1242304 - when user types text with a space in the URL bar, we should turn on autocorrect in the keyboard

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1388260

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Awesomescreen, defect)

Description

[Vladimir Vukicevic [:vlad] [:vladv] (needinfo me, slow to respond)]

When the user types a space in the URL bar, they are entering a search query.  We should then turn on the keyboard's autocorrect and predictive text functionality.  If the user backspaces over the first space, we can either turn it off, or likely just leave it on -- I think that space signals a search query.  Typing a full URL is less likely on mobile anyway than typing a search query.

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

This is tricky. They might be searching for an item in history/bookmarks, the suggested text will mostly cover a history/bookmarks search result. Should we do this in private browsing mode? The keyboard will likely save your text in its learning database. Samsung already ignores our request in this manner and has confused users in the past. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1105010 for an example.

Comment 2

[Jan Henning [:JanH]]

We've reenabled keyboad text prediction some time ago, at least outside of private browsing. For private browsing IME_FLAG_NO_PERSONALIZED_LEARNING would be a better fit once more keyboards actually start supporting that and bug 1388260 has some more thinking on that topic.