As an iOS dev, I can tell you this is an easy QOL fix...

Barkley·7/17/2019, 1:33:25 AM·2 votes·3,827 views

Please turn off iOS/Android auto correct for your text fields on the boards.

Incredibly frustrating to try to talk about league champs on mobile and have them auto corrected to soma, Geiger, Jarvis, graves.... oh obviously graves works... Tengwar, blitzcrank (blitzcrank just gets a red underline like wtf you tryin to spell)

Idk if you’re using html, JavaScript, or whatever, but I can’t think of a language where it wouldn’t just be a Boolean on the text field object. Probably like .enableAutoCorrect = false or some equally obvious shit.

Put some junior/associate dev on it with a google search pointed at stack overflow. it’ll take them 4 seconds.

9 Comments

ModThe Djinn7/17/2019, 2:25:14 AM3 votes

It's also frustrating to have a commonly expected feature of a text area (such as autocorrect) that you're used to having work suddenly stop working. I don't believe simply turning it off is such an "easy" UX answer as you suggest, as it does come with some significant downsides in other expected usability (even if the adjustment itself wouldn't be especially hard).

DuskDaUmbreon7/17/2019, 1:55:02 AM2 votes

Alternatively, just add the names to your dictionary.

Boom. Feature to solve the issue is in place. Took me all of 0 seconds to implement.

KFCeytron7/17/2019, 3:12:47 AM1 votes

Isn't autocorrect a device-specific feature? I set my phone to never ever change what I manually type in, and the most it'll do is underline the unrecognized word and provide suggestions. If I use that word a few times, it'll be added to the dictionary automatically. I can then use that word in my normal method of touchscreen keyboard input, which is swipe/glide typing.

If you disable autocorrect on a certain website's text fields, you lose it for all words, not just unusual ones. If you add new words to the dictionary instead, autocorrect turns into an advantage, correcting e.g. "Blotzcrank" to "Blitzcrank."