What is the odd bar above keyboard? [MERGED]

[scouser75]

A quick update. SwiftKey finally had an update yesterday. Really wasn’t expecting this. But was hoping the issue with illegible text when typing would be fixed - especially on this site. Unfortunately no luck. The illegible text issue is still present.

 

[-BigMac-]

It's been around for ages

 

[scouser75]

It's been around for ages

SwiftKey has been around for ages or the update?

I’ve had SwiftKey for years and prefer it over the standard keyboard. But since the latest iOS it’s been terrible, especially here. I need to revert to the standard keyboard to be able to see text. I was hoping the SwiftKey update would’ve resolved this issue.

 

[BigBlur]

A quick update. SwiftKey finally had an update yesterday. Really wasn’t expecting this. But was hoping the issue with illegible text when typing would be fixed - especially on this site. Unfortunately no luck. The illegible text issue is still present.

What exactly is the issue? The odd bar you mention in your original post is not a bug. In post #22, you said you fixed the washed out look. I've been using SwiftKey and haven't been noticing any issues with it.

 

[scouser75]

What exactly is the issue? The odd bar you mention in your original post is not a bug. In post #22, you said you fixed the washed out look. I've been using SwiftKey and haven't been noticing any issues with it.

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That's strange. When I use SwiftKey, the text is totally dark. Any suggestions why this could be ?

 

[BigBlur]

That's strange. When I use SwiftKey, the text is totally dark. Any suggestions why this could be ?

Do you mean the keyboard is dark, as seen post #3? That is a theme. You can go into the SwiftKey app to change that. I'm using the Default X theme. Looks like you might be using the Oxygen Dark Blue theme.

 

[scouser75]

Do you mean the keyboard is dark, as seen post #3? That is a theme. You can go into the SwiftKey app to change that. I'm using the Default X theme. Looks like you might be using the Oxygen Dark Blue theme.

Not the keyboard but the text itself as seen in this picture

 

[BigBlur]

Gotcha, that's the washed out look in dark mode, similar to post #22.

I played around with this some more and was finally able to reproduce it. It seems to happen when both of these are true:

• The number row is displaying on the keyboard
• Using 'Bottom' tabs in Safari

I'm not sure if this is an iOS bug, SwiftKey bug, or both...but turning off the number row, or switching to 'Compact' or 'Top' tabs stops the issue from happening.