people who do a lot of work in G-suite, having to move my hand to the mouse to click and regain focus whenever switching tabs is a dealbreaker. -
@doubleknavery
Hi, the bug report was updated end January and get higher priority but as always, no timeline.
I don't use Google Docs, but when you're typing, it might be better to press F9 to focus the page than using the mouse.Cheers, mib
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Thanks mib. I have subscribed via RSS and will probably come back if there are any developments.
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@VoodooPriest How do I follow that bug? I couldn't find the list of bugs anywhere?
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Thanks, @mib2berlin. Vivaldi is the best browser I've used to far. I used Firefox (and predecessors) for many, many years until they decided to introduce disruptive updates. Then I switched to Chrome but its password management is cumbersome/buggy. For me, this is the only fault of Vivaldi, except for occasional crashes when opening more than one profile (I use more than one).
It's a shame, because this bug seems quick to fix (I'm not a web-development professional, I use(d) mostly C/C++, Python, Ada/SPARK, etc., and this is a pain: when you come back to the Google Doc and want to paste code unformatted using Ctrl+Shift+V you go to the last web page (without the correct focus I suppose this key combination means back).
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Hi, a developer is working on this issue and mentioned Chrome call an internal extension.
I am not familiar with GD, can one test if the focus lost is fixed with installing it?
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-docs-offline/ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhiCheers, mib
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Unfortunately no. The problem remains with the plugin. I did restart Vivaldi after installing it just to be sure.
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@mateuszwilczek
Thank you for testing, the developer found out it doesn't help.
Was a false positive, sorry.
Anyway, the developer is actively working on this, I hope we get a fix for this long term issue.
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I've been giving Vivaldi and Brave a test drive and gave up on Brave after a week of use. I'd like to stick with Vivaldi, but the more I use it, the more bugs are unearthed. Bugs that have been reported years ago and are still not fixed. This is one of it. Maybe Vivaldi should aim for stability first, then features, not the other way around.
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Hi. Reporting the same issue. I've found a forum where a guy made a macro to fix this issue.
https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/help-sending-esc-keystroke-to-vivaldi-chrome/16552
I didn't have the chance to test it, but probably could be helpful as a workaround or for developers.
Edit: btw thanx for such a free and open browser
- Vivaldi Version: 7.0.3495.15 (Stable channel) stable (64-bit)
- Arch Linux x86_64 / GNOME 47.1
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Just to let you know, one of the Vivaldi developers recently (past week, I think) identified the root cause of this as an upstream bug and submitted a patch to Chromium, which has been accepted. We should see the fix in an upcoming version of Vivaldi.
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@VoodooPriest Looks like this fix made its way into the Snapshot release, but I've only done a very quick test. It seemed to work fine in a very simple Google doc when switching tabs.
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@Pathduck This is really good news, thank you for reporting this. I use google docs all the time and this issue became a showstopper for me so I started using other browsers. Looking forward to trying it out with the next release.
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@thomasgnicholson Please try installing the latest Snapshot as a Standalone, and check if the problem is gone - i.e. dont trust me, check yourself
https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/install-update/standalone-version-of-vivaldi/
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Hi @here - pleased to report that this appears to be fixed as of the time of this post. Thanks to everyone involved.
