# Text cursor in Adding window is jumping, and is slow to respond

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**Created:** [January 10, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/text-cursor-in-adding-window-is-jumping-and-is-slow-to-respond/39542 "2024-01-10T20:57:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![makemake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@makemake](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/makemake)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/text-cursor-in-adding-window-is-jumping-and-is-slow-to-respond/39542/1 "2024-01-10T20:57:53Z")

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Hey, hope you’re all well.

I’m working on adding new cards, and am finding that the text cursor - this blinking icon: | - is slow to react to keyboard direction commands, and is jumping around.

It is delayed 1-3 words behind, when I’m using ctrl-arrow to move the cursor through text, or to select.

When I use shift-up or down arrows to select text, the delay is also there.

I just updated to the newest Anki on desktop, then this issue appeared.

I’m on Windows 11.

I tried reverting to these versions (using the “Switch Profile” step to safely change the deck database). That didn’t have any change on the text editor problem - it persisted.  
23.12  
23.10.1

What could I do to fix this problem?

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/text-cursor-in-adding-window-is-jumping-and-is-slow-to-respond/39542/2 "2024-01-10T22:10:14Z")

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Have you tried these things? [Troubleshooting - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/troubleshooting.html)  
(especially 2, 5, and 6)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/text-cursor-in-adding-window-is-jumping-and-is-slow-to-respond/39542/3 "2024-02-09T22:10:43Z")

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