When using a mobile browser (iOS 12) and the Visual Editor you won’t be able to properly select/highlight text

[Geost]

Hi folks!

I was able to reproduce this issue by using the latest version of WordPress.org and also on a WordPress.com site.

Steps to reproduce the problem:

1. Log in to your WordPress site using a browser (Safari or Chrome) on any device with iOS 12.
2. Edit or create a post/page with text on it using the Visual Editor
3. Select/highlight any word. Then try to highlight the next or previous word.

What happens

It won't let you highlight what you want. Instead, it will highlight all the paragraph or nothing.
Here's a video:

​http://cld.wthms.co/NwMb1X

(You will notice this only happens with the Visual Editor and not the Text Editor)

What I expected

To be able to highlight the text as in the Text Editor

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Devices where I was able to replicate this:
iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air 2 (A1567)

OS:
iOS 12.0

Browser:
Safari & Chrome

[pwtk]

Replying to Geost:

Hi folks!

I was able to reproduce this issue by using the latest version of WordPress.org and also on a WordPress.com site.

Steps to reproduce the problem:

1. Log in to your WordPress site using a browser (Safari or Chrome) on any device with iOS 12.
2. Edit or create a post/page with text on it using the Visual Editor
3. Select/highlight any word. Then try to highlight the next or previous word.

What happens

It won't let you highlight what you want. Instead, it will highlight all the paragraph or nothing.
Here's a video:

​http://cld.wthms.co/NwMb1X

(You will notice this only happens with the Visual Editor and not the Text Editor)

What I expected

To be able to highlight the text as in the Text Editor

---

Devices where I was able to replicate this:
iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air 2 (A1567)

OS:
iOS 12.0

Browser:
Safari & Chrome

I was able to reproduce on iOS 12.0.1 using an iPhone 7 Plus.

[afercia]

I've tested on Android / Chrome and I was able to select text so this seems something specific to iOS. Now that the new Block Editor is out, it's definitely up to the Editor's team to evaluate support for the Classic Editor. Cc @azaozz

[mmallett]

Yup, I can confirm this problem. It’s huge. I can’t edit my text on in iPad or iPhone!!