Author: TomH
[Added to the original trac issue at 8.02am, Sunday, 2nd October 2011]

What software exactly are you typing this into? Potlatch? JOSM?

Author: TomH
[Added to the original trac issue at 9.48am, Sunday, 2nd October 2011]

I assume, given you raised #4031 at the same time, that this is about Potlatch 2.

Author: Richard
[Added to the original trac issue at 1.17am, Monday, 3rd October 2011]

Adobe have changed a lot of the TextInput architecture in Flex 4.5 and unfortunately it no longer works reliably with our AutoComplete component. I've spent a while trying to fix it but it looks non-trivial. Essentially the problem is that line 212 here (http://git.openstreetmap.org/potlatch2.git/blob/HEAD:/net/systemeD/controls/AutoComplete.as) isn't setting the insertion point location as it ought to (and used to).

We could consider moving to another AutoComplete component: http://flashcommander.org/blog/flex-4-autocomplete, http://www.unitedmindset.com/jonbcampos/2010/05/12/creating-custom-spark-components/, http://hillelcoren.com/flex-autocomplete/ .

Author: Richard
[Added to the original trac issue at 11.11am, Monday, 3rd October 2011]

Actually - fixed in systemed/potlatch2@f15d9bc by the time-honoured practice of: if it's not doing what it should, use the magic Flex incantation someUIComponent.validateNow(), which might as well be renamed someUIComponent.workGoddamit().