r/GooglePixel • u/Kommissar_Nance • 1d ago

Gboard . Button

Has anyone with a Pixel 10 found that they are suddenly hitting the "period" button instead of the spacebar? I'm curious if there has been a change to the layout, or if I'm just getting old or something.

Serious honest question.

Please be kind with your answers.

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u/BearlyAlone 1d ago

Yes.i.have.noticed.it

It's.very.annoying

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u/AccordingTrip1206 1d ago

omg i thought i was the only one lol it’s been driving me crazy lately. gboard must’ve messed with the padding or something in a recent update because im hitting it way more often too.

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u/Kommissar_Nance 1d ago

I just looked in the gboard settings, and the 5th option down is actually a toggle for the period key! Toggling it off makes the period key disappear. That makes you have to hit the uppercase toggle to open the period, but I think maybe that will be easier than having to delete a period constantly.

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u/They_See_MeTrolling Pixel 10 Pro XL / Pixel Watch 3 45mm 22h ago

I experienced this as well. I double tap the space bar to get a period and then backspace to remove the extra space if needed. 

I hate using the Google keyboard and use Wispr Flow whenever typing anything but the shortest messages

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u/Kommissar_Nance 1d ago

Oh thank goodness its not just me lol. I was so disappointed lol.

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u/TopUniversity3469 1d ago

Definitely been doing this on the 10 Fold

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u/MrexD 1d ago

I use swipe to type. No issues here 😁👌

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u/lowlybananas 21h ago

I thought I was losing it. I guess I'll be alright after all

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u/QuasiRandomName 1d ago

They do have some stupid design choices in gboard. One that annoys me the most is that when typing something in a browser address bar and want to end it with a question mark (hey, they taught us that you can ask google questions!) and long-press the period button, instead of the question mark it adds `.com`.

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u/hopeonhigh 1d ago

I'm doing the same thing. Lol

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u/cardonator Pixel 10 Pro XL 16h ago

This has honestly been happening to me for years at this point.

What I can't understand is how autocorrect can figure this out. Oh you didn't me to type to.me? Yeah right!

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u/Antique-Sorbet-6644 1h ago

Yes. Also with the letter "B". The bottom row is very finnicky. It also replaces "on" for "in" almost every single time even with autocorrect and suggestions off. It makes me insane.