iPad is not writing text in the <input>

Question

I\'m having trouble with the field when running my application on iPad.

On the desktop you click on the text box, type the text in and cl

Answer 1

I had the same problem while building a PhoneGap app. Not sure whether it's the same issue though:

The culprit was -webkit-user-select: none;.

Here's the demo.

I would have thought disabling user-select simply prevents various tools like the magnifying glass or copy'n'paste buttons to show up, but it turns out this completely disables the input. The keyboard shows up when tapping on the input field — but that's about it: nothing you type will show up in the input field.

Removing -webkit-user-select: none; or at least applying it more selectively did the trick.

And only now that I'm writing this answer google finally delivers. Here's another answer on SO ;)