Strange Cursor Behavior in Entry Editor

[gnorris-ethz]

JabRef version

5.7 (latest release)

Operating system

macOS

Details on version and operating system

JabRef 5.7--2022-08-05--73c111c (via homebrew), Mac OS X 12.5 x86_64, Java 18.0.1, JavaFX 18.0.1+2

Checked with the latest development build

• [X] I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
• [X] I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

1. Select an entry in the database and open in the entry editor by double-clicking
2. Try to delete a character using the delete key (the forward delete, e.g. fn + delete on a macbook keyboard)
3. Two characters will be deleted instead; sometimes the cursor also gets moved two positions to the left

Appendix

No response

[Siedlerchr]

Hi, I am using the latest development version on mac, but I am still on Big Sur with my MacBook and this works fine for me: JabRef 5.8--2022-08-11--f06e564 Mac OS X 11.6.6 x86_64 Java 18.0.1 JavaFX 18.0.2+2

Do you autosave enabled?

[gnorris-ethz]

No, localAutoSave is false. As far as I recall, I did not change many of the preferences from their default values, although looking at the preferences table, I apparently have 96 preferences deviating from their default value.

[gnorris-ethz]

If I did the correct digging, then it seems that JabRef is just using the TextInputControl module from JavaFX to perform the text editing operations.

I found an openjdk JavaFX bug which is similar to the second part of my issue but does not mention the first part.

[Siedlerchr]

Thanks for digging into it. It might be a javafx thing related to the Mac version. If you are lucky it might be mixed by the next javafx release