Renaming instance variables is difficult because 'Unnamed' pops up before you can type anything

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If I add a new instance variable to an object using the side bar, I can’t use backspace to delete the default name because if I do, “Unnamed” fills in before I can type a new name. This is especially confusing If I hold backspace since the text doesn’t update until I let go, but it appears to be deleting and replacing the word Unnamed over and over again so any number of letters could appear. I also cannot click the cursor into the middle of a name field in the object properties and press backspace. If I do, the cursor deletes one character and jumps to the end.

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I understand that If I select the name and type it works, but the behavior as it is now feels bugged and unprofessional.

I am using the desktop version on Windows:
This version of GDevelop is: 5.3.201 (editor full version: 5.3.201-70508292e4c82fa715f844d88f706c27937b18e7, core version: 4.0.99-0-release)

The same behavior on the web version tested in Edge on Windows:

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I can confirm, it does the same to me. It seems to be a bug. I don’t normally rename or add variables through the instance panel. I use the object’s variable tab.