android / android/nowinandroid
[Bug]: Search bar cursor control is broken with physical keyboard
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- Kotlin
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Description
### Is there an existing issue for this?
- [X] I have searched the existing issues
### Is there a StackOverflow question about this issue?
- [X] I have searched StackOverflow
### What happened?
Internal user reported several issues with moving the cursor in the search bar while using a physical keyboard.
- [ ] `Left` key moves focus to the back arrow icon button. (`Right` key seems to work fine.)
- [ ] `Ctrl+Left` sometimes does not move the caret back one word. (`Ctrl+Right` seems to work fine.)
- [ ] `Alt+Left` and `Alt+Right` do not move the caret to the start/end of the line.
- [ ] `Alt+Left` sometimes moves the caret one character left and sometimes moves focus to the back arrow icon button.
- [ ] `Alt+Right` moves the caret one character right.
### Relevant logcat output
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Research direction
No source files, tests, or entry points are named. Reproduce the listed Left, Ctrl+Left, Alt+Left, and Alt+Right behaviors in the search bar with a physical keyboard, then locate the search UI and its focus or key-handling path; done means each shortcut moves the caret correctly without shifting focus unexpectedly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100