How to select an Autocorrect suggestion?

kdum8 · Jan 1, 2013, 11:42 PM

Often when I fill in my email address for a web form I use the keyboard shortcut 'eml' that I have set up on my iPad to input my email address. However after typing 'eml' and seeing my email address suggestion appear, I have to press the space bar for iOS to take my suggestion and input it, and then hit the delete key to remove the space which I don't want.

Is there any way to get the autocorrect feature to be selected without having to add another character and then deleting it?

iphnhelp · Jan 2, 2013, 12:01 AM

Sometimes there is a Next button above the keyboard if it's a form with a password field after the Email field. Hitting next will input the suggestion- but sometimes there is no Next button.

In that case, I've just been hitting space also. If there is a better way I'd like to know too.

rrandyy · Jan 2, 2013, 12:01 AM

Not that I'm aware of--I do the same thing. Hopefully someone can fill us in if there is a better way to do it.

jkauff · Jan 2, 2013, 01:58 PM

Apple should get rid of the automatic space. I often have to backspace over it when I want to add an "s" to the Autocorrect word. If the reason for having it is the possibility of accidentally triggering the double-space period, they should just introduce an extra millisecond or two delay to the space bar.

Jan 1, 2013, 11:42 PM	#1
kdum8 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kyoto, Japan	How to select an Autocorrect suggestion? Often when I fill in my email address for a web form I use the keyboard shortcut 'eml' that I have set up on my iPad to input my email address. However after typing 'eml' and seeing my email address suggestion appear, I have to press the space bar for iOS to take my suggestion and input it, and then hit the delete key to remove the space which I don't want. Is there any way to get the autocorrect feature to be selected without having to add another character and then deleting it? __________________ 15" MBP 4.1, 2.5 GHz C2D, 4GB RAM 750GB HD, OS 10.8.3 - iPad 3. iOS 6.1.3 - iPad Nano 6G. Have a question? First run a search!
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Jan 2, 2013, 12:01 AM	#2
iphnhelp macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	Sometimes there is a Next button above the keyboard if it's a form with a password field after the Email field. Hitting next will input the suggestion- but sometimes there is no Next button. In that case, I've just been hitting space also. If there is a better way I'd like to know too.
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Jan 2, 2013, 12:01 AM	#3
rrandyy macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2009	Not that I'm aware of--I do the same thing. Hopefully someone can fill us in if there is a better way to do it.
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Jan 2, 2013, 01:58 PM	#4
jkauff macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	Apple should get rid of the automatic space. I often have to backspace over it when I want to add an "s" to the Autocorrect word. If the reason for having it is the possibility of accidentally triggering the double-space period, they should just introduce an extra millisecond or two delay to the space bar.
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