Simple question...added Swiftkey keyboard in iOS 8 to my iPad, and it gave me a "send" key where there should be an "enter" key. How in the world do I get the "enter" key on my keyboard instead of the "send" key? I can't find that setting anywhere. The keyboard that they show when you pick a theme has an "enter" key, but mine has a "send" key. Useless.
This is driving me crazy, any hits for the hintless?
Thanks.
iPad, iOS 7.0.4, iPad 3
I downloaded the Swiftkey keyboard and have a leftward arrow where send or enter would be. Doesn' t the key do the same function no matter what it's called ?
yes, it does.
Thanks, that's what I thought.
My SwiftKey keyboard has a right pointing arrow where the return/enter key should be. What can I do about it?
Thanks.
Try deleting and reinstalling the app. What does the key do ?
You do nothing.
The "enter" key is contextual.
Entering texture, I have a an arrow that goes down, turns left.
In the address bar, it points to the right.
On the Apple keyboard, I get return entering text here.
in the address bar it changes to go.
They all perform the same basic function.
I see now that it's context dependent. However, when entering text for a search string in the browser, Swiftkey shows a "Send" key instead of "Enter/Return". When I have an Enter/Return key there, I can just press it and the browser starts my desired search immediately. With the "Send" key, I press it and nothing happens other than a space character appearing immediately after the search string! If I press it twice, the browser will finally start my search.
This is just the wrong context for Swiftkey to have a "Send" key in place of the "Enter/Return" key. In fact, I'd rather have it be an "Enter/Return" key all the time, that has always worked for me in all contexts. So I'm about ready to throw Swiftkey out of the boat, although I've happily used Swiftkey on Android for a couple of years...On Android Swiftkey, the "Enter/Return" key never changes to a "Send" key, so I think that this is just broken on iOS 8. I really don't like it when keys on a keyboard change depending on context, anyways, that just a badly designed user interface.
If they don't fix it soon I'll be dumping Swiftkey until they do fix it. I really did like Swiftkey on Android, but on the iPad not so much. Maybe I can find another keyboard, other than the Apple keyboard, that works well on the iPad. Bums me out, I was looking forward to being able to use Swiftkey on iOS 8 like I could on Android.
I have arrows instead of send/enter. I noticed if you turn allow full access off it will send after one tap instead of two.
Yes, they're arrows on my Swiftkey keyboard as well, not the word "Enter" or the word "Send", but I saw them referred to as that while I was searching for an answer to why Swittkey doesn't have the "Enter" arrow when using my browsers, so I figured that was the appropriate terminology. The "Enter" key is the usual compound arrow that's used on an "Enter/Return" key that kind of looks like it goes to the start of the next line (the arrow starts down, then heads left *smile*). The "Send" key is a right-facing arrow that I don't care to see on my keyboard in any context that I currently use *smile*.
Here's a blog that explains "full access":
Thanks for the link and article..
RogerSC wrote:
I see now that it's context dependent. However, when entering text for a search string in the browser, Swiftkey shows a "Send" key instead of "Enter/Return".
HIstorically, over at least the last 40+ years, Send, Enter, and Return are synonymous. Add to that Go, and the arrow symbol that goes down then left (carriage return).
RogerSC wrote:
I really don't like it when keys on a keyboard change depending on context, anyways, that just a badly designed user interface.
That is how good interfaces are designed. Maybe Swiftkey did it badly but as a concept, you need to accept it is the future.
I don't agree, I want to see an "Enter" key in the same place on my keyboard all the time. You can add a "Send" key if the semantics are needed in some contexts, but replacing the "Enter" key with a key with different semantics that don't work as they should for the context (I can press "Enter" once to start a browser search, but if I press "Send" once, it just adds a space after the search string...blah!) is not good user interface design as far as I'm concerned.
The question is whether it's dysfunctional enough for me to ditch Swiftkey on iOS, I don't know yet.
The other thing that really bothers me, and this one is Apple, not Swiftkey, is that iOS reverts to the Apple keyboard for entering passwords. I trust Swiftkey, I've entered passwords using Swiftkey many many times on Android, as have millions of other Android Swiftkey users. I told the OS to switch to the Swiftkey keyboard, so that's the keyboard that I want to use. It's just weird the way that it is.
Got an update from Swiftkey today on my iPhone and iPad, "send" key is still there, but works right now!
Much better. Thanks Swiftkey.
Swiftkey keyboard, where is the "Enter" key???
