Re: [w3c/editing] All browsers: Impossible to cancel inputs when they are starting character composition (IME) (Issue #508)

michael left a comment (w3c/editing#508)

Found a solution how you can actually cancel IMEs.

```js
  function oncompositionstart(event) {
    // eg. when multiple nodes are selected, or inside a cursor trap
    if (doc.selection.type !== 'text') {
      const dom_selection = window.getSelection();
      dom_selection.removeAllRanges();
    } else {
      // handle the IME, when you have text cursor/selection.
    }
  }
```

While this workaround works, I still wonder if there would be any negative consequences if browsers allowed cancelling composition events at the very beginning (not in the middle of it).

It would be a cleaner API in my opinion, but maybe I'm overlooking something?

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