Odd typing behavior after non-alphanumeric characters (OpenBoard Keyboard)

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Steps to reproduce

1. Be on GrapheneOS with OpenBoard keyboard.
2. Open any room on ElementX Android and type any text.
3. Enter non-alphanumeric character such as . or even (space).
4. Note weird duplicated characters when typing or deleting text.

https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/assets/83190128/35a5a984-bda4-4a1f-bd0d-d8e8f49c1a16

Outcome

N/A

Your phone model

Google Pixel 8 Pro

Operating system version

Graphene OS (2024040300)

Application version and app store

Version 0.4.7 io.element.android.x versionCode 40004070 (play store) OpenBoard 1.4.5 (fdroid)

Homeserver

Dendrite 0.13.7

Will you send logs?

Yes

Are you willing to provide a PR?

No

[mrclauss]

https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/assets/70584097/479258c6-4749-4328-b34a-599a19bf2006

Same here on Redmi Note. Worst thing is that you cannot delete the first letter of any word...

Using default gboard keyboard.

[mrclauss]

To me this looks like if the keyboard is reconfigured after every character...

[mobergmann]

Same problem for me. I am using a Fairphone 4 with the default Android and the HeliBoard keyboard.

[mobergmann]

PS: the problem does not appear when using the Google Keyboard or when using Schildi Next

[mrclauss]

Fascinating. For me the error disappeared after updating gboard! Thanks @mobergmann for your comment

[mobergmann]

Fascinating. For me the error disappeared after updating gboard! Thanks @mobergmann for your comment

So you suggest its rather an issue with the keyboard and not the app?

[mrclauss]

I would rather say that it's an issue in the interaction between app and keyboard that might be tolerated by some keyboard versions...

Am 12. April 2024 11:02:45 MESZ schrieb Moritz Bergmann @.***>:

Fascinating. For me the error disappeared after updating gboard! Thanks @mobergmann for your comment

So you suggest its rather an issue with the keyboard and not the app?

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[mobergmann]

I started digging and it seems, that the HeliBoard community is aware of the Issue. They have a corresponding thread/issue on their repository: HeliBoard/#426 (there are also the issues HeliBoard/#664 and HeliBoard/#225 which address the same problem). The issue is, likely, with the AOSP Keyboard from which HeliBoard, OpenBoard and GBoard are a fork of and GBoard fixed the issue, but didn't push the fix upstream (but that is just an assumption of some commentators). According to @‎ meichthys, the problem can be avoided by turning off Auto-Correction (whether you want to make the trade is up to you).

[maakuth]

I think this is not likely to be a keyboard issue, as I've only witnessed it with Element X and it happens on multiplex different keyboards (SwiftKey included). It started to happen a week ago or so.

[mobergmann]

It seems as this issue is gone. I can use Auto correction in Element x with heliboard again. Can someone else confirm this?

[mrclauss]

Yes, works here too...

Am 22. Mai 2024 14:24:48 MESZ schrieb Moritz Bergmann @.***>:

It seems as this issue is gone. I can use Auto correction in Element x with heliboard again. Can someone else confirm this?

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[bmarty]

The issue seems to be fixed according to several comments here. Thanks!