diff --git a/frontend/src/Components/MarkdownEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/Components/MarkdownEditor.svelte
index e610d043..1a074ea6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Components/MarkdownEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/Components/MarkdownEditor.svelte
@@ -38,16 +38,31 @@
         } else applyEdit();
     }
 
-    function resetEdit(){
-        editing   = false;
-        editValue = {source:value.source,rendered:value.rendered};
+    function oncontextmenu(evt){
+        if (evt.target) {
+            evt.preventDefault();
+            evt.stopPropagation();
+        }
+        sheet = evt.sheet ? evt : null; // store position of activated cell to focus after editing starts
+        startEdit();
+        return false;
     }
 
-    function startEdit(){
-        activeField.update((n) => n+1);
-        editing = editable;
+    function oninput(ev){
+        if (simple) {
+            value.source   = editValue.source;
+            value.rendered = editValue.rendered;
+        }
+        if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+        timer = setTimeout(render,500);
     }
 
+    function onkeyup(ev){
+        if (ev.keyCode == 13 && ev.ctrlKey) doSave();
+        if (ev.keyCode == 27) resetEdit();
+    }
+
+
     async function render(){
         const url  = api('markdown/render');
         const resp = await fetch(url,{
@@ -59,59 +74,9 @@
         if (store_id) localStorage.setItem(store_id,editValue.source);
     }
 
-    function typed(ev){
-        if (simple) {
-            value.source   = editValue.source;
-            value.rendered = editValue.rendered;
-        }
-        if (ev.keyCode == 13 && ev.ctrlKey) doSave();
-        if (ev.keyCode == 27) resetEdit();
-
-        if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
-        timer = setTimeout(render,500);
-    }
-
-    function measured(evt,duration){
-        if (duration < 500){
-            onclick(evt);
-        } else {
-            startEdit();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    function oncontextmenu(evt){
-        if (evt.target) {
-            evt.preventDefault();
-            evt.stopPropagation();
-        }
-        sheet = evt.sheet ? evt : null; // store position of activated cell to focus after editing starts
-        startEdit();
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    function onmousedown(evt){
-        evt.preventDefault();
-        start = evt.timeStamp;
-    }
-
-    function onmouseup(evt){
-        evt.preventDefault();
-        measured(evt, evt.timeStamp - start);
-    }
-
-    function onresize(evt){
-        console.log('onresize()',evt);
-    }
-
-    function ontouchstart(evt){
-        evt.preventDefault();
-        start = evt.timeStamp;
-    }
-
-    function ontouchend(evt){
-        evt.preventDefault();
-        measured(evt, evt.timeStamp - start);
+    function resetEdit(){
+        editing   = false;
+        editValue = {source:value.source,rendered:value.rendered};
     }
 
     function restore(ev){
@@ -120,6 +85,11 @@
         render();
     }
 
+    function startEdit(){
+        activeField.update((n) => n+1);
+        editing = editable;
+    }
+
     activeField.subscribe((val) => resetEdit());
     if (simple) startEdit();
 </script>
@@ -145,7 +115,7 @@
     {#if stored_source}
     <span id="restore_markdown" onclick={restore} class="hint">{t('unsaved_content')}</span>
     {/if}
-    <textarea bind:value={editValue.source} onkeyup={typed} onresize={onresize} data="test" autofocus={!simple}></textarea>
+    <textarea bind:value={editValue.source} {oninput} {onkeyup} autofocus={!simple}></textarea>
     <Display classes="preview" bind:markdown={editValue} sheet={sheet} />
     {#if !simple}
     <div class="buttons">