Undo/redo stack does not include programmatic DOM changes
OS: Any Any · Device: Desktop or Laptop Any · Browser: Chrome Latest · Keyboard: US
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Programmatic inserts or execCommand during typing can split undo transactions or clear the stack—browser-specific rules differ from custom editor history.
Programmatic inserts or execCommand during typing can split undo transactions or clear the stack—browser-specific rules differ from custom editor history.
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| Case | OS | Device | Browser | Keyboard | Status |
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| ce-0303-undo-redo-stack-programmatic-changes | Any Any | Desktop or Laptop Any | Chrome Latest | US | draft |
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OS: Any Any · Device: Desktop or Laptop Any · Browser: Chrome Latest · Keyboard: US
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In Firefox, programmatic DOM changes during typing (auto-formatting, spellcheck fixes, framework reconciliation) can desynchronize the internal undo stack. Undo/redo may jump to wrong snapshots or truncate history.
In Chromium, programmatic DOM updates (normalization, wrapping, React reconciliation) while the user is typing can move the caret to the end of the contenteditable or to an unexpected boundary—especially when the mutation happens between keystrokes.
The same DOM edited in contenteditable may serialize to different markup strings in Safari vs Chrome—attribute order, implied tags, and span wrappers for styles.
Using the HTML drag-and-drop API inside or alongside contenteditable regions often diverges from behavior on plain elements: default actions, `contenteditable` hit-testing, and `beforeinput`/`drop` ordering differ by browser. Custom editors must reconcile native DnD with their own selection model.
Dragging selected content inside a contenteditable region on Firefox can duplicate nodes or leave ghost fragments—different from Chrome's behavior.
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