Enter key does not work

[rusty-snake]

Describe the bug

The enter key of HeliBoard does not work on some input fields. AOSP Keyboard as well as KeePassDX Magic Keyboards enter keys work.

To Reproduce

• enter some text, then try to "submit" it.
• Known broken on
  • GitHub issue search
  • Android 15 QPR 2 Developer Options Linux Terminal

Expected behavior
Same as AOSP Keyboard / submit works.

App version
2.3

Device:

• Model: Pixel 6
• OS: GrapheneOS (AOSP 15 QPR 2)

[Helium314]

I guess this is another of the commitText vs sending a fake keypress situations...

Did you also try OpenBoard? No need to try if you haven't.

GitHub issue search

Which browser? Probably the only relevant thing is WeView / Firefox / Chromium based.

[rusty-snake]

Did you also try OpenBoard?

No

Which browser?

Vanadium/Brave (Chromium)

I guess this is another of the commitText vs sending a fake keypress situations...

W/o knowing the details of Androids input system, but the description looks very much like what I see in the UI.

[Helium314]

Vanadium/Brave (Chromium)

I just tried Cromite, and there it works with GitHub issue search.
Is the action key icon an arrow pointing to the right in the GitHub search? Because it is for me, and in that case neither commitText nor a fake keypress is sent, but performEditorAction, which I'm sure is also called by AOSP keyboard.

[rusty-snake]

Is the action key icon an arrow pointing to the right in the GitHub search?

(in HB) Yes.

This btw started with GH rolling out the "new" issue search form field.

[Helium314]

Looks like it's a Brave issue, and not Chromium in general. Can reproduce it there.

[rusty-snake]

Well in Vanadium does it not work either. While it could be a thing that was changed on both. Or something related to android version, ...

[rusty-snake]

Not for the Terminal problem. But for GH it works if I press enter/arrow when there is a space before the cursor rather than an letter.

[Helium314]

I just tried again, and can't reproduce it any more... added some logging, and performEditorAction is always called as expected.
The directly involved code is the same as in OpenBoard and AOSP Keyboard.

[rusty-snake]

Terminal: After the latest update of it, the commitText story works better. Disabling autocomplete (more autocomplete was enabled) makes enter key just work (although FUTO Keyboard also auto-miss-completes words but does not break the input). However HB seems to be the only Keyboad I tested where the backspace key never works (for some apps it only works the second time I press it).