Android Edit Text - Cursor stays at the starting position
android, android-edittext
Solution
In my case, it was caused by using:
`android:textAllCaps="true"`
in the EditText element of my xml layout.
When I removed it, it worked as expected
Problem
I am using an Edit Text in my project. The problem is that whenever I type anything into the text box, it shows up, but the cursor does not move from its starting position at all, regardless of how many characters I type. Also I am not able to move by clicking to any particular character in the text box. My xml file for containing the edit text is like this ``` <EditText android:id="@+id/xEt" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="295dp" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:ems="10" android:focusableInTouchMode="true" android:focusable="true" > ``` The xml file is: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" > <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/xsubLayout" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:keepScreenOn="true" android:orientation="vertical" > <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/relativeLayout1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" > </RelativeLayout> <EditText android:id="@+id/xEt" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="295dp" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:ems="10" android:inputType="textMultiLine" > <requestFocus /> </EditText> </RelativeLayout> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/xK1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" android:visibility="gone"> <include android:id="@+id/xKeyBoard" layout="@layout/gf"></include> <include android:id="@+id/xtop" layout="@layout/top"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x11" layout="@layout/x1"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x12" layout="@layout/x3"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x13" layout="@layout/x4"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x14" layout="@layout/x5"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x15" layout="@layout/x6"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x16" layout="@layout/x7"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x17" layout="@layout/x8"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x18" layout="@layout/x9"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x19" layout="@layout/x10"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x20" layout="@layout/x11"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x22" layout="@layout/x13"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x23" layout="@layout/x14"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x24" layout="@layout/x15"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x25" layout="@layout/x16"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x26" layout="@layout/x17"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x27" layout="@layout/x18"></include> <include android:id="@+id/x28" layout="@layout/x19"></include> </RelativeLayout> </RelativeLayout> ```