Text Expansion not working properly in some apps

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Simple expansion such as

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::mon::Monday
::tue::Tuesday

When I type mon in an app such as Todoist, it expands and gives me mMonday and tTuesday instead.

Is there any universal way to correct this behavior in certain apps?

[mikeyww]

Hello,

This might be caused by an auto-complete or type-ahead feature. You would probably need to try to disable it in your target program.

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Hello,

This might be caused by an auto-complete or type-ahead feature. You would probably need to try to disable it in your target program.

Unfortunately that's not possible in most of these apps - Telegram, Todoist to name a few. Is there any workaround as such?

[mikeyww]

Settings ➤ General ➤ Smart date recognition ➤ Off

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Settings ➤ General ➤ Smart date recognition ➤ Off

that only solves text expansion for dates but I have way more in my list.

E.g.
::exp::expand

and it will come out as "eexpand"

[mikeyww]

I have not looked in detail at the program. You could see whether there are other options to disable the type-ahead. Others here may have some additional ideas, but you have a situation where that program is doing the acting based on your script's output. You would either need to alter the program or have your script take action upon the program's action. For some programs, sending a Backspace, Esc, or other key can work, but I have not tested whether this would work here.