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by Glant 623 days ago
When I start typing a string that begins with "https://", disable autocorrect/auto capitalization. It gets frustrating having to fight the keyboard any time you type a url.
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I'd take a one-touch button to temporarily disable autocorrect/auto-capitalization. Either toggled or until next space.

I don't usually type the "https://" part if I'm spelling out a URL, and I type many more identifiers than URLs anyhow.

> I'd take a one-touch button to temporarily disable autocorrect/auto-capitalization. Either toggled or until next space.

AnySoftKeyboard¹ has this²; the button disappears with the suggestions but the setting only "sticks" until you dismiss the keyboard.

1: https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io

2: https://i.imgur.com/CE1xeGY.jpeg

Yes, and if I type X, backspace, X, backspace, and click somewhere near X again... you'd better not say I clicked X!
I don't think your keyboard can help with that? All that stuff is being done by the operating system.
Maybe on iOS? On Android the keyboard app is fully in charge of autocorrect so they all behave a bit differently.