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Why does Gboard replace spaces with characters I add between words? (lemm.ee)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by JokeDeity@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org
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For example, if I type out a sentence and decide I want to add asterisks around a word for emphasis, why does Gboard replace the space between the previous word and the emphasized word instead of just adding the new character? Is this added functionality for something I just don't understand?

Edit: I believe I have fixed the issue by disabling the "Smart Compose" option.

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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have this issue on iphone and I hate every keyboard on iphone. I assume it's apple's fault, somehow, because keyboards are so much worse than when I was on Android. I like the rest of it, but the keyboards drive me nuts.

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As an Android-smartphone user with an iPad, agreed. Typing and any text operations on iOS are terrible.

[–] fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

last time i used an iphone (years ago) I really liked the keyboard. it took me a long time to be happy with android's. now i'm comfortable with openboard, and keeping an eye on florisboard

[–] janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

now i'm comfortable with openboard, and keeping an eye on florisboard

Sadly, the swiping options on these ones are useless or nonexistent. I find only gboard tolerable for this form of text input now, which is really crap. Swype was king. Long live Swype.

[–] ryan@the.coolest.zone 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ok, so I use Gboard and it doesn't seem to do that for me, it leaves existing spaces alone. Here are my settings:

Under Text Correction I have enabled:

  • Show suggestion strip
  • Auto correction
  • Auto capitalization
  • Double space period
  • Proofread

Everything else is disabled, so maybe try toggling things off and on and seeing whether the behavior changes?

I also have two keyboards I switch between: English (US) and हिन्दी . I'm unsure whether having multiple language keyboards changes how the base functionality works.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Oh nice, I think it was the "smart compose" option, toggled that off and it seems to be working as expected now! 😀

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

It's an outstanding bug, Google has been ignoring it for years.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So if you try to write hello *world*, your gboard writes hello*world* instead? Because mine does not.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, exactly what happens for me.