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Mac OS, text replacements (shortcuts) not working in latest update.
Posted Feb 13, 2023
I've been using Mac OS text replacements for years and with the latest Zendesk support update, these shortcuts no longer work in Safari.
If I try to reply to a ticket, I would type the shortcut THA and that would turn into "thanks for contacting us...", it no longer works in the reply box. The shortcuts work on any other page and app.
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Lupita Soto
Please allow text replacements again! They save so much time in typing, why were they removed in the first place!??? I'm so disappointed.
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James
Confirming this is broken in both Safari and Brave running on macOS 13.2.1.
Note: The feature works fine when replying here in the Community, just not in the agent interface.
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Jenni Penna
We also need this feature back! Mac OS text replacements is very usefull and significantly speeds up responding to tickets. Please make fixing this a priority!
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James
I raised a ticket with support and was able to get a reply.
I guess it's good they are aware of the problem, but the fact there's no ETA for something they broke isn't very encouraging.
If you haven't already, I would encourage everyone to open their own ticket with support - just so they know how big of an issue this is.
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James
Got a response today, and I feel like we're going backwards. 🤦♂️
If it works in all other areas, including community replies here and the customer facing ticket interface (what I used to write to them about the actual issue) it's not a problem with macOS or the browser.
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James
I received another update from them, and it seems like they found the actual issue.
In a few quick tests, text replacements sort of work in Chrome but autocorrect is still totally broken. Both are working when I post here in the Community, so I'm certain it's not an issue with Safari or macOS.
I also found this issue on Github which seems to match up with what they are saying.
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/issues/13428
I've asked them if there's a way to downgrade to the last working version of CKeditor, and am awaiting a response.
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Ryan
Thanks for the updates, James! (Can't tag you for some reason)
I hope for a solution very soon..
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pchevalier
Thank you for all the info James. I hope they come up with a solution soon.
Pierre
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Caylan Larson
This also affects me. Hard to believe this has been broken for over a month when it affects my day to day so significantly. Please fix.
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Ömer Baran
Hey James
Is there any Update regarding that Issue?
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James
Last update was a few weeks ago. In essence Zendesk isn't going to do anything to fix this. They also refused to provide a downgrade option for CKEditor which would act as a workaround.
Looks like the best we can hope for is for CKEditor to come up with a fix and then pray Zendesk picks up the update in a timely manner.
If you have a GitHub account it might help to give a thumbs up to the issue thread, or submit a 'me too' post - just so they know it's affecting many users.
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Lupita Soto
Thanks for all of your research and follow up James! I can't believe a customer support solution software provides such poor customer support to their own users.
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Lupita Soto
It's been almost a year. Any chance we can get this time saving small feature back ?
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Amisha Sharma
Hello everyone,
Thanks for your feedback. We are keeping an eye on this post and will post an update as soon as it is fixed by the technology we are using to power our composer. Thanks for your patience.
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Jamie Forbes
It's July now. Can we get an update on this please ?
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