Shift keyboard button isn't working

[svipas]

Description
If I type into input fields using Shift it isn't working, instead of U it returns u, same goes for symbols like !, etc. I have to use keyboard from the simulator.

Environment

• Version of currently used Radon IDE: 1.0.0
• Version of React Native/Expo used in the project: 51 (Expo) and 0.74 (RN)

[svipas]

Seems like after reloading VS Code it started to work again, not sure what the issue was.

EDIT: Happened again, I did get some errors while working and debugger was paused, maybe it is the cause? Needs more investigation...

[jacobffl]

I figured out that fn + shift works as expected.
This is a nice workaround, but it is still a clunky experience while typing.

[ovidiu-deliu]

In my case neither VSCode restart or fn + shift don't solve the issue. It's a bit clunky as neither CMD + V doesn't work for pasting data from an outer context respective to the device, so I have to paste manually (iOS hold click and wait for the pop-up options)

[maciekstosio]

Hi, thanks for the feedback. We're investing in the problem, but it is a bit tricky as it's related to communication with the iOS simulator, which is not documented. You can paste something from the clipboard using long press and paste, but it's not always reliable.

[ovidiu-deliu]

In my case for an iPhone 15 Pro simulator - the shift key simply started recognized all of a sudden. The CMD + V command still doesn't work but at least I can use shift for text-inputs to input uppercased letters and symbols.

If needed I can provide any requested data/config for debugging

[maciekstosio]

@ovidiu-deliu Yeah, it stops working randomly, probably, it depends on changing input preferences during the keyboard transition on the simulator.

If needed I can provide any requested data/config for debugging

Thanks, events are sent to the simserver properly, so for now, It's not necessary. I can reproduce the problem reliably, but I haven't found a proper solution yet. We're working on it.

The CMD + V command still doesn't work

This won't work. When you're copying CMD + C, we copy the selected content to the device clipboard. You should be able to long-press the input and select paste on the device. It works, although when I tested it, it wasn't always reliable.

[ovidiu-deliu]

To add more feedback to the issue - It seems that Caps Lock could fix the issue, but it is behaving interestingly.

In my case (as you mentioned @maciekstosio) the keyboard randomly transitions between two states:

• it works normally (shift works as expected)
• shift doesn't work + Caps Lock behaves differently

The CapsLock behavior goes as following:
-> typing lower case
-> press Caps Lock -> weird state where most of the letters do not input and it seems like there's a command state, because pressing H minimizes the app (tried other letters, they do not seem to do anything - only inputs letters "RTYOPSDJKLNM", the others are ignored)
-> press again Caps Lock -> typing upper case
-> press again Caps Lock -> weird state

Also - I can somehow transition between the "with-shift" and "without-shift" states also seemingly randomly

[maciekstosio]

@ovidiu-deliu Caps Lock behaves weirdly because, in contrary to other buttons, clicking Caps-Lock (down and up) sends just one event. So despite it beeing pressed and released, keyboard treats it as it is hold for the entrie time, and thus can go out of sync when pressing with different focus. That supposed to be fiexed in #986, but unfortunetly it's separate problem.

[jarredwitt]

Currently dealing with the shift key not working in the iOS sim.

IDE Version: 1.3.1
iPhone 15 Pro sim

The shift key works just fine in Android although the numpad does not (may be a separate issue). On iOS the numpad works great, but the shift key is not working. It's making it incredibly frustrating to test out auth flows that require emails as I can't type shift+2 to get the @ symbol on iOS.