Editor does not load demo in Edge

[ElijahFowler]

Hi,

I noticed that the editor in the demo does not load when you click the pencil in Microsoft Edge, UNLESS you have the dev tools open, which seems really weird. No errors thrown, it just doesn't load (spinning gear).

I tried it on 3 different computers (owned by different people) with the same results.

Edge version 25.10586.0.0

[anthonyjb]

I thought this error had been resolved :/ looks like it hasn't - there's a full description of the behaviour here and the hack I implemented. #258

If you're able to help identify the cause of the issue that would be very helpful as I'm a linux user and don't have access to IE Edge other than via BrowserStack which is hard going for bugs of this nature.

It's a fool hardy thing to say but I'm beginning to suspect that it may be an issue with Edge as there's just no pattern to the error being triggered - added to which on BrowserStack my hack appeared to work and the original poster of the issue reported it was working for him after the hack also - so appears maybe just refreshing the page removes the issue.

[anthonyjb]

I think it maybe related to this Edge issue https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/6664966/ (at least the description of the issue sounds similar if not the set up).

[wotta]

@anthonyjb is your code being compiled to ES6 ?
the tickets has a reaction where is being mentioned that ES5 works in edge and Es6 is kinda broken.

[anthonyjb]

No it doesn't - it's only the symptoms that are similar the possible reason they mention (i.e es6/es5) is different, it's just the only issue that's seems the same. I'll have a windows box and edge over the weekend hopefully so I can try to fix it.

[bfintal]

I also just started to experience this. I'm on a Mac so I can't currently test this, but I had our tester do some tests on her machine. I'm not too sure about what to think about this finding.

One way to replicate (at least in Page Builder Sandwich):

1. Create an empty document with CT,
2. Write some short text, then save, and reload the page (CT should still work)
3. Edit again, but now write more text until it wraps to the next line; then save, and reload the page (CT should stop working).

As with the OP said, it begins working when you have dev tools open.

[anthonyjb]

I can reproduce it on IE Edge consistently though it falls over on different parts of the content. I meant to get some time on it today but left the office earlier than intended - will get time on it tomorrow.

[bfintal]

We are on a holiday tomorrow, but we can test your patch on Thursday when we're back in the office.

[bfintal]

We'll also test the fix stated in #258 on Thursday and report back

[bfintal]

Just tested #258, the patch worked for us during tests.

[anthonyjb]

@bfintal just to confirm - does the issue no longer occur for you? The patch discussed in #258 is in the current version current master branch and on the ContentTools website editor.

[bfintal]

@anthonyjb Okay just heard back from our tester. She tested http://getcontenttools.com/demo in Edge and it hangs after clicking the edit/pencil button when the console is closed. After clicking the pencil button, the gear icon shows up that it's busy then nothing happens. When the console is open, the editor starts, but as soon as one of the buttons are pressed (e.g. right-aligning), it errors out. Saying that addTags is undefined (which I think refers to the patch you're going to add in #258)

[anthonyjb]

@bfintal so the patch you reference #258 that is in the current master branch - so it's added (just not in the current release) and in place on the sites demo page so unfortunately the issue remains, have some more time today to review, if there's any chance of a full console output for the error that would be great.

[ElijahFowler]

So the demo seems to be working now in version 38.14393.0.0, can anyone confirm?

[anthonyjb]

I no longer see an issue in the latest build on browserstack - I'm going to close this issue for now and will reopen if anyone else reports it.