Spacebar not responding in 0.99.0

[MadDogDean]

Description

When entering text into 0.99.0 spacebar does not work.

Tested on 0.98.0 and working fine.

TriliumNext Version

0.99.0

What operating system are you using?

Windows

What is your setup?

Local (no sync)

Operating System Version

Windows 11, Build 21600

Error logs

No response

[dosubot]

The spacebar issue in Trilium 0.99.0 on Windows 11 is a known bug and has been reported by other users as well. It's likely related to CKEditor bugs or keyboard layout quirks, not a direct change in Trilium's own code. Some users have resolved similar issues by switching their keyboard layout to standard US, checking for accidental single-key shortcuts (like spacebar) in the "Configure Launchbar" menu, trying the web version, or disabling any input method editors (IME) or special language inputs. You can find more details and troubleshooting steps in this discussion thread.

There is no evidence that Trilium itself introduced code blocking or mishandling the spacebar in 0.99.0; the regression is likely the result of an upstream CKEditor issue, possibly triggered by a recent patch or change in their event handling, especially as it relates to IME or hotkey behavior on Windows. Any fix or workaround for the spacebar issue would likely need to be addressed at the CKEditor core/plugin layer, not in the Trilium codebase itself.

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[MadDogDean]

Additional testing indicates that if 0.98.0 is installed and 0.99.0 is installed as an update, the keyboard issue seems to be mitigated

[eliandoran]

@MadDogDean , the issue occurs only on the virtual keyboard or also on the physical keyboard?

[MadDogDean]

@eliandoran The problem occurred on both physical and virtual keyboard.
This was an initial install of 0.99.0

Subsequently I did an in-place install of 0.98.1 (without uninstalling 0.99.0), and then reinstalled 0.99.0

Once 0.99.0 was reinstalled (without uninstalling 0.98.1), the problem appeared to have been mitigated and all worked fine.

[eliandoran]

@MadDogDean , I was able to reproduce the problem consistently.
Apparently the issue comes from the mind map library we are using, I've opened an issue upstream to track it: SSShooter/mind-elixir-core#350

Currently the workaround is simply to close all the tabs that have a mind map and refresh the UI.

[gouravkhunger]

@eliandoran I believe that you meant to reference SSShooter/mind-elixir-core#350 :)

[eliandoran]

@gouravkhunger , you're absolutely right, :)