Gutenberg: Select all shortcut selects all blocks instead of content in block (Microsoft Edge)

[grappler]

Describe the bug
In Microsoft Edge the select all shortcut ctrl+A selects all blocks instead of only selecting all of the content in a block.

This is not consistent with the behaviour in Chrome and Firefox. In other browsers only when using the shortcut again are all of the blocks selected.

To reproduce

• Click in a paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all text
  
  
• Click in another paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all bocks
  
  
• Click in another paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all bocks
  
  

Expected Behaviour

• Click in a paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all text.
  
  
• Click in another paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all text
  
  
  • Press twice selects all bocks
  
  

Here is a screencast: https://youtu.be/djIfj67Qdbk

Environment

• OS: Windows 10
• Browser: Edge
• Version: 18 (42.17134.1.0)
• WordPress: 5.3
• Gutenberg: 7.3

[MarcoZehe]

Not only a problem in Edge, I also reproduced this in Firefox the other day.

[grappler]

@MarcoZehe I was not able to reproduce this issue in Firefox.

Here is a short screencast of Firefox: https://youtu.be/JrSH711-37g

[MarcoZehe]

Sorry, I am blind and cannot see the screen. So I'll take your word for it. I did reproduce it earlier this week, but when I tried just now, it worked fine. Not sure what's up with that or what condition triggers the behavior.

[talldan]

@grappler Is this something you're still experiencing with the latest version of the plugin?

[grappler]

@talldan Yes, this bug is still existent. Any reason why you would expect it to be fixed?

I did notice that now the first time running "select all" in a paragraph block works fine but after that it always selects all of the blocks.

[talldan]

@grappler What you describe is how it's intended to work. Press once to select all text, press a second time to select all blocks.

As such I'll close the issue.

[grappler]

@talldan But that is not the case in Edge.

Current Behaviour

• Click in a paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all text
  
  
• Click in another paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all bocks
  
  
• Click in another paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all bocks
  
  

Expected Behaviour

• Click in a paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all text.
  
  
• Click in another paragraph block
  
  
  
  • Press once selects all text
  
  
  • Press twice selects all bocks
  
  

Here is a screencast: https://youtu.be/djIfj67Qdbk

[talldan]

Thanks for the extra info @grappler, I can confirm that now that you've clarified how to reproduce the issue.

The Issue is now reopened. I've also updated the issue description with those details from your latest comment.