Cursor ends up before the letter on android Samsung keyboard

I have Samsung Tab S8+ with external keyboard. I have jumping curosr in all editing modes. The first letter after space was pressed will have curosr in front of the letter. If I move cursor or delete letter, then that word can be typed normally. Untill I again press space…

Thank you so much for linking to the official obsidian-releases, I didn’t know it existed! It allowed me to downgrade (after backing up my app data with NeoBackup). Now I can use Obsidian again :hugs:

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Facing the same issue on Samsung Galaxy S23. Android 14, One UI 6.0 and Obsidian 1.5.11

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Also happens with FlorisBoard

I love Obsidian and its philosophy allows us now to easily use our notes with other apps while waiting for a patch (or even downgrade), but this bug is so easy to bump into that it makes me wonder if Android builds are being tested at all.

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Dear obsidian developers,

I have one simple question:
When will this bug be fixed?

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Same problem with e/os/ operating system (v.1.20). This problem appeared when updating Obsidian (running 1.5.11), so I reason it might be Obsidian’s “fault” and not e/os/.

I have this problem with three different types of keyboards (stock Android, OpenBoard and AnySoftKeyboard). Turning off some variants of text prediction and autocorrect on the OpenBoard removes the problem.

Since I want to use text-prediction, and this bug makes Obsidian practically un-usable, I’ve resorted to downgrading in wait of a fix.

I hope it gets resolved soon! :sun_with_face:

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Same issue with Samsung S24 Android 14 and Macbook pro M3 with Obsidian 1.5.11.

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When can we expect a fix? Thanks

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I am not a programmer or techie type person. How do I downgrade ? The link previously posted does not help me as I don’t know how to execute the instructions. I love Obsidian but since I use predictive text I can’t use it on my phone. Very inconvenient. How does the everyday user, with no programming experience downgrade?

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I’m having the same problem but realised it only happens when it’s in list mode (that is typing a “-” which then converts to a dot).

Version 1.5.11 (133)
Android 12
Samsung M51
Latest version patch of os

Observations are…

Without being in list mode, everything works.

In list mode, then

If I type out text, no issue.

But if i use swipe mode then after it gets the word (right) it repositions the cursor between the penultimate and last letters. To illustrate, say i swiped out the word “word”… this then happens. The cursor inserts between"r" and “d”.

wor□d

On my mobile app (android) when i try to create bullet point lists, the text after the initial bullet point starts to type out of order. Eg,

What i intend to write:
• Hi my name is

What ends up being typed out:
• y name is mih

Things I have tried

• Disabling all of my community plugins
• Restarting my phone
• Creating a new vault

nothing appears to be fixing it and it seems as though this issue came out of nowhere.
Please help, wishing everyone an amazing rest of their day!

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Issue was fixed by turning off predictive text on Samsung keyboard.

Isso also fixed by using Google Keyboard even with predictive text on.

The issue happens on on Google keyboard and some other keyboards if grammarly writing assistant is turned on.

Because Grammarly is intercepting the user input for spell check.

I have a fix for this and we will be releasing it very soon. It will come in v1.5.12.

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I uninstalled version 1.5.8 apk and downloaded 1.5.12 from the Play Store. I have confirmed that the bug has been fixed. I would like to express my gratitude to the entire Obsidian team for their effort.


On March 30th, I could not wait it anymore and decided to downgrade to 1.5.8. This version had a bug related hardware keyboard input, but it was better than the bug in 1.5.11.

On March 31st, I encountered a problem where sync attempts were infinite, and I spent several hours resetting the settings. It was emotionally draining. I do not want to experience bugs related to typing input ever again. Please recruit beta testers and update them first.

Hi,

The latest version 1.5.12 solves part of the problem, but unfortunately not all of it:

I create a list element
For sub-elements that are indented to the right and that you then want to indent to the left, a hyphen is inserted when you enter the letter.

If you deactivate Samsung text completion, the problem does not exist.



@jarosch open another bug report for that and follow the bug report template. Thanks!