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[Bug]: iPad composer loses focus after sending with Enter on a hardware keyboard #34394
Description
Before submitting
- I searched existing issues and did not find a duplicate.
- I included enough detail to reproduce or investigate the problem.
Area
apps/mobile
Steps to reproduce
- Open the T3 Code app on an iPad with a hardware keyboard attached.
- Open any thread and type a message in the composer.
- Press Enter to send it.
- Keep typing the next message without touching the screen.
Expected behavior
The composer keeps focus after sending, so you can type the next message right away, the same as the desktop app.
Actual behavior
The message sends, but focus leaves the composer. The keystrokes typed after Enter go nowhere. You have to tap the composer again before typing works.
Impact
Minor bug or occasional failure
Version or commit
Latest App Store version of the iPad app as of 2026-11-11.
Environment
iPad with an external hardware keyboard, native T3 Code iPad app.
Logs or stack traces
Screenshots, recordings, or supporting files
No response
Workaround
Tap the composer again after each send.
Related
- [Bug]: Pressing Enter with an external keyboard should send the prompt on iPad #5439 made Enter send on iPad with a hardware keyboard. The focus loss may come from that send path.
- [Bug]: Opening a thread on iPad focuses the composer and reduces the page height by 71px #29469 / fix(web): opening a thread on a touch tablet no longer focuses the composer #29496 are about composer autofocus on iPad, which touches the same focus logic.
Activity
shivamhwp commentedon Nov 12, 2026
Julius's #34484 already covers this and closes this issue. Its body traces the same path:
ThreadDetailScreen.handleSendMessageblurs the composer after each send, and a hardware-keyboard Return now goes through akeepFocuspath that skips that blur. Its author notes it wasn't reproduced on a device yet, so the device check is still open on that PR. Leaving the fix to #34484.