Editable Cell in a Table Clears on Mouse Click While Holding Ctrl+C

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Hi Retool team,

I’d like to report what seems to be a bug we’ve encountered with editable columns in a table.

We have a table with a column set to String and marked as editable. If a user clicks into one of these cells, tries to copy the text inside by pressing Ctrl+C and keeps the keys pressed, then accidentally clicks the mouse (even inside the same cell), the content of that cell disappears. This issue occurs across all major browsers.

While I understand that most users typically press Ctrl+C quickly and release, this behavior has caused confusion for some of our users. It feels like an unexpected and potentially data-losing interaction, and we’d really appreciate it if this could be looked into.

I've also searched the forum and found this related issue, which was closed in 2023. It seems to describe similar behavior I observe in 2025.

Here’s another scenario in which the bug can be reproduced:

  1. User focuses inside the cell
  2. The cell loses focus (blur)
  3. User presses Ctrl+C
    Result: The data from the cell disappears

Expected behavior: The data in the cell should remain intact.

Attachments:

Table screenshot
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Demo videos:
1st scenario demo
2nd scenario demo with on-screen keyboard

Retool version: 3.192.0

Is this a known issue, and is there any chance it can be fixed or worked around?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Hi @Olga,
I have a suggestion for you to make the column of Full name uneditable and add a query in full name column. That query helps you to copy the name instead to edit the name. You can ssee in the attached image:

query
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ahsan_ali_shah1 thanks for the reply! I'm aware of that option, but what if our user needs the field to remain editable?

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@Olga Its not a problem if you want to remain the column editable. Then you can do both things either copy the name or edit the name. Also it reduces the issue of disappearing the content of that cell

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ahsan_ali_shah1 I tried applying your suggestion and it doesn't work as expected when the column is editable and there is the event handler to copy on click.
Here is the demo:
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Hi @Olga,
This is a known issue. (I presume you are on a Windows machine, correct?) I will add your feedback to the current bug ticket. Thank you for the feedback.

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Hi! @lindakwoo Yes, Windows.

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Yes, sorry @Olga , this bug is a known Windows-specific bug. Again, thanks for your feedback and detail provided on this bug.