Why iPad inserts a space before close “quotes ” ?

[Padcatt]

And is there a way to shut off this disgusting behavior?

I can’t see how this could conceivably be helpful to anyone, the ipad inserting a space before the close quotation that the user then has to remove.

somewhere in its Little brain, it thinks this is proper punctuation.

thank you for any remedies!

 

[Jupiter7]

My iPads don’t insert a space before the quote marks. Are you tapping the space bar before typing them?

 

[LannyC]

My iPad has a number of irritating habits, but that isn't one of them. Under Settings/General/Keyboard, I turned off Auto-Capitalization, Auto-correction, Smart Punctuation, and "." Shortcut because they cause more work than they save.

 

[Padcatt]

My iPads don’t insert a space before the quote marks. Are you tapping the space bar before typing them?

I am not..just “regular” typing on my end.

 

[twerppoet]

The only two things I can think of that might do this are shortcuts and auto-correction.

If you don’t already have it turned off, turn off Auto-Correct in Settings > General > Keyboard and see if that helps. You can also turn off Shortcuts there.

Look under General > Keyboard > Text Replacement for specific entries with quotation marks in them. This is where the Shortcut definitions are.

 

[Padcatt]

Auto-correct had been shut off; also turned off Shortcuts. We’ll see what happens..Thank you!

 

[twerppoet]

Don’t forget to occasionally restart the iPad. Just had a couple of minor glitches myself, and restart fixed them.

 

[Padcatt]

Don’t forget to occasionally restart the iPad. Just had a couple of minor glitches myself, and restart fixed them.

Yes..excellent advice!