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Re: How to get keyboard to pop up automatically?

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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
> Chris Green wrote:
> 
> > The on-screen keyboard doesn't pop up automatically when you click on
> > a text entry field.  What you get is an oval stripe with several icons
> > on it, one of which opens the keyboard.
> 
> Mine does normally open the keyboard (phone and tablet), there are a 
> couple of apps which are *sometimes* reluctant ... screenshot?
> 
Yes, on my phone it works as expected but on the tablet it
consistently opens the little 'oval menu' so it takes three taps to
get to a keyboard.

I've got around the problem by installing Simple Keyboard and using
that instead of Gboard, now it works exactly as one would expect.

-- 
Chris Green
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How to get keyboard to pop up automatically? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2025-09-21 18:31 +0100
  Re: How to get keyboard to pop up automatically? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-09-21 18:49 +0100
    Re: How to get keyboard to pop up automatically? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2025-09-22 09:28 +0100

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