What is the odd bar above keyboard?

[scouser75]

As the title says guys, what is the odd bar above my keyboard?

Since installing 26, I have this odd and pointless bar above my keyboard. It does absolutely nothing other than get in the way when typing long messages.

I can get rid of it by pressing the tick ☑️ but then it comes straight back when i go back into the text box.

Does anyone know what it is? And more importantly, how can i get rid if it?

 

[revs]

That's there in previous iOS too, just less obvious than it is now. It's for webforms and it's a 'previous field', 'next field' button.

Never use it myself, not sure how many people do - would love an option to remove it, but its been there for years.

Here it is on previous versions:

 

[scouser75]

Thank you revs. I must say, I've never had this before. I also checked my wife's and kids' ios18nphones and they too don't have this.

I now also have this when I type. My eyesight is bad at the best of times, but with this I have no chance 🥸😂

There has to be a way of getting rid of this bar surely!

 

[BigBlur]

There's no way to remove it. It's specific to Safari (other browsers have it too), and only when you're typing into a box on a web page. Is that where/how you checked on your wife's and kids' phones? It won't show up in other apps or when typing in the address/search bar in Safari.

 

[FNH15]

Thank you revs. I must say, I've never had this before. I also checked my wife's and kids' ios18nphones and they too don't have this.

I now also have this when I type. My eyesight is bad at the best of times, but with this I have no chance 🥸😂

There has to be a way of getting rid of this bar surely!

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Looks like a bug. Does it look washed out with the default keyboard?

 

[scouser75]

There's no way to remove it. It's specific to Safari (other browsers have it too), and only when you're typing into a box on a web page. Is that where/how you checked on your wife's and kids' phones? It won't show up in other apps or when typing in the address/search bar in Safari.

I checked Chrome and it does appear there.

On the family phones, I checked Macrumors and tested the same way. And no sign of the box at all.

It also seems to do hi nothing at all.

Looks like a bug. Does it look washed out with the default keyboard?

Yup. The washed out look only kicked in today. I really don't want to do another fresh install, but may do if it somehow doesn't fix itself.

 

[BigBlur]

On the family phones, I checked Macrumors and tested the same way. And no sign of the box at all.

That's odd. Are you able to post a screenshot of their screen and keyboard? I would have expected it to look like revs's screenshot.

 

[scouser75]

This is from my wife’s phone. Realised there is a similar bar - albeit there’s the word Done rather than a tick.

The difference is , the bar doesn’t intrude on the keyboard or text and I’m able to scroll up and down without the need to click Done first. Oh and the screen isn’t washed out 😂