Reproduction steps:
1. Open developer console.
2. Open ```data:text/html,<input type="text" id="t"> <script> x = document.getElementById("t"); console.log(x.selectionDirection)</script>```
3. Observe output "forward".
Actual behaviour: output is "forward".
Expected behaviour: output is "none" (as specified in the note at https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-control-infrastructure.html#set-the-selection-direction).
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Reproduction steps:
1. Use a Mac/OSX.
2. Open developer console.
3. Open ```data:text/html,<input type="text" id="t"> <script> x = document.getElementById("t"); console.log(x.selectionDirection)</script>```
4. Observe output "forward".
Actual behaviour: output is "forward".
Expected behaviour: output is "none" (as specified in the note at https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-control-infrastructure.html#set-the-selection-direction).
Reproduction steps:
1. Use a Mac/OSX.
2. Open developer console.
3. Open ```data:text/html,<input type="text" id="t"> <script> x = document.getElementById("t"); console.log(x.selectionDirection)</script>```
4. Observe output "forward".
Actual behaviour: output is "forward".
Expected behaviour: output is "none" (as specified in the note at https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-control-infrastructure.html#set-the-selection-direction).
Note: on Windows the expected behaviour is different.