A tee tiny keyboard- huh?

[JoJo4360]

In CNN Mobile app and asked HEY GOOGLE a question and it got it wrong so I went to type it in and it brought up this ridiculously tiny small keyboard and stuffed it sorta in the upper right corner of the page?! Can't change the size can't even type the letters are way too small?! I'm like what the heck is going on here? And the keyboard isn't even in the corner exactly, it's like ¼” from top and right?!

I saw this a week or so ago in another app I can't remember which one, but I forgot about it until now. Anyone else notice this same thing? This has to, has to be from last update because I've never seen this ever before. Anyone?

Look at that crazy keyboard . Who can use this! Oh,I think it's YouTube in one of their applications it brings up this crazy keyboard. Oh ya, it's when it's in landscape view! That's right, cause I sometimes make a comment from landscape, mostly on portrait that's why I only saw it like once or twice recently. OMG neverending mysteries

I got another nutty thing I'll get to later

[meself]

Maybe a fly keyboard haha

[JoJo4360]

Lol. Thank you, meself.
I like that - meself! I actually say that, and in different ways. Funny

[BrüZZi]

Looks like the floating keyboard.

 

[JoJo4360]

Hey BruZZi!

I wished it was the floating keyboard because I could change it, but it's not that.

Athough I can move that keyboard like the floating keyboard I can't change to the regular size. The only thing I can change in that example is a little enlarge (a real small amount) left and right, or up and down, and I can reposition it anywhere in a margin, but that's it. It's really, really odd. And, it's the same exact issue with YouTube landscape view when wanting to comment on what it is you are viewing. And that's NEW with update

Previously on YouTube landscape viewing, if wanting to make a comment, a landscape keyboard popped up underneath the viewing screen - exactly as you'd expect! I cannot understand their thinking of why this strange change. I know, Jack Daniels! Yeah, good ole JD. 😆 Only fooling

Thank you! 😊

[BrüZZi · Accepted solution]

Quote: "Hey BruZZi!
I wished it was the floating keyboard because I could change it, but it's not that.
Athough I can move that keyboard like the floating keyboard I can't change to the regular size.

It is the Gboard keyboard in floating mode.

To be able to change the size, the only way I know is to have "Show Suggestion Strip" On (Text Correction Option), to show the shortcut top bar.

 

Click on the 4 square option:

Then click on Floating/Regular option.

 

 

[JoJo4360]

BruZZi -

Yup, yup, you did it!

It woiked! Thank you! ❤️.

Okay, so at this point I have to consider this a "workaround." The pop-up keyboard, although the view is perfect, it covers the bottom 2/3+ of the viewing screen and you can't see the screen!

Before they "changed" this design, the landscape keyboard was at the bottom 1/3 of the viewing screen and the movie screenMOVED UP to the top 2/3 and the keyboard DIDN'T cover the viewing screen.

I think before it was a little bit too skinny (head to foot ) and now it's way bigger but regardless of that size, not fully moving the movie screen up on top of the keyboard is nuts. I wouldn't know why "they" couldn't see that was wrong.

Anyway, BuZZi, thank you! Great job for ME. At least now I can type 😃

Best,

Joel

[JoJo4360]

Oh wow, I just noticed you wrote that comment 7/31 and I'm just now seeing and digesting it. I'm late, sorry. It definitely woiked. 😄

[Popsicle20]

This appears to be Samsung's floating keyboard.  To change it, go to Settings > General Management > Samsung Keyboard settings > Mode (about halfway down the page).

Make sure that Floating Keyboard is turned off for both Portrait view and Landscape view.

[JoJo4360]

Hello,

I've checked that because I kind of thought the exact same thing, unfortunately it's not that. Besides, it came up by default with no way to get out of it. See I know it's from an update because that tiny keyboard just happened for the first time recently. And, like here, I send feedback and so I know it's something. The only think I'm not 100% sure of is where this err came from, CNN or Google Samsung. I say Google Samsung only because the same exact sort of thing happened in YouTube when commenting from landscape... only from landscape. If you go to landscape view on YouTube and go to write a comment, you'll see what I'm saying. And if you don't? Well then, it's okay lol lol lol 😆

Thanks Popsicle 😊