diff --git a/ext/js/dom/text-source-range.js b/ext/js/dom/text-source-range.js
index 86b0041a4d..4450d32845 100644
--- a/ext/js/dom/text-source-range.js
+++ b/ext/js/dom/text-source-range.js
@@ -95,18 +95,6 @@ export class TextSourceRange {
         return this._imposterSourceElement;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Determines whether the imposter source element is an input or textarea element.
-     * @returns {boolean} `true` if the imposter source element is an input or textarea element, `false` otherwise.
-     */
-    isImposterInputOrTextArea() {
-        if (this._imposterSourceElement) {
-            const type = this._imposterSourceElement.nodeName.toUpperCase();
-            return type === 'INPUT' || type === 'TEXTAREA';
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a clone of the instance.
      * @returns {TextSourceRange} The new clone.
diff --git a/ext/js/language/text-scanner.js b/ext/js/language/text-scanner.js
index c2f610f24f..797ce49228 100644
--- a/ext/js/language/text-scanner.js
+++ b/ext/js/language/text-scanner.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import {log} from '../core/log.js';
 import {clone} from '../core/utilities.js';
 import {anyNodeMatchesSelector, everyNodeMatchesSelector, getActiveModifiers, getActiveModifiersAndButtons, isPointInSelection} from '../dom/document-util.js';
 import {TextSourceElement} from '../dom/text-source-element.js';
-import {TextSourceRange} from '../dom/text-source-range.js';
 
 /**
  * @augments EventDispatcher<import('text-scanner').Events>
@@ -466,9 +465,14 @@ export class TextScanner extends EventDispatcher {
     async _search(textSource, searchTerms, searchKanji, inputInfo, showEmpty = false) {
         try {
             const isAltText = textSource instanceof TextSourceElement;
-            const isInputOrTextArea = textSource instanceof TextSourceRange && textSource.isImposterInputOrTextArea();
-            if (inputInfo.pointerType === 'touch' && (isAltText || isInputOrTextArea)) {
-                return;
+            if (inputInfo.pointerType === 'touch') {
+                if (isAltText) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                const {imposterSourceElement} = textSource;
+                if (imposterSourceElement instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement || imposterSourceElement instanceof HTMLInputElement) {
+                    return;
+                }
             }
 
             const inputInfoDetail = inputInfo.detail;