759437 - Consider inserting spaces in AwesomeBar between words in committed by Swype after the user manually enters a space

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Keyboards and IME, enhancement, P4)

Description

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

STR:
1. Open AwesomeScreen
2. Using Swype VKB, enter a search phrase with multiple words like "download firefox mobile android"

AR:
Unlike Swype text entry in other forms, the AwesomeScreen requires you to manually insert a space between each word.

ER:
It would be convenient if the first manually-entered space shifts AwesomeScreen text entry into an "auto-insert subsequent spaces between whole words committed from Swype" mode.

Comment 1

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

bnicholson and I have sketched out a new (but untested) heuristic for Swype behavior in the AwesomeBar:

1. Initial AwesomeBar mode = SEARCH.
2. If IME == Swype, then tell Swype to auto-insert spaces between words.
3. If mode == SEARCH and Swype user enters '.' or ':' (or '/'?), then mode = URL (so Swype will stop inserting spaces).
4. If Swype user enters ' ', then revert to mode = PERMA_SEARCH (so step #3 does not re-enter URL mode).

Brian suggested a simpler algorithm that may have slightly more overhead:

1. Look at the whole string every time the text changes.
2. If there's a '.' and no ' ', then URL mode is on; otherwise it's off

Comment 2

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

WONTFIX because bug 767597 was a better (and less complicated) solution.

Comment 3

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Reopening because bnicholson pointed out that this bug is a complement to bug 767597, not an alternative.

Comment 4

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