Code disappearing when I type

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Problem description:
When I type code, the cursor stays in the same place, the text appears

Expected behavior:
When I type, the code should stay and automatic saving should be activated.

Actual behavior:
When I type code, the cursor stays in the same place, the text appears, then after 1-2secs, the code I just typed disappears. When I copy and paste in code, this seems to activate an automatic save, but when I start typing again, the cursor stays in the same place and doesn’t activate save.

Steps to reproduce:
Start typing. It’s inconsistent

Bug appears at this link:

Browser/OS/Device:
Browser/ Laptop

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I experience this only in one case, apple laptop and safari … the IDE goes mad after few minutes with enter adding lines but cursor stays there, tabs changing panes, text vanishing, etc.

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It it just a temporary thing? It’s absolutely maddening! Got a 3hr block to do some work and couldn’t predictably type anything for the whole period.

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I’m on a new Microsoft Surface 5 Pro

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Switched machines, network and location and the problem persists. Does anyone have any idea why this could be happening?

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Hey @soze316 welcome to the forums!

I have run into a problem of when I type the words vanish. I had accidentally typed a combination of keys on my keyboard. I looked up how to fix it and it worked. If I were you I would try this to see if that fixes it, if not try asking someone you know that is good with computers to see if they can figure it out. I hope this helps you! Have a great day :grinning: !

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Well, i ditches mac os and put ubuntu on my old mac ans that solved my problem … but if this happens on a surface is really weird.

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I thought it might be something like that initially (re. key combinations), but the problem resolved itself after 30mins, or whenever I pasted a piece of code in then continued typing. I then went to a different machine completely and the problem as still there.

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I’ve been using Replit for years, so hopefully I’m still not a newbie. Never had any problems I couldn’t resolve with some effort, except this, which I appear to have no control over. :smiling_face_with_tear:

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I’m still experiencing the same problem. It doesn’t matter which device I use. I’ve added a screen recording which should hopefully explain the situation better.

Recording 2023-05-04 114908

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This is really strange. Replit staff should be pinged.

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How do I ping the staff?

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I am experiencing the same problem as Soze316.

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Hey @soze316!

What Browser + OS are you using? Can you send me the names/versions of both?

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I am experiencing this on chrome 113.0.5672.64 / Windows 11

I am only getting it in one file all the other files work fine.

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That’s very strange. Can you send me the link to your Repl and let me know which file this is happening for?

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I’m not the original poster, but if it helps:

https://replit.com/@harpoRich/The-Perfect-Crab-Introduction-to-Programming#042_challenge_2_exercise.py

FYI:
Chrome - Version 112.0.5615.138 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Windows 11 Home - 22H2
Laptop

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Windows 11 Pro 22H2 22621.1555
Chrome Version 112.0.5615.138 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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@harpoRich @soze316 Can you try using Replit on a different browser or temporarily disabling all of your extensions to see if that fixes the issue?

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Hi Shane, I’ve just tried it on Firefox 113.0 (64-bit). So far it works. However, when I tried it with an earlier version of firefox 111.0 the error returned after a short while.