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[Simos Xenitellis <simos.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, August 22, 2015, Dominik Wnęk <dominik@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I really like the virtual keyboard (I especially like my Polish accented
characters on the top level - great idea), but I was wondering about the
operation of the .com, etc buttons.
>
> I have a habit (one I should shake, I admit, but still), when entering a
web address, to tap the dot button, remember there's a button for it and
then tap the .com button.
>
> iOS realises there's a dot already there and just adds the "com" part,
but UT does not, resulting in ..com. Additionally, the browser will then
silently fail to load the page, erasing the whole address I'd just
painstakingly input from the address bar (which is horribly annoying if the
address is long).
>
> Is this something I might report as a bug, or perhaps it's already being
worked on?
>

The .com text comes from your keyboard layout. For example, for the Polish
layout, you might have the choice for a .pl key.

I believe that the logic that detects whether there are two dots, is done
in the app and not in the keyboard layout. To verify, type such a URL in a
text editor on an iPhone.

A hostname with two consequetive dots is probable illegal, so I assume that
the browser just removes the duplicates as a usability feature.

Simos


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