Simplenote-electron: Cursor jumps to new note while editing from browser.

[rezzap]

Expected

I would expect that when I'm typing in a note the cursor stays in place and doesn't jump to a new note.

Observed

Two user's have reported that their cursor jumps to a new note while typing and inserts text into the new note.

Reproduced

I have tried to replicate this on a Windows PC and on Mac, but I haven't been able to reproduce it so far. The steps the users' mention are:

1. Go to app.simplenote.com in a Firefox browser (also reported for Chrome but waiting on more details) with all extensions disabled
2. Click to create a new note
3. See the cursor going back to the previous note and characters inserted there.

User reports and screenshots/videos available in tickets 2964499-zen and 2935713-zen.

This seems to happen more regularly when they type in Portuguese or Swedish. I've tried with both French and Swedish keyboards without any problems.

Make|Model|OS Version|App Version
-|-|-|-
Windows PC||Windows 10|Electron on Firefox 76.0.1

[msilbers]

reported in 2938942-zen

Simplenote on web (version 1.16.0-beta2)
ChromeOS (Pixelbook Go, beta channel)

[msilbers]

reported in 2957214-zen

Chromebook
Chrome OS 81, using Chrome browser (same version)

"This morning I was in a note I update each day. I was entering, in the body of the note, the time. I entered 7:30 and might have put the space in before going on but after the 7:30 the cursor jumped to the title in a totally different note I have not touched since mid April."

[msilbers]

reported in 2955741-zen

Chrome (81.0) iMac with OSX 10.11 (El Capitan)

"The issue appears when I create a new note; while writing on it suddenly the order of the notes change and find myself writing in an older note...
the glitch still persists during writing plain text (maybe accents because I write notes in Spanish and Catalan…)."

[sarahfg]

Reported in #2964499-zen
User only sees on Firefox 76.0.1 . Does not see in Chrome

[rachelmcr]

Thanks for these reports! This looks like a duplicate of https://github.com/Automattic/simplenote-electron/issues/2084. cc @belcherj as we have a sudden influx of these reports and it's very disruptive.

[belcherj]

This is my priority. TY!

[ker8]

Also happening in Chrome OS Version 81.0.4044.141

For a while now actually I think last few months but cannot tolerate it anymore as its getting in my work. And its unusably slow.

[gubrist]

Happening with me with Windows 10, Electron Version 1.16.0.
Jumping to the top of another, existing note.

Similar effect as former bug
https://github.com/Automattic/simplenote-electron/issues/461
which did jump _within_ the actual note.

[sarahfg]

Another report in Window version 1.16.0 and on Opera 68.0.3618.125

3028630-zen

[sarahfg]

Anther report:
Android app = Phone/Android 8.1 = Simplenote 2.5.1
Web app = Chromebook/Chrome OS 83 = Simplenote 1.16.0-2078

30149270-zen . User is also reporting sync issues from Android app to the web

[ker8]

This problem is getting crazy to be honest and simplenote is no longer usable for months! Plus its gotten very slow lately. I feel sad to leave simplenote though but it left me no choice... I hope their dev team will sort it out soon but its been months now...

[sarahfg]

Another report at #3029327-zen. Asking for details on what devices/versions of Simplenote they are using

[gubrist]

I assume a relation to this "jumping" problem:

https://github.com/Automattic/simplenote-electron/issues/1531

[belcherj]

This is resolved on the web. Adding to the 1.18.0 release today which will occur tomorrow. This will not be out on Windows until the certification issues are resolved.