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Fix text boxes so that you don't have to hit backspace when editing!

Fix text boxes so that you don't have to hit backspace when editing!

I just keep hoping this bug will get fixed, but with each release it persists.   Currently, if you have text on a view, when you click into it to edit, it more often than not, does nothing when you start to type.  It's sooooo irritating.  I don't remember what release started doing this, but it wasn't always like this.  Editing a text box is a very basic action that should work seamlessly.  I can't tell you how may times a day I start typing to find that I have to retype because of this glitch.  I know, you would think I would learn after a couple hundred times of doing this, but it still gets me a couple times a day.

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riley
Participant

This same behavior is still in 2019.2.6 and 2021.1.6. It's not a good thing.

joshpAZD9W
Contributor

I can confirm this is still happening in Revit 2023

riley
Participant

This is still an issue in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

challstrom
Enthusiast

This problem is still happening in Revit 2023...

 

Revit's text handling needs a SERIOUS upgrade.

justin.e.kyle
Enthusiast

I would love for a programmer to jump into these forums at some time to explain to us what we are missing. From the outside, this seems like such a simple fix. Every word processor that I know of does not require you to backspace before you can start typing. So either this issue is purposely overlooked by the development team, or it is just not worth the (probably modest) resources it will require to edit the code. 

minjie.wang
Autodesk

Thank you all for the comments and Revit team has reproduced the issue in-house. We have logged a bug fixing ticket and has prioritize it as very important case. We will continuously post update of the findings. We do understand that this will cause you delays and affect your development planning, and we appreciate your cooperation and patience.

justin.e.kyle
Enthusiast

@minjie.wang Thank You! Looking forward to seeing this one fixed.

 

I'm glad it only takes 5 years of bellyaching to affect real change

joshpAZD9W
Contributor

I thought Revit 2024 was not doing this but I can confirm now that it still happens. Today I had an instance where the text box stubbornly refused to allow a full stop (period) until I alt-tabbed out Revit and back. I'm not sure if it's related but it is concerning nonetheless

Senjibird
Observer

I still deal with this issue on a regular basis. It's very easy to replicate using the following workflow (from another forum @treyk - https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/text-editing/idi-p/12128773). It sounds like they have a fix coming but hasn't happened yet. I'm using Revit LT 24.1.10.25


" The problem happens with this exact workflow:

  1. Open a text  note for edit.
  2. Left-click and hold somewhere in the text to start the caret (vertical line that is the text cursor).
  3. While holding the mouse button down, drag left or right to highlight some text.
  4. Now, WHILE CONTINUING TO HOLD THE MOUSE BUTTON DOWN, move the mouse somewhere outside the bounding box of the text characters (this is an invisible box that is very close to the edge of the characters in each line).
  5. Release the mouse button, and DO NOT MOVE THE MOUSE AT ALL AFTER RELEASE.
  6. Now type, expecting what you type to replace the highlighted characters... but they are not replaced.  

     

     

After selecting the text, a "Mouse Up" beyond the text bounding box causes the text to lose focus until the mouse moves again, so the keyboard does nothing.  A "Mouse Move" restores the focus to the text, and thus the keyboard works.


After Step 5 above, if the mouse moves even the tiniest bit, the keyboard will work on the text as expected.  Most people do move the mouse slightly on button release, so in this case they report that they can't reproduce the issue.

 

Our fix keeps the text in focus after a Mouse Up, so the keyboard will always work after Step 5.

 

Sorry for the years of frustration! " 

turbobeast
Participant

I'm so glad you brought this up!  I'm experiencing it today in Revit Lt 24.  It gets me all the time because I'm so used to being able to edit text "seamlessly" in every other program.  Like you, I never seem to get used to it.  I hope it gets fixed!!!  

joshpAZD9W
Contributor

Revit 2025 still doing this :cara_de_decepción:

challstrom
Enthusiast

well, it's only been 6 years. I'm guessing it'll be another 3 or 4 before they take note

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