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Bery, there's a quirk of the submission form that really bugs me on tablets.

Posted by Mop (aka Rburriel) Apr 4 '16, 21:44

If the text exceeds the width of the subject line, I can't click away and come back and just continue typing at the end where I left off. It may just be an iOS thing, but it's utterly frustrating.

I have to either delete the subject line and start over, or cut/paste the text into the message body where I can see it all, do my edits, then return it to the subject field.

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If I turn my phone/tablet horizontally, left/right keys pop up on the keyboard. I use those to get to the end of the text or to edit. -- nm - kelly Apr 4, 21:57
It's an iOS thing. It annoys me too - I don't know what broke it. Used to work properly. maybe 9.3 fixes it? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 21:45 5
- The easy solution would be making it a textarea like on the edit form, but that's rather fugly. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 21:45 4
  - That seems like a reasonable compromise. We have a huge subject line field. Might as well see it all before we hit submit. -- nm - Mop Apr 4, 21:48 3
    - Textareas do not support "press enter to submit" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 21:52 2
      - Tim Berners-Lee, why do you forsake me?! -- nm - Mop Apr 4, 21:58 1
        
        I might try an alternative input style on Beta to try and overcome this -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 22:58

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