Scenario

Japanese IME composition lost when focus changes in Safari

Scenario ID

scenario-ime-composition-focus-blur

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Variants

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Case	OS	Device	Browser	Keyboard	Status
ce-0188-japanese-ime-focus-blur-safari	macOS 14.0	Desktop or Laptop Any	Safari 17.0	Japanese (IME)	draft
ce-0201-chinese-ime-focus-blur-chrome	Windows 11	Desktop or Laptop Any	Chrome 120.0	Chinese (IME - Pinyin)	draft

Browser compatibility

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Browser	Windows	macOS
Chrome	ce-0201-chinese-ime-focus-blur-chrome 120.0	—
Safari	—	ce-0188-japanese-ime-focus-blur-safari 17.0

Confirmed

Draft

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Cases

This scenario affects multiple languages. Cases are grouped by language/input method below.

Chinese

1 case

Chinese IME composition lost when focus changes in Chrome

OS: Windows 11 · Device: Desktop or Laptop Any · Browser: Chrome 120.0

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Japanese

1 case

Japanese IME composition lost when focus changes in Safari

OS: macOS 14.0 · Device: Desktop or Laptop Any · Browser: Safari 17.0

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