whether you have plugged a keyboard and mouse into an Xbox or simply play bedock edition on pc/laptop then this will inconvenience you: sometimes when I open chat it will instantly let me type, as it should, but other times (most of the time) I must press enter to start typing. On Java edition, if I was to press T then i can start typing immediately, however, on bedrock this only happens about 20% of the time meaning I sometimes type out entire commands while not even a letter actually appears and I must press enter and type it all again.
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We're actually already tracking this issue at MCPE-56228, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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