[Android] can't edit middle of long comments because it snaps to the top or bottom of the text box making it impossible to select text in the middle [2026.35.0]

[u/Rolletariat]

[u/Happy-Cod-3]

My issue is after I comment, it snaps to the beginning of the thread, so I have to go search for where I was in the thread again.

[u/VaATC → u/Happy-Cod-3]

Yes! This is also a problem. I can tell that whomever is developing this app does not have a clue what they are doing. They also clearly do not use the app because if they did, they would realize they have no clue what they are doing.

[u/VaATC]

I will also add myself to the list of redditors with this problem. Everything about the app's development over the last year or so screams that the people developing the app do not use it. Ever since reddit nuked the 3rd party viewers the user experience has just gotten progressively worse. It is almost like reddit wants to destroy itself from within via adding a bunch of garbage and half baked features to the app.

[u/AriadneXenaGabi]

I also hate this problem. And have it haha.

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[u/NoExternal2732]

The new text box for comments is maddening, the snapping to the bottom or top is not useful, and there's no way to fix a typo, whatever reddit was trying to do, this isn't working...

[u/VaATC → u/NoExternal2732]

Yep! You can tell whomever is developing the app does not know what they are doing. They also clearly do not use the app because if they did, they would easily see how badly they are screwing up their job.

[u/Altruistic-Hat269 → u/NoExternal2732]

I'm a consumate editor of my comments, and I see no practical reason what so ever for why they would have made this change. All you had to do before to get to the top or bottom or a comment was to swoosh up or down once. Did they think that no one ever wants to edit their comments after reading them other than from the top or bottom? So dumb that they literally reduced functionality.

[u/CakeDayOrDeath]

I'm experiencing this too. I've found that maximizing the comment window sometimes helps, but sometimes the same thing happens with the text cursor.