gboard doesn't enter suggested words with spacebar

[bmorgan67]

I have added a few words/phrases to the auto correct list on the gboard keyboard. I believe when I type in Yw for You're welcome. it's suppose to insert the change with the spacebar. It does not. I have to select the correction from the suggested words list above the keyboard. Any ideas on how I can get this to work or is it just not supposed to work. I have that option turned on in the settings. Any help would be great. Thanks.

 

[Thacy]

Spacebar will only insert the highlighted word(like a bold word). Are you sure that "You're welcome" is highlighted when you type in "Yw"?

 

[ManiacJoe]

In the settings for the Google keyboard, make sure you have the spacebar enabled for auto-correction. I always turn this off because it is a cause of all the auto-correct "humor".

 

[bmorgan67]

It's not highlighted but it is in the middle of the suggested words.

The space bar option is enabled.

 

[Thacy]

According to the explaination in the settings, the spacebar only works when the word is highlighted. When a word is highlighted, it is in the middle, but in the middle doesn't equal to being highlighted. You may do a small test. For example, when I type Ys, Yes is highlighted in the middle, and the spacebar works. Maybe Gboard still needs longer for complicated typing.

 

[bmorgan67]

Thanks for your help. it looks like it just do what some many other keyboards can do. It's a shame since I like the way it does everything else.