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The odd behaviour while inserting text in the editor window seems not to be a Mediawiki issue.

I am still using the classical source editor instead of the visual editor. In doing so I encountered an odd behaviour while inserting text. At least for me.

It is about copy and paste. You copy something elsewhere and paste it in the editor window where the cursor is. The cursor is placed right after the pasted text. The line with the cursor moves right up to the top of the editor window. The just pasted text is above this line and invisible. At once.

But one could think that one rather would like to take a look at the just inserted lines. Without scrolling. It used to be different before, then it changed at some point.

Is this in my eyes odd behaviour a Mediawiki feature or bug or comes this change of behaviour with some updated toolbox round the editor?

Thanks for an answer in advance!

Looks like phab:T262835, although maybe different. Can you read that task and see whether it is the same thing?

I read that task. I think that T262835 is another issue.

I checked the Mediawiki editor with several browsers by using the sandbox page on de.wikipedia.org. It happens in every browser. After that I took a look at the HTML source. The editor window is created by a textarea tag. Googeling the textarea tag led me to w3schools.com. The explanation page of the textarea tag comes with an example. I tried that. And it happend there, too. Far and wide no Mediawiki in sight.

This seems not to be a Mediawiki issue.