Description

The entry's CursorPosition property is being ignored when moving to the next field.

If I set the CursorPosition property in the Entry XAML control, it is not being counted to set the position when moving from a previous entry, and it always fall at the end of the text in the entry control.

I found out that this file may be the responsible of setting the cursor position at the end of the text in the entry control.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new .NET MAUI 8 project
2. On the MainPage add the following code:

<Entry
	x:Name="Entry1"
	Placeholder="Entry 1 (Tap `Next` or `Enter` or `Return` when finished)"
	ReturnType="Next"/>
<Entry
	x:Name="Entry2"
	Text="Entry 2"
        CursorPosition="5"
	Placeholder="Entry 2 (Tap `Next` or `Enter` or `Return` on the keyboard when finished)"
	ReturnType="Next" />

3. Run the application and focus on the Entry 1, then tap the "Next" button on the keyboard, the Entry 2 should be focused.

What happened is that the cursor position is at the end of the text length of the Entry 2 instead of the position 5 set on the Entry's 2 property.

This issue occurs only on iOS. I ran tests on Android, MacCatalyst , and Windows and it worked OK.

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/vhugogarcia/maui-sample-cursor-position

Version with bug

8.0.3

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

No, this is something new

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

iOS

Affected platform versions

iOS 17

Did you find any workaround?

if I set the Entry 2 CursorPosition property on an event in the code-behind it works partially. The first time it sets the cursor in the specified position, however, if I focus again on Entry 1 and tap on the Next button, the cursor position goes to the end of the text length.

<Entry
	x:Name="Entry1"
	Placeholder="Entry 1 (Tap `Next` or `Enter` or `Return` when finished)"
	ReturnType="Next"
	Completed="Entry1_Completed"/>
<Entry
	x:Name="Entry2"
	Text="Entry 2"
	Placeholder="Entry 2 (Tap `Next` or `Enter` or `Return` on the keyboard when finished)"
	ReturnType="Next" />

void Entry1_Completed(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Entry2.CursorPosition = 5;
}

Relevant log output

Not log, but I believe I found the file that is responsible for the cursor position on iOS: TextExtension.cs