# The 'enter' key does nothing when logging in on Android
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [January 7, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309 "2017-01-07T05:02:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/1 "2017-01-07T05:02:47Z")
I just downloaded the Android app and thought it was broken because I was unable to login. Then I realized that hitting the enter key at the bottom right corner of the keyboard does nothing. I had to lower the keyboard and then hit the Discourse login button to complete the process.
I am using a Nexus 6P on latest (as of today) Android Nougat.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/2 "2017-01-07T06:23:08Z")
Can you screenshot the specific place you mean.
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### Author:  [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/3 "2017-01-07T06:55:00Z")
Here’s the login screen on my phone. After I type in my password I (naturally) clicked on the arrow at the bottom right corner of the keyboard expecting it to register as an ‘enter’ key. But, it does nothing. Like I said in my original post, at first I thought my password was wrong because I wasn’t being logged in.
[https://goo.gl/photos/1ZbhTYKKiXuESUWk8](https://goo.gl/photos/1ZbhTYKKiXuESUWk8)
In order to complete the login I had to drop the keyboard out of the way to click the (now visible) login button.
[https://goo.gl/photos/SwYUdtKmYUZ7ABqD9](https://goo.gl/photos/SwYUdtKmYUZ7ABqD9)
Wow, that’s weird. The 2 images I just posted are not displaying properly in the forum (I used direct links to the images in my Google Photos).
Here they are again as links not on separate lines: [https://goo.gl/photos/LMyab5PeVGHbwYvu5](https://goo.gl/photos/LMyab5PeVGHbwYvu5) and [https://goo.gl/photos/vLSs14tbN6DP4cKa6](https://goo.gl/photos/vLSs14tbN6DP4cKa6).
On another note, any idea why pasting the URL on it’s own line causes the image to not display properly? Actually, I will start a new thread about the image issue.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/4 "2017-01-07T07:07:58Z")
~~Your images are too tall, so they are being cropped.~~ Actually it looks like this is a quirk of Google Photos; try uploading the image directly here to compare.
If you log in via the Chrome browser directly, does enter on your mobile touch keyboard work as expected?
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### Author:  [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/5 "2017-01-07T07:13:15Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Actually it looks like this is a quirk of Google Photos; try uploading the image directly here to compare.
Here are both images uploaded to the forum:
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### Author:  [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/6 "2017-01-07T07:17:25Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> If you log in via the Chrome browser directly, does enter on your mobile touch keyboard work as expected?
No, it doesn’t work. Clicking the enter key does nothing. I have to drop the keyboard out of the way and then click on the Discourse “Log In” button.
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### Author:  [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/7 "2017-01-07T07:20:22Z")
More Google Photos weirdness. Here’s a direct link (posted on a separate line) to a video on my Google Photos. The video looks like it’s interpreted as an image.
[https://goo.gl/photos/w1vbUN8D2xMBEjaV9](https://goo.gl/photos/w1vbUN8D2xMBEjaV9)
But as you can see the video plays fine if you link it this way: [https://goo.gl/photos/w1vbUN8D2xMBEjaV9](https://goo.gl/photos/w1vbUN8D2xMBEjaV9)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/8 "2017-01-07T07:28:03Z")
Back on topic – I can confirm this on my beater Nexus 5. Enter on touch keyboard should work to log in, can you have a look Monday @tgxworld?
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/9 "2017-01-08T01:45:56Z")
It looks like the keyboard is giving a “Next Field” button (right facing arrow) instead of an “Enter” button.
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/10 "2017-01-09T05:22:01Z")
Fixed in
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e721e316990fce219a576101ba3eb7b2475b4843](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e721e316990fce219a576101ba3eb7b2475b4843)
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-enter-key-does-nothing-when-logging-in-on-android/55309/11 "2017-01-09T05:22:03Z")