Case ce-0007 · Scenario scenario-undo-with-composition

Undo during IME composition clears more text than expected

OS: Windows 11 Device: Desktop or Laptop Any Browser: Chrome 120.0 Keyboard: Korean (IME) Status: draft
undo composition ime

Phenomenon

Pressing Undo while an IME composition is active in a contenteditable element removes more text than expected, including characters that were committed before the current composition.

Reproduction example

  1. Focus the editable area.
  2. Type a short word and finalize it.
  3. Activate a Korean IME and start composing another word, but do not finalize it.
  4. Press Ctrl+Z (or the platform-specific Undo shortcut).

Observed behavior

  • Both the active composition and previously committed characters are removed.
  • The event log shows a sequence of beforeinput / input events that do not map cleanly to user intent.

Expected behavior

  • Undo reverts only the last committed edit step, or at least behaves in the same way as native controls in the same environment.

Notes

  • This behavior can interfere with predictable text editing and undo/redo stacks in products that build their own model on top of contenteditable.

Playground for this case

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Reported environment
OS: Windows 11
Device: Desktop or Laptop Any
Browser: Chrome 120.0
Keyboard: Korean (IME)
Your environment

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Event log
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