Issue - Special Char Keyed Instead of Letter

[Billgeo]

Sometimes when keying a letter it's special character is displayed instead of the actual letter. I am unable to figure out how to stop this from occurring. Does anyone have any insights on how this is occurring?

Thank you for any help
Bill

 

[Unforgiven]

If you long press on a key it will insert the special character. That could be a possibility.

 

[ocnbrze]

You can always store cache for your keyboard. Or try a different keyboard app like G- board.

 

[Billgeo]

If you long press on a key it will insert the special character. That could be a possibility.

These are not long presses dóing this unfortunately.

 

[Billgeo]

You can always store cache for your keyboard. Or try a different keyboard app like G- board.

This is Gboard I am using when this occurs.

 

[ocnbrze]

This is Gboard I am using when this occurs.

than wipe cache for g-board

 

[Billgeo]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

[ocnbrze]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

keep us posted if that works

 

[Billgeo]

Actually it did not work.
However, what I did find is my long press delay was set to the absolute minimum. I moved that up to the default and it seemed to resolve it... At least on my short tests.

 

[puppykickr]

Although you may have found a solution, do not give up on trying different keyboards.

There are many, many keyboards.

G-Board is not very secure, as everything you type (yes, EVERYTHING) is capable of being sent to Google- and they can do whatever they wish with any or all of this information.

Keep in mind that the keyboard is what you type every single thing into your device with.

So even if you are not using any specific Google app or thing, they can still see (and use) whatever you type at any time.

This includes your contacts, private text messages, messaging apps, social media, you name it.