FB13354011: Can not select text (or anything) in a WKWebView on Sonoma only

[101airborne]

• Date: 2023-11-09
• Resolution: Open
• Area: WebKit
• OS: macOS 14.1-14.5
• Type: Incorrect/Unexpected Behavior
• Keywords: Select, Rich Editing

Description

My application uses a content editable WKWebView to view and edit rich text. With Sonoma macOS 14.1 the ability to select text for editing in a WKWebView quit working. It still works fine in macOS Catalina, Monterey, and Ventura.

No selection gesture or key command works in the WKWebView on Sonoma, whereas they work fine in macOS Catalina, Monterey, and Ventura.

I also noticed that the default contextual menu for the WKWebView does not have “Select” or “Select All” menu items In Sonoma, whereas they are present in Catalina, at least.

Application is built with Xcode 15.2 or 15.3.

Without the ability to select text the editor (WKWebView) is useless since no editing tool can be invoked without a selection.

Since Issue Filing

2024-04-05 Apple Feedback asked for more information:

1. A test app that demonstrates the issue.
2. We need a screen recording to understand how to reproduce in the test app.3.3.

Since the additional information was provided there has been no further response from Apple Feedback.

An incident was filed with DTS concerning this issue. Case-ID: 4969418. Apple Developer Technical Support's reply was "Our engineers have reviewed your request and have determined that you are experiencing a known issue for which there is no known workaround at this time."

Since DTS’ reply there has been no further response from them. It appears that even though DTS knows there is an issue, no one at Apple is doing anything about it.