Android deleting quotes produce "Blockquote Widget" text to appear

[Moonzy]

Browser, version and OS: 

Device: Sony Xperia 10 ii (9:21 aspect ratio)

OS: Android 10, Build number 59.0.A.5.2

Browser: Chrome https://www.whatsmybrowser.org/b/G59UP

 

Steps to reproduce/what were you doing before it happened?

shown in video

 

What happened?

Backspacing quotes produce "Blockquote Widget" text to appear, and quotes are not disapearing

 

What did you expect to happen?

quote to disapear

workaround is tapping the trash bin at top left of editor, but that clears everything, including what I typed.

if this is not the right way to delete quote on android, do let me know.

 

Any other relevant details:

 

Update:

only English Gboard causes this issue

chinese and japanese gboard does as expected

 

Gboard version:

Version 9.7.05.323382208-release-arm64-v8a

[Haro]

Happens on my pixel as well, not sure if it's just mobile or android but yea, i can't delete a quote on the phone.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Happens on my pixel as well, not sure if it's just mobile or android but yea, i can't delete a quote on the phone.

using chrome as well?

[Haro]

10 hours ago, Moonzy said:

using chrome as well?

Yep, even then, happens on any browser when using my phone.

[WereCat]

One Plus 6T

 

happens with Brave and DuckDuckGo browsers as well 

[Moonzy]

@TofuHaroto @WereCat using Gboard as keyboard? I haven't tried other keyboards

 

Sorry for bothering, but trying to get as much info for Mortis as I can

[Haro]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

Sorry for bothering, but trying to get as much info for Mortis as I can

Yep, Gboard. 

[Moonzy]

Only English Gboard cause this issue, my Chinese and Japanese Gboard doesn't cause this issue

 

Backspace deletes quotes on both Chinese and Japanese Gboard

 

[WereCat]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

@TofuHaroto @WereCat using Gboard as keyboard? I haven't tried other keyboards

 

Sorry for bothering, but trying to get as much info for Mortis as I can

I'm using MS SwiftKey

[colonel_mortis]

That's an issue with chrome-based browsers on Android, and not something that we can control unfortunately.

[Moonzy]

44 minutes ago, colonel_mortis said:

That's an issue with chrome-based browsers on Android, and not something that we can control unfortunately.

why are some keyboard able to delete it though?

[piratemonkey]

This is a really annoying bug. Shame it can't be fixed

[colonel_mortis]

25 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

why are some keyboard able to delete it though?

I believe it's to do with the keyboard codes that are sent to the browser - most Android browsers send a generic "key pressed" message, which doesn't allow the site to detect if you pressed backspace and act accordingly, but a few do actually send "backspace".

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, colonel_mortis said:

I believe it's to do with the keyboard codes that are sent to the browser - most Android browsers send a generic "key pressed" message, which doesn't allow the site to detect if you pressed backspace and act accordingly, but a few do actually send "backspace".

hmm... so the keyboards are sending different codes when you backspace in english? that's kind of strange

 

but if there's no way around it then i guess case closed

[colonel_mortis]

Just now, Moonzy said:

hmm... so the keyboards are sending different codes when you backspace in english? that's kind of strange

 

but if there's no way around it then i guess case closed

I think it's to do with how they handle autocomplete (what key event do you send for correcting te -> the?) and how they extend that behaviour to the other input events, but yes it is unfortunate.