Arrow keys stop working after hide-show cycle

[Paweł]

This bug is similar to ​http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/6788.

This happens when you use CKEditor in tab elements. After hide & show CKeditor I can't move cursor with arrow buttons.

To reproduce the bug go into online demo and type the following into your javascript console:

$('.demoInside').hide();
$('.demoInside').show();

Place your cursor and try to move left / right using the arrow keys.

Firefox 5 (Win7)

[Jakub Ś]

To reproduce:

1. Open attached demo page (it is set to CKE version 3.3)
2. In firebug console execute hide command first
3. As Second execute show command
4. Just in case you can also execute both commands (look at code below):

    $('.demoInside').hide();
    $('.demoInside').show();
    $('.demoInside').hide();$('.demoInside').show();
   

When I tried to run only both commands in one line I was not able to reproduce the problem but when I ran them separately the problem occurred.

[Alfonso Martínez de Lizarrondo]

I had today a similar problem (but due to a change setting position:relative) and I've filed this bug in Mozilla: ​https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=682712

[Jakub Ś]

In Firefox 9 if you execute the below code you will get the same result:

document.getElementById( "cke_editor1" ).style.position = "absolute";

[Jakub Ś]

#8653 was marked as duplicate.

[Jakub Ś]

#8909 was marked as duplicate.

[chriscinelli]

Do you guys have any plan to fix this? Not all the users have FF11 installed and in dynamic page with multiple textareas having the hide/show behavior is pretty common. This is limiting a lot where you can use the CKEditor

[Jakub Ś]

This is limiting a lot where you can use the CKEditor

What about using as a workaround technique presented in Ajax Sample ​http://nightly.ckeditor.com/7478/_samples/ajax.html Result is the same.

Alternatively there is also "replace div on the fly" (there is no hiding in this case) ​http://nightly.ckeditor.com/7478/_samples/divreplace.html

There is more than one way to skin a cat.