Improve Keyboard Support

[vinceingithub]

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Affected app version

1.1.4

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11 GO

Affected device model

CAT S22 Flip

How did you install the app?

F-Droid / IzzyOnDroid

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Open app in a device with a physical keyboard (example, CAT S22 Flip)
2. Press the button which switches from one page element to another (tab key functionality, speakerphone button on CAT S22)
3. See that rather than switching from the search bar's elements to the conversations (so that you could click on a conversation to open it) it gets stuck on the search bar and loops between its elements

Expected behavior

I expect that when hitting the tab key, it will switch between the elements of the search bar, then the conversation elements so that I can scroll through them and press enter to open a conversation.

Actual behavior

As stated above, pressing tab only loops between the search bar elements and remains stuck there.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Additional information

For an example of how this functionality should work, see the SimpleMobileTools SMS app.

[naveensingh]

it gets stuck on the search bar and loops between its elements
For an example of how this functionality should work, see the SimpleMobileTools SMS app.

I don't have an Android device with physical keyboard but I checked the latest simple version from GitHub, it has same problem when using a USB based keyboard (or when using scrcpy).

Ctrl + Tab works for me but I'm not sure if there is a control button equivalent on these phones.