Selecting "5" using the long press on the "T"

[Cormac]

This bug relates to the Ubuntu Phone key pad:
When you long press "T" or "t" you get the option of "5" or "Þ"
I would expect it to be easier to get a result of "5" rather than the other character, but I find that I have to be really careful to ensure that I get a "5".

I don't know the importance of the other character ("Þ") but it seems that it is getting equal importance to "5" based on its position.

There are only two long press characters for "t" and perhaps the "5" can be centrally positioned with the "Þ" offset to the left or right.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[GTriderXC (gtriderxc)]

There is a very same situation that I described by another bug with Polish Keyboard here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-keyboard/+bug/1468799

in #2

in "short":

"What drives me mad when I write on 4.5 with my touchpen is "Ó" and "Ę" as well as "ö,ä,ü " in German. There is the same issue under Android where You want to write "Ę" but the very first suggestion you get on the list is "3".
My proposition would be to modify the keyboard so that we get the letters we want as fast as possible: If I want to write "Ó" I press and hold the O but the first default answer is Ó, not 9!
When You write a text it is more probable that You need letters, not digits. And when You need digits then You mostly need more of them so You switch to numerical mode. Today when I write something on my 4.5, I have to fight with my touchpen for every "Ó" I need by moving the rubber-ended touchpen on a glass screen. I can do it for a "9" but I BEG YOU not for every "Ó"."