[Chip] Backspace and delete keys don't work when nesting an input

[bunste]

I'm using a TextField component as label prop for a Chip. That worked without problems for a long time. Since the type of label is specified with node, I assumed that I could insert any child component there. Since I recently updated to the latest version, there is the following problem: I can still add text (cut and paste works too), but I can no longer delete text with the backspace or delete keys.

• The issue is present in the latest release.
• I have searched the issues of this repository and believe that this is not a duplicate.

Current Behavior 😯

Text cannot be deleted using backspace / delete.

Expected Behavior 🤔

Text can be deleted using backspace / delete.

Steps to Reproduce 🕹

https://codesandbox.io/s/sleepy-dust-yjiee

Steps:

1. Click on the TextField with the current value "foo"
2. Try to delete the word by pressing the backspace key
3. Nothing happens...

Context 🔦

I built a editable Chip component. First, the user sees a normal Chip. But when he clicks on it, he can edit the content on-the-fly. As I said at the beginning, it worked very well for a long time.

Your Environment 🌎

Tech	Version
Material-UI	v4.9.7
React	v16.13.0
Browser	Google Chrome Version 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[bunste]

I think it has to do with some of the recent changes to the Chip component (see this commit).

handleKeyDown will do event.preventDefault() for backspace and delete keyboard events.

I wonder if my use case is no longer supported or if this is a bug that should be fixed?

[oliviertassinari]

@bunste Thanks for the report, I think that we should have the handler of keyDown and keyUp to use the same logic. What do you think of this patch to align them?

diff --git a/packages/material-ui/src/Chip/Chip.js b/packages/material-ui/src/Chip/Chip.js
index f80d27599..09abc369d 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/src/Chip/Chip.js
+++ b/packages/material-ui/src/Chip/Chip.js
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ export const styles = (theme) => {
   };
 };

+function isDeleteKeyboardEvent(keyboardEvent) {
+  return keyboardEvent.key === 'Backspace' || keyboardEvent.key === 'Delete';
+}
+
 /**
  * Chips represent complex entities in small blocks, such as a contact.
  */
@@ -295,19 +299,21 @@ const Chip = React.forwardRef(function Chip(props, ref) {
     }
   };

-  const isDeleteKeyboardEvent = (keyboardEvent) =>
-    keyboardEvent.key === 'Backspace' || keyboardEvent.key === 'Delete';
-
   const handleKeyDown = (event) => {
+    if (onKeyDown) {
+      onKeyDown(event);
+    }
+
+    // Ignore events from children of `Chip`.
+    if (event.currentTarget !== event.target) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (isDeleteKeyboardEvent(event)) {
       // will be handled in keyUp, otherwise some browsers
       // might init navigation
       event.preventDefault();
     }
-
-    if (onKeyDown) {
-      onKeyDown(event);
-    }
   };

   const handleKeyUp = (event) => {

Do you want to work on a pull request? :)

[chaudharykiran]

I can work on the this PR? cc @oliviertassinari @bunste

[bunste]

@chaudharykiran I would also have tried to create a pull request, but you are welcome to do so!