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[iOS] text field loses focus after Look Up text selection #144463
Description
Steps to reproduce
App is launched on iOS 17.2 (reproduces both on a simulator and on a real device)
- Select text in Text Field
- Press Look up
- Close the Look up dialog
Expected results
Keyboard hides or text field returns its focus
Actual results
Keyboard persists on screen, but the text field does not retain focus and keyboard does not hide via unfocus() (see video)
Code sample
Code sample
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(const MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
const MyApp({super.key});
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
theme: ThemeData(
useMaterial3: true,
),
home: const MyHomePage(),
);
}
}
class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
const MyHomePage({super.key});
@override
State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}
class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(),
body: Center(
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: <Widget>[
const TextField(),
TextButton(
onPressed: () => FocusScope.of(context).unfocus(),
child: const Text('FocusScope.of(context).unfocus()'),
),
TextButton(
onPressed: () => FocusManager.instance.primaryFocus?.unfocus(),
child:
const Text('FocusManager.instance.primaryFocus?.unfocus()'),
),
],
),
),
);
}
}
Screenshots or Video
Screenshots / Video demonstration
Screenshot.2024-03-01.at.14.11.27.mp4
Logs
Logs
no logsFlutter Doctor output
Doctor output
[flutter] flutter doctor -v
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• Flutter version 3.19.2 on channel stable at /Users/viktorstarikov/fvm/versions/3.19.2
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• Framework revision 7482962148 (2 days ago), 2024-02-27 16:51:22 -0500
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[✓] Connected device (5 available)
• sdk gphone64 arm64 (mobile) • emulator-5554 • android-arm64 • Android 13 (API 33) (emulator)
• iPhone 6s Plus (mobile) • 00008110-000A388A3AF9801E • ios • iOS 17.2.1 21C66
• iPhone 15 Pro Max (mobile) • 97CAF3A4-246E-462F-968B-A414DE0A3445 • ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-17-2 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 14.3.1 23D60 darwin-arm64
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! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
Reacted by Aizuddin Ismail, Ahmed Elsayed, Mohamed Salah, Teppei Shimada and Francesc Reig Leadtech
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Important issues not at the top of the work listEntering text in a text field or keyboard related problemsflutter/engine related. See also e: labels.Found to occur in 3.19Found to occur in 3.20flutter/packages/flutter repository. See also f: labels.For the attention of Text Input teamThe issue has been confirmed reproducible and is ready to work oniOS applications specificallyOwned by iOS platform teamTriaged by iOS platform team
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danagbemava-nc commentedon Mar 1, 2024
Reproducible using the code sample provided above.
With the native iOS notes and reminders app, the behaviours are different. Notes dismisses the keyboard whereas reminders refocuses the keyboard. See the recordings below
It looks like the lookUpSelection method in the framework doesn't handle anything else after calling the method to invoke the look up window.
flutter/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/editable_text.dart
Lines 2598 to 2609 in e8f8a8d
RPReplay_Final1709287250.MP4
RPReplay_Final1709287076.MP4
RPReplay_Final1709285659.MP4
flutter doctor -v
hellohuanlin commentedon Mar 5, 2024
can take a look if it's possible to track what was on focus before presenting the lookup window, and then regain the focus after look up window is dismissed (not sure if there's a delegate callback we can use when look up window is dismissed)
cc @LouiseHsu
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Renzo-Olivares commentedon Aug 28, 2025
From triage: maybe this is related to shake to undo causing the TextField possibly to lose focus and not process the undo action #150522.
LongCatIsLooong commentedon Aug 28, 2025
The native text field must not close the input connection in these cases so it can receive undo commands even after losing focus.
flutter-triage-bot commentedon Jan 2, 2026
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okorohelijah commentedon Mar 16, 2026
Added a comment in #173846 (comment)
flutter-triage-bot commentedon Jul 21, 2026
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LongCatIsLooong commentedon Sep 24, 2026
I think #191781 fixes this.
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