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Never update the local text while the user is typing

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#183 opened on Jan 28, 2021

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Description

  1. User types in the browser
  2. The editor sends some text (like in #180)
  3. The browser overrides whatever the user types with what the editor sends.

This is a mistake. If you're typing somewhere, that's the only version that matters. External messages should be ignored. I attempted to fix this with faa5a8d8ea744907b1f968b915c34f30e1dd96a7 but it caused #181.

This applies to both parts (browser or editor) but it's probably easier to avoid both issues in the browser:

  • do not echo received text back to the editor (I think this is already done)
  • ignore text from the editor while the field is focused

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Investigate the event handling in the browser extension to find where external text overrides user input while typing. Focus on the `input` event listener and the synchronization logic between editor and browser.
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