This seems to be a Windows bug, but it’s a subtle one.
I run Win 11 Pro for Workstations, currently Version 25H2, OS Build 26200.9445. For the last month or so (I’m unsure just how long) it has frequently scrambled the order of typing, pasting & mouse actions, in many or perhaps all programs.
(In the following, when I write ^v I mean ctrl+V, not the literal “^v” characters.)
For instance, if the Windows clipboard contains “Jonathan Smith” and I quickly type in Chrome or Vscode:
Dear ^v,
what I expect is:
Dear Jonathan Smith,
but what I get is often:
Dear ,Jonathan Smith
Another probably-related issue is with drag-selecting. For instance, in vscode’s search pop-up, if I have a snippet of text there which I’d previously typed, and I click at the right-end and then quickly drag left past the left-end of the box, I expect the whole snippet of text to be selected. But often the first 1 or 2 characters are omitted. For instance, if the search box contains https://google.com and I click to the right of the “m” and drag left past the beginning, what ends up in the clipboard might be ttps://google.com or tps://google.com
It’s as if Windows is no longer correctly keeping track of the order in which input operations happen.
My mouse and keyboard are wired, not bluetooth, so I don’t think the problem can be bluetooth-related.
Windows “Clipboard history” is turned off (since I use Ditto).
What is going on?
