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sl8

(14,166 posts)
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 12:14 PM Apr 2023

Does everyone get a drop-down list when they start to enter a thread or reply title?

When I try to enter a title, I get a pulldown list of my previously entered titles. When it appears, it blocks most of my virtual keyboard.

To get rid of it, I generally type some random letters (from the bottom row of the keyboard, which is not blocked), which causes the pulldown list to go away, because those letters don't match any previous titles. Once the keyboard is available, I backspace over the random characters and enter my desired title.

It's a very minor thing, but I was wondering if it was a common issue and if there's a way to avoid it.

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Does everyone get a drop-down list when they start to enter a thread or reply title? (Original Post) sl8 Apr 2023 OP
I started getting it when I got a new phone. It seems to be one... TreasonousBastard Apr 2023 #1
Browser feature Effete Snob Apr 2023 #2
Thank you for the fast & accurate response. sl8 Apr 2023 #3
when mine first started doing this i didn't notice and i posted a thread with some weird ass random orleans Apr 2023 #4
Come to think of it, this happens to me, too, it auto-fills a subject line I've typed before Rhiannon12866 Apr 2023 #5
Yes I've had that happen, it's very annoying. nt Raine Apr 2023 #6

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. I started getting it when I got a new phone. It seems to be one...
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 12:17 PM
Apr 2023

of the ways Google is making things "easier" for us.

sl8

(14,166 posts)
3. Thank you for the fast & accurate response.
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 12:27 PM
Apr 2023

In my version of the Brave browser, it's under Settings -> Addresses and more.

Too bad, I like when it offers to autofill an address, and that generally doesn't interfere with the keyboard. Ah, well, life is hard.

Thanks again.

orleans

(34,129 posts)
4. when mine first started doing this i didn't notice and i posted a thread with some weird ass random
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:45 PM
Apr 2023

title

oops

Rhiannon12866

(207,464 posts)
5. Come to think of it, this happens to me, too, it auto-fills a subject line I've typed before
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:34 AM
Apr 2023

Sometimes it's handy, saves having to type, like "K&R for the cartoons." But most of the time I have no intention of typing the same thing and it's stubborn, I have to back space out of it.

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