Keyboard text replacement

Thanks, yes, that works, but I don’t want to continue typing because that necessarily adds a character after the expanded text.

For example, I often want to type my email address into a field but since I have to add a keystroke it means the field doesn’t recognize it as an email address unless I then type delete. There are many other instances where I don’t wave an extra space, character or punctuation after the expanded text.

Any solution here?

Uh, yeah, I know.

My question is whether I can avoid any extra keystroke after typing the text to be expanded.

The TextExpander app works this way (ie. I type “brb” and it immediately transforms to “be right back”, whereas Mac’s native text replacement keyboard settings demands I add a keystroke or two (ie space then backspace (if I want to delete the space added by posting space at) or down and enter).

Please confirm whether there is a solution to my problem. Thanks

I wonder why autofill isn’t working.

Autofill doesn't apply itself to various use cases where I must enter an email (i.e. entering email in a field for a password reset, spreadsheet cells, chat and text, etc.).

don’t know of a way to make text replacement work without adding something. Otherwise, it would have no idea that was supposed to be replaced.

TextExpander is a pretty old app and it allows this: e.g. I type " zz" (or whatever) and it automagically converts that to whatever the **** I want, no extra step involved. Bit surprised Apple hasn't implemented this.

You might be able to create a shortcut that enters the email address with a keyboard shortcut.

Yeah, that seems to be the best solution so far. Thank you!

No, you missed that I put a blank space before the "zz", which prevents the issue you're identifying.

And that's just one example. For instance, I could do "[[" or "$%" whatever character combination that is never otherwise typed.

thanks, I tried escape, but that just stops the text expansion altogether. Sigh