Address bar issue on Android Tablet with external keyboard

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Description of the issue:
Every time I open a new tab and start typing on a physical keyboard, only the first letter of the word is written. The cursor then moves at the beginning of the address bar and writes the rest of the word. Simply put “web” becomes “ebw”, “google” becomes “oogleg” etc. When I open a new tab, click on the address bar (the i icon changes to google icon) and start typing after that, there are no issues.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Open a new tab in Brave
  2. Start typing immediately on a physical keyboard without touching the address bar
  3. Observe the garbled words, pull your hair and start again.

Expected result:

  1. Open a new tab in Brave
  2. Start typing on a physical keyboard without touching the address bar
  3. Words should be parsed normally without needing an extra click

Brave Version( check About Brave):
Latest available Brave from the Play Store

Mobile Device details
Teclast T30 - specs here - https://www.notebookcheck.net/Teclast-T30.445228.0.html

Additional Information:
The same issue is actually present in Chrome as well. Firefox works fine.

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@Medard22,
If the behavior is the same in Chrome, then it’s very likely a bug in the underlying Chromium engine and will be fixed upstream as Chromium updates. Apologies for the inconvenience in the meantime.

Out of curiosity, if you were to open a new tab, hit Ctrl + L (which moves focus from anywhere on the webpage/browser to the address bar), then start typing, does the issue occur?

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Yeah, I thought as much. I sent a feedback via Chrome, but this bug is present for a while now and it will probably take some time to fix. Do you have by chance means to pass this bug report to Chrome team?

Anyway Ctrl+L shortcut works fine. I can start typing right away after using it.

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@Medard22,
I can ping our Chromium guys – not sure how much it will move the needle though. I’m glad the Ctrl + L at least makes things a little bit easier on you.

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