Holding any key on chrome OS doesn't send repeated key presses

[mkokotovich]

In the rest of Chrome OS (and every other OS) when I press and hold backspace it eventually starts to send repeated keystrokes. In termux it doesn't seem to send the repeats, just one per press. I'd love to be able to backspace quickly by holding down the backspace key.

[qntmpkts]

Title should be modified to "Holding any key...".

This may be an issue with how Termux and other Android apps handle key inputs for public class KeyEvent: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html .
For example, on some Android apps in Chrome OS, the key-repeat-on-hold works as expected but on others it doesn't. I haven't done a code review of the repo in lieu of the maintainer, so just mentioning for now that this might be the underlying cause.

[qntmpkts]

According to rumors (because I cannot find hard sourcing), this is a known issue in the Android Runtime for Chrome and is being actively debugged. I will update this post if I happen to find any info.

In the meantime, it is advisable to submit feedback to the devs with Alt+Shift+i.

FYI, I report that any key fails on samus (pixel). This may not reflect everyone's experience, however.

[mkokotovich]

Agreed, that is my experience as well. Any key press is failed to be repeated. I have an asus flip.

[justinkelly]

Just retested this - on my ChromeBook Flip - Beta channel - holding any key now repeats!!

1 in 10 times it wont work perfectly - but its now good enough that I'm happily coding away in Termux on ChromeOS :)

[qntmpkts]

Apologies for the late reply (forgot to enable email notices). I have confirmed that this is resolved. Current build info:

Platform: 9000.29.0 (Official Build) beta-channel samus
Firmware: Google_Samus.6300.174.0
Channel: Currently on beta
ARC Version: 3570837
Blink: 537.36 (@0)
V8: 5.6.326.25

This issue may be closed, excepting any further problems.

[sneak]

Using Chrome OS Version 63.0.3239.140 (Official Build) (64-bit) I get key repeats, but the rate is slow - it doesn't obey the system key repeat rate setting in Chrome OS.