Thanks Ranjana:
This is happening in all browsers/platforms and with all WP backend functions. I began to suspect that it had to do with CSP and yep, here it tis. But all plugins are turned off and Mod Sec is truned for this site on the surever. Yet:
Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self'". Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash ('sha256-hUtKpukeE8HPmndbA+rgMIaVUwe2ix+vFY9t0pKDjeY='), or a nonce ('nonce-...') is required to enable inline execution.
post.php:1911 Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self'". Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash ('sha256-tktwdtprAyK6c5CyG4KxFjn2/c2fLfQKbrHfaoUESOw='), or a nonce ('nonce-...') is required to enable inline execution.
post.php:1973 Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self'". Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash ('sha256-YW9rA+oaPcT7oFs4Yy/NhmTQP0m6wFlpl1a3yGY92OM='), or a nonce ('nonce-...') is required to enable inline execution.
post.php:2024 Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self'". Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash ('sha256-60Y5SZryMP/67Q/k36LVBXH6SBee31fcbdC5y8D7RYw='), or a nonce ('nonce-...') is required to enable inline execution.
Go figure! guess I will have to become expert at yet another obscure protocol just to keep WP alive.