bug(windows): Chromium typing issue with Spotify for Podcasters (slate.js)

[zcraber]

Describe the bug

Unable to type Malayalam in the Episode Description field on Spotify for Podcasters.

Reproduce the bug

Note: This will require an account on Spotify for Podcasters. It's a free podcasting service.

1. After logging in, if you already have an audio file uploaded, go to Episodes and click on it. Else click on New Episode and upload audio.
2. Click on the Edit icon and scroll down to Episode description.
3. Type imgleesh.
4. You'll get ഷ്.

Expected behavior

ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്

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Keyman version

16.0.139

Operating system

Windows 10 22H2

Device

Windows Laptop

Target application

https://podcasters.spotify.com/

Browser

Brave Version 1.50.118 Chromium: 112.0.5615.87

Keyboard name

mozhi_malayalam

Keyboard version

3.2.3

Language name

Malayalam

Additional notes

Tried from an incognito window and Edge browser. Issue remains the same. Malayalam can be typed without issues by toggling the HTML switch under the Episode description. And there is no issue in typing Malayalam elsewhere on the website.

[mcdurdin]

Thank you for the feedback. We have scheduled time to investigate this in a few weeks. In the meantime, if you can discover which rich text component is in use on that page, that may help us to track the source of the problem down. Our immediate guess is that the component deletes clusters of Malayalam letters when backspace is pressed, rather than just deleting the right-most character.

[zcraber]

Thank you for the feedback. We have scheduled time to investigate this in a few weeks. In the meantime, if you can discover which rich text component is in use on that page, that may help us to track the source of the problem down. Our immediate guess is that the component deletes clusters of Malayalam letters when backspace is pressed, rather than just deleting the right-most character.

Thanks for the info. They're using Slate.js. I checked typing using the demo on Slate's website and got the same result. So, I guess this is a bug with Slate.js?

[mcdurdin]

Yes, our recent compatibility test with Slate.js shows that this is an issue. We have not yet taken this through to a bug report for Slate.js yet.

[zcraber]

The same issue occurs on Discord too. They use Slate.js as well.