Keyboard stuck in numeric mode

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#1

REPRODUCIBILITY (% or how often): Sometimes
BUILD ID = OS VERSION (Settings > About product):
HARDWARE (XA2, X10, X10 II, …): XA2
UI LANGUAGE: Irrelevant
REGRESSION: (compared to previous public release: Yes, No, ?): Yes

DESCRIPTION:

Sometimes when using an app and/or webpage that requests numeric input the keyboard will get stuck in this mode. It’s impossible to type text and even the numbers that are shown don’t work

PRECONDITIONS:

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Use an app/webpage requesting numeric input
  2. Switch to text input
  3. Notice you have a broken numeric-only keyboard

EXPECTED RESULT:

Text input should work

ACTUAL RESULT:

It doesn’t. Only numbers are shown and the numbers don’t even work.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

(Please ALWAYS attach relevant data such as logs, screenshots, etc…)

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Community meeting on IRC 15th September 2022
Qwerty keyboard is replaced by phone, number pad keyboard X10 ii
Browser displays numerical keypad instead of normal keyboard
#2

Duplicate?

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#3

Looks similar, but I think not the same. That bug seems to need to have the device used in landscape orientation and numeric input called for, but I have seen this bug with the phone in portrait the entire time. Also – assuming that this is the same bug I was about to report – the numeric keypad appears at the wrong time, rather than just not working when it appears at the right time. (Correct me if I misunderstood.)

I’m gonna return to this thread on my phone in just a little bit – I’ve got a couple screen captures to upload of what I’m seeing so @martijntje can confirm if I’m seeing the same bug.

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#4

I’m back, here’s what I see when non-working numeric keypad appears at the wrong time. device orientation doesn’t seem to matter . .

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#5

That looks like what I see. I assume with “appearing at the wrong time” you mean that the numeric keyboard shows up when you expect a regular text keyboard? Or do you mean the keyboard is just popping up without input requested at all?

#6

I do mean numeric keypad popping up when alpha keyboard expeted instead.

Also, I haven’t been able.to switch to correct keyboard except with reboot.

#7

My workaround has been to install OKboard. It doesn’t work for my phone (screen size is not supported), but enabling it and then disabling it resets the keyboard.

This way I only have to wait ~5 seconds for the keyboard to become available again.

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#8

The same issue happened to me yesterday on my Xperia 10 II.
The only way to fix it was by restarting lipstick. If it happens again, I will try OKboard.

#9

Did you try ?
systemctl --user restart maliit-server
or
devel-su systemctl-user restart maliit-server

Q: What is the real reason, that numerical keyboard pops up when alphakeyb. should?
#10

No, because I’m not that tech-savvy. I’ll try that next time first, thank you.

#11

Although I was pretty sure that there was a way to restart the keyboard from the terminal, I didn’t know it off the top of my head, and my goto resource (googling it) was unavailable due to the problem :frowning:

OTOH, this discussion is now bookmarked for when the problem recurs, so we’ll see – eventually.

#12

I can definitely confirm this bug, it hit me about five times after updating to Verla. I run into it in portrait mode, simply with the stock note app and sms.

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#13

I can confirm it happens on the XperiaX. I haven’t confirmed the circumstances. Reboot, while annoying, works

#14

A restart of the Startscreen with Sailfish Utilities also does the job.

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#15

I’ve got the correct keyboard back with running the calculator (or some other app that uses the numeric keyboard).

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#16

I think this is solved. I haven’t been able to trigger this behaviour anymore in 4.3.

#17

That did nit work for me. But 4.3 is just around the corner. :slight_smile:

#18

Unfortunately it’s not solved in 4.3.

[4.3.0.12] Number block keyboard pops up in text applications
#19

Confirmed. It just happened to me again on 4.3.

#20

I can reproduce the error with the numpad now. It seems to happen consistently after PHillis app :wink: crashes. To narrow it down further for you guys I created a poll. Feel free to answer when the error appears for you:

  • appears after using PHillis app (regular close of the app)
  • appears after PHillis app crashed
  • appears after use of a different app (regular close of the app)
  • appears after different app crashed
  • nothing of the above

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