Duplicate Cursor on Android chrome jumps back and cuts off mentioned names when adding text.

[buzzkc]

Affected version

2.1.5

I noticed this morning when using a mention in the chrome browser on my Samsung S9 that I start typing a username to mention, and select the one I want. The post shows the full username, but as I add a space or start typing more text, it changes back to the first few letters I typed prior to selecting it and starts adding text from that point the text I'm typing.

 

[Chris D]

We know about this issue. It is noted here:

Third party - Mentions are not working properly in responsive mode

When you write in cellphone @ and then the user name, you will get a suggestion, you select the suggestion and you continue writing. If you do this, it will continue writing in the username thus damaging the username and the link. When doing the same in PC, there is no problem. In PC it will...

xenforo.com

Unfortunately it appears to be a bug within the built-in Samsung keyboard. We haven't yet identified a practical workaround, but GBoard isn't affected so you may want to use that instead.