When typing in url bar in new tab, first few characters of url get deleted

Description

When trying to navigate to a url in a new tab, midway through typing the url, the whole address will get selected automatically, deleting the first few characters as the user continues typing. The auto select bug only occurs on the first time trying to type a url in a new tab.

Steps to Reproduce

Open a new tab, start typing a URL. Midway through, the auto complete will highlight the whole input, and thus interrupt the correct address

Actual result:

I begin typing brave.com. After I type b, the url bar auto selects the whole address which interrupts the full url.

Expected result:

Does not auto select the whole text midway through typing.

Reproduces how often:

Happens very often. Almost every new tab after switching from existing.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave | 0.61.51 Chromium: 73.0.3683.75 (Official Build) (64-bit) OS | Mac OS X

Reproducible on current release:

• Does it reproduce on brave-browser dev/beta builds? N/A

Website problems only:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? No.

Additional Information

Appears to be very similar to these old tickets: (https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/2812) (https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/2197)

[TontyTon]

This needs to be fixed very quickly, it is very irritating. I have to wait for a few seconds everytime after opening new tab.

[srirambv]

seeing this happen when you start typing before the new tab page image is loaded. Its deleting the characters typed before the image load started