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P2Important issues not at the top of the work lista: text inputEntering text in a text field or keyboard related problemsc: new featureNothing broken; request for a new capabilityfound in release: 3.3Found to occur in 3.3found in release: 3.7Found to occur in 3.7frameworkflutter/packages/flutter repository. See also f: labels.has reproducible stepsThe issue has been confirmed reproducible and is ready to work onplatform-iosiOS applications specificallyteam-iosOwned by iOS platform teamtriaged-iosTriaged by iOS platform team

Description

@peaklev
peaklev
opened on May 28, 2017

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run the Flutter Gallery application on an iPhone.
  2. Select the "Text fields" demo.
  3. Click on any text field.
  4. Notice the keyboard does not show previous and next arrows to tab between field.

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[✓] Flutter (on Mac OS X 10.12.4 16E195, locale en-US, channel master)
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  1. eseidelGoogle
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    platform-iosiOS applications specifically
    on May 30, 2017

  2. eseidelGoogle commented on May 30, 2017

    @eseidelGoogle
    eseidelGoogle
    on May 30, 2017
    Contributor

    I thought @cbracken fixed this (or something like it?).

  3. eseidelGoogle
    added
    a: text inputEntering text in a text field or keyboard related problems
    on May 30, 2017

  4. cbracken commented on May 30, 2017

    @cbracken
    cbracken
    on May 30, 2017
    Member

    @peaklev I assume you mean something like this? @eseidelGoogle, I previously fixed #8744, which covers the arrow key behaviour for cursor movement within a text field for physical keyboards and extended (horizontal) keyboard layouts.

    img_0319

  5. peaklev commented on May 30, 2017

    @peaklev
    peaklev
    on May 30, 2017
    Author

    Yes, looking for the arrow buttons above the keyboard to appear automatically so the user can tab between fields.

  6. cbracken commented on May 30, 2017

    @cbracken
    cbracken
    on May 30, 2017
    Member

    Thanks for confirming!

  7. pdefuns commented on Oct 10, 2018

    @pdefuns
    pdefuns
    on Oct 10, 2018

    Any update here?
    If previous/next is added, the done button would be nice as well.

    offtopic: Is there a difference for text and number keyboards? The handling for the done, next buttons are working with the "normal" text keyboard - but not with the number keyboard

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    on Dec 11, 2018
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  11. AleksandarSavic95 commented on Aug 9, 2021

    @AleksandarSavic95
    AleksandarSavic95
    on Aug 9, 2021

    Hello devs! Any update on this?

  12. darshankawar commented on Jan 11, 2023

    @darshankawar
    darshankawar
    on Jan 11, 2023
    Member

    The behavior seem to persists running on iOS, as shown below, but I am not sure if this is intended behavior or not.

    Screenshot 2023-01-11 at 6 07 15 PM

    For example, I looked at contacts app on iPhone and while adding a new contact, it does not show the previous and next buttons on the keyboard, as shown below:

    Screenshot 2023-01-11 at 6 07 24 PM

    Keeping this issue open and updating the labels.

    stable, master flutter doctor -v 
    [✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.3.10, on macOS 12.2.1 21D62 darwin-x64, locale
    en-GB)
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      Download the latest version or update via the Mac App Store.
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    • Darshan's iphone (mobile)  • 21150b119064aecc249dfcfe05e259197461ce23 •
      ios            • iOS 14.4.1 18D61
    • iPhone 12 Pro Max (mobile) • A5473606-0213-4FD8-BA16-553433949729     •
      ios            • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-3 (simulator)
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    darwin-x64, locale en-GB)
    • Flutter version 3.7.0-17.0.pre.21 on channel master at
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[✓] VS Code (version 1.62.0)
    • VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
    • Flutter extension version 3.21.0

[✓] Connected device (5 available)
    • SM G975F (mobile)       • RZ8M802WY0X • android-arm64   • Android 11 (API 30)
    • Darshan's iphone (mobile)  • 21150b119064aecc249dfcfe05e259197461ce23 •
      ios            • iOS 14.4.1 18D61
    • iPhone 12 Pro Max (mobile) • A5473606-0213-4FD8-BA16-553433949729     •
      ios            • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-3 (simulator)
    • macOS (desktop)            • macos                                    •
      darwin-x64     • Mac OS X 10.15.4 19E2269 darwin-x64
    • Chrome (web)               • chrome                                   •
      web-javascript • Google Chrome 98.0.4758.80

[✓] HTTP Host Availability
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! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
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  15. mossmana commented on Oct 19, 2023

    @mossmana
    mossmana
    on Oct 19, 2023
    Contributor

    This issue seems similar to #72625.

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    on Apr 4, 2024
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