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I have a Verizon Motorola Droid Pro (Android 2.3.3), and a persistent aggravation with the browser application.

Whenever typing in an input field and using a dash - that is adjacent to its preceding character, the next character I type is placed before the dash, and then the cursor placed before the dash. That is, assuming I'm trying to type android-browser:

  1. I type android- At that moment, the cursor is correctly after the dash.
  2. I type b The b is placed before the dash, and the cursor is now located after the b, before the dash. So if I kept typing I would end up with androidbrowser- with the cursor still before the dash.

This only happens in the Browser application, when I am inserting a dash that is adjacent to its preceding text. So if I were trying to type android - browser it would work fine. In order to get around this, I have to type android- and then manually move the cursor (although the end location is exactly where it already is at the end of the text!)

This happened before the Android system update a few months ago too, and I had hoped that the update would fix it... but, no dice!

I've considered that an alternate browser could be a solution, but I'd prefer to stick with the Android browser, I think.

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    Have you tried a different keyboard app? Even though Droid Pro has a physical keyboard, alternate input methods may change its behavior.
    – Chahk
    Jan 25, 2012 at 14:05
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    I agree with Chahk, this sounds like an issue with the keyboard app that handles the software side, like auto-complete or spell corrections. Not to mention this device runs BLUR which has always been rather buggy.
    – Ryan Conrad
    Jan 25, 2012 at 14:36
  • @Chahk I'll look at that option some!
    – Andrew Barber
    Jan 25, 2012 at 16:55

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It seems that, as noted in the comments, changing my keyboard app has solved this. I was having trouble with my default kb app going to 100% cpu when entering text lately, so that prompted me to try a new one, finally.

I have tried multiple times while typing this answer to get the behavior to occur again, and it won't. Yippee!

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