Jerboa @lemmy.ml Possibly linux @lemmy.zip 1 yr. ago

Is anyone else having issues with Jeroba text entry

When I type it seems fine but when I backspace or move the cursor sometimes random word get deleted or my cursor jumps to the beginning of the line.

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Actually, this problem is why I stopped using Jerboa. It's really weird. Of course, like an asshole, I never bothered to ask about it ornfile a bug report, because I'm a bad person.

I use Eternity now, and I like it a lot.
Yeah, it happens with OpenBoard.

You can bypass it by moving your cursor anywhere by means of the space key (hold and move)
- Is there a github issue?
  
  there is but the TLDR version is that its a bug in sone andriid library not the software itself. There is also a github issue for the affected android library
I've been meaning to post about a similar issue, where when I backspace, it removes the space between the previous 2 words, so I have to backspace more, and sometimes it happens again. So this makes me have to start moving the cursor around myself to fix things. Very annoying.
I think the problem relies on your keyboard app.
- I use openboard and have this issue once in a while, but only in jerboa, no where else.
- It doesn't happen anywhere else. I use the default Lineage os keyboard app
I believe this is an issue with both openboard and the aosp keyboard (with jerboa specifically), here lemme find the repo for the open board fork thats still getting development

Edit: https://github.com/Helium314/openboard this fork is under active development. It can be installed via the apks on github or through obtainium. If there isn't one already it would be helpful to submit a bug report for the issue you're experiencing. It might be good to open a bug report with jerboa too
- I'll just stick with the preinstalled one on lineage os.
  
  I have the same issue as Cris on LineageOS. Do you happen to know how we can make the LOS devs aware of that issue so they can pull in a fix?
I have a similar issue. Jerboa overrides the default behaviour on my phone for double-tapping a word in a text entry box. In most other apps, double-tapping a word causes the whole word to be selected, similar to double-clicking in a PC word processor. In Jerboa, this behaviour is broken, and it simply jumps my cursor to the spot I double-tapped.
Yup, and also for some reason I can't reliably paste text (on long press, sometimes the menu option is there and sometimes it isn't?)

Highlighting text is also a pain and for some reason, it autocorrects words that I type in manually. Very annoying.
I never had that issue. Are you sure it's only a Jerboa thing?
- Yes
Yes, it's very annoying, I experience it too
I had the same problem and posted here about it some time ago. There was a little discussion, but no solutions forthcoming.

Happens to me on a couple of other apps like Tinfoil or on some web pages in Firefox. (LineageOS with AOSP keyboard here, too.)

I got frustrated and moved over to the Voyager standalone app full time.
- Is Voyager in the main F-droid repo? I don't see it
  
  I side load from the Github release. https://github.com/aeharding/voyager
I have not experienced this, but I also have the default keyboard for my phone.
- Do you use Gapps? I use the lineage os keyboard so its likely different
No. Because I use Eternity, peasant
- Sir, this is a jerboa sub

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