This bug is related to the Xbox on-screen keyboard changes when typing in the chat box.
It is related to this bug: MCPE-159777
However the post created for that issue does not highlight how destructive this bug is to anyone who is playing Minecraft on an Xbox using a Keyboard. It is quite literally impossible to type out a command with any sort of reasonable/acceptable speed and efficiency, to the point where it's just not worth the fuss.
This bug has been around for over a YEAR now and it is unacceptable, I haven't been able to play Minecraft in the way I like to for the longest time, and my passion project is in purgatory. I seriously need the bug fixing staff to understand how frustrated the Xbox map making and command community is with this issue, please, please, please fix this, it should be way more of a priority than whatever it is now.
How to recreate the issue.
Enter a world with cheats/commands enabled.
Use an xbox with a keyboard plugged in and type "/give a"
Press the TAB Key to cycle through the autofill suggestions shown on the left side of the screen.
Result. The game does not autofill anything, and instead thinks you're using the on-screen keyboard and not the chat box in-game.
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Arisa Bot
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I don't need access to the next update to know that this won't be fixed by then, sorry bot.
Reply from @unknown:
Please limit your comments to information related to reproducing the bug. Comments like this are not helpful in getting the issue resolved.
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I don't need access to the next update to know that this won't be fixed by then, sorry bot.
Reply from @unknown:
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The confirmation status should not be "Plausible" it's 100% confirmed.
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The confirmation status should not be "Plausible" it's 100% confirmed.
CookieCft
@Write Off agreed. Here is a video of the bug in action
[media]. As you can see when TAB is pressed, the on-screen keyboard makes a noise and flashes, but nothing happens in Minecraft.
Hangekisobu
So MCPE-175069 has been fixed, but is this fixed?
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No it isn't fixed. I'd say that MCPE-175069 isn't fixed completely either, I couldn't actually see the list of items to cycle through, the results were cycling on controller but I had no idea what was coming up next as a result, at least on Xbox it was very clunky for me, unless I was just doing it wrong.
But no, this specific bug when using a keyboard is still an issue.
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No it isn't fixed. I'd say that MCPE-175069 isn't fixed completely either, I couldn't actually see the list of items to cycle through, the results were cycling on controller but I had no idea what was coming up next as a result, at least on Xbox it was very clunky for me, unless I was just doing it wrong.
But no, this specific bug when using a keyboard is still an issue.
CookieCft
Still an issue in the latest preview. And as the original poster stated, it is unacceptable how this used to work properly but was removed for no reason in the performance update. I'm sure it could be fixed if some light was shed on it, maybe by using a custom keyboard interface rather than the Xbox one when using an external keyboard.
Jarl-Penguin
Thank you for your report!
After consideration, the issue is being closed as Won't Fix.
Please note that this is not the same as Working as Intended, as this bug report correctly describes behavior in the game that might not be the intended or desirable behavior, but it will not be fixed right now. Sometimes, this is because the issue reported is minor and/or impossible to change without large architectural changes to the code base.
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