Pressing 'Enter' in chat doesn't send the message / command that you typed. This forces you to manually press the 'Send' button in the bottom right every time you're done typing. This happens on controller as well as an external keyboard.
Observed results:
When pressing the enter key, the text input field is simply deselected instead of the message being sent like it does on other platforms
Expected results:
When the enter key is pressed, the entered text should be sent instead of the field being deselected
As some other commenters also mentioned, this is an issue caused by the 'Performance Update' for the Xbox version on the 5th October, 2022.
The same issue is also present on iOS, see my report MCPE-172814
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To add to this problem, when using an external keyboard and mouse on xbox when trying to type out a command or just a simple chat message; the tab button does not cycle through the options anymore because the xbox internal keyboard keeps popping up(this was not an issue in 1.18 or any previous versions), the up arrow does not cycle through previously typed out messages or commands anymore because the internal xbox keyboard keeps popping up(this also was not an issue in 1.18 or any previous versions), when you go into the chat overlay: you cant instantly start typing, instead you have to press "enter" on the keyboard or go down to the textbox in order to pop up the xbox keyboard to start typing, in 1.18 or previous versions all you had to do was go into the chat and instantly start typing even if the xbox internal keyboard was not already up. In conclusion, these "features" that mojang added to the chat system for xbox keyboard and mouse players was NEVER needed and is a massive problem for people who use commands.
To add to this problem, when using an external keyboard and mouse on xbox when trying to type out a command or just a simple chat message; the tab button does not cycle through the options anymore because the xbox internal keyboard keeps popping up(this was not an issue in 1.18 or any previous versions), the up arrow does not cycle through previously typed out messages or commands anymore because the internal xbox keyboard keeps popping up(this also was not an issue in 1.18 or any previous versions), when you go into the chat overlay: you cant instantly start typing, instead you have to press "enter" on the keyboard or go down to the textbox in order to pop up the xbox keyboard to start typing, in 1.18 or previous versions all you had to do was go into the chat and instantly start typing even if the xbox internal keyboard was not already up. In conclusion, these "features" that mojang added to the chat system for xbox keyboard and mouse players was NEVER needed and is a massive problem for people who use commands.
To help get this reproduced;
Open the in-game chat menu
Type something in chat
Press the 3 lines button (if you're on controller) or the enter key (if you have a keyboard connected)
Observed Results: Whatever you've written in-chat does not get sent after pressing the 3 lines button or enter key, and you instead have to press the send button in the bottom right corner of the chat menu.
Expected Results: Whatever you've written in-chat should automatically get sent upon pressing the 3 lines button or enter key.
This is much more of an issue with a physical keyboard however, as you have to go all the way to the bottom right instead of pressing the X button
@Nanyo Business it was fixed for me. Can you share your setup so I can try and replicate your issue?
@CookieCft on Xbox, pressing enter on my keyboard will not send the message like it did in 2022, I have to click on the send message button with my cursor to send the message
I'm still able to successfully send messages in chat with both the 3 lines button on a controller and the enter button on an external keyboard in Preview 1.21.0.24 on Xbox
@Nanyo Business just so you're aware the fix is not out to the main game yet and won't be until 1.21 full release.