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.
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.
As an Android-smartphone user with an iPad, agreed. Typing and any text operations on iOS are terrible.
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
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.
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.
Oh nice, I think it was the “smart compose” option, toggled that off and it seems to be working as expected now! 😀
It’s an outstanding bug, Google has been ignoring it for years.
So if you try to write
hello *world*, your gboard writeshello*world*instead? Because mine does not.Yes, exactly what happens for me.
