Thanks - I thought this might be the case, weird that my stock keyboard doesn't have such options. Guess I'll need to look for another one.
Thanks again.
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Yes somethings work weird here. A lot of tricks you will learn as you go..
I'm using Lineage's stock Android keyboard and have been for years, so I'm thinking their minimalist keep-most-things-as-stock-as-possible might be the culprit here.
Usually the app itself has the extra options rather than the keyboard to keep the typing experience as smooth as possible, but I guess that's been changing.