Cursor Placement Issue in Confluence Text Fields

[Greg Ryan]

I've observed a recurring issue in Confluence where clicking once to place the cursor in a text box does not work as expected. Instead, I need to double-click to activate the cursor in the desired location. Otherwise, any input is directed to a previously active text field, which may be off-screen. Has anyone else experienced this behavior? Is there a known fix, or could this be a software bug?

[Barbara Szczesniak · Accepted solution]

@Greg Ryan In addition to the response from @Dan Breyen, if you are talking about clicking anywhere in the text on a Confluence page and trying to type, I have had this issue for the 2.5 years I have been using Cloud. I don't always look at the screen while I type, so this is very annoying when I have to figure out where on the page the text I just typed was placed. 

Most of the time, I now remember to click a couple of times and look at the screen while I type the first word to make sure the text shows up where I expect.

[Greg Ryan]

Yes, that is exactly the same issue I have had. Seems like a bug, that I have to click multiple times to have the mouse focus and select into a text field. 

[Barbara Szczesniak]

@Greg Ryan (and everyone else), I finally found the defect for this: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-79830 

I was vote #13, so please vote for and watch this bug.

[Greg Ryan]

I voted. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. 

[Dan Breyen]

Hi @Greg Ryan welcome to the community.  Are you referring to a text box in a database that's on a Confluence page?  If that's the case, I see that the first click is highlighting the cell, so you can do cell manipulation on it.

It does take that second click before the cursor appears.  I am noticing even though there isn't a cursor, I can type, and it is appearing in that text box.

I did find CONFCLOUD-79830 on Atlassian's Jira Site that may be related to your issue.  If it is, you can vote for and watch it for updates.  I didn't experience that with a table either.

If I'm not understanding your question, could you add some clarification on your issue, and maybe a screenshot or steps to reproduce?

Hope that helps.