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[Weaver]

How are you supposed to send a message in iMessage ? After typing your text what are you supposed to click on ?

I click on the symbol at the right hand end of the line and sometimes I get this incomprehensible prompt, with a vertical scale on the right, about something or other. I have no idea what I am doing wrong or what I should be doing.

The Enter key does not work, just enters a new line into the text. It would be nice if you could change that behaviour in settings, to optionally make the Enter key send it.

[Westie]

As soon as I start typing in the text entry box the grey mic symbol which was at the right hand end changes to a white up-arrow in a blue-background circle. Pressing on that sends the message, at least it does on my iPhone and iPad.

Just a thought... you don't have a hard-wired or custom software keyboard enabled which is causing the problem do you?

Edit: On second thoughts, it's not another bug like this is it?

[Weaver]

This is the standard keyboard in the standard iMessage app.

[displaced]

The weird interface you’re seeing is for sending voice messages and adding fancy (or daft, depending on your view) effects.

On my 6S+, tapping the white-on-blue (or green for regular SMS recipients) sends the message. A ‘force touch’ where you press hard to make the haptic feedback click brings up the fancy/daft menu.

I think on non-Force Touch devices, a long-press does the same thing. Perhaps you’re lingering slightly on the button during the tap?

[Weaver]

My hands are sometimes in pain, I wish I could disable whatever this is.

I looked in 'Accessibility' but could not make much sense of it. It was so terse. Text has to be carefully rationed, as it is very expensive. I could not see anything that looked relevant.

[andyfitter]

Accessibility->Touch accommodations?

[Weaver]

Yeah, couldn't make any sense of that - too stupid, 'cognitive disabilities' in my case [duh]