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Re:Stop using Material Design text fields by Nannooskeeska on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:58AM (#22484790)
I might be missing something, but I'm a little confused by this. Here's what that menu looks like on my phone (Galaxy Note 9) running the latest version of Android: https://i.imgur.com/uQaDDGG.png

Is there a different-looking menu that you're talking about on another version?

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Re:Stop using Material Design text fields by berlesi on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @11:30AM (#22485157)
I don't have a picture, but most of Motorola phones have a mix of greys on it's menu, making it super hard to identify when it's activated or deactivated. IIRC activated is light grey and it really looks like it's deactivated.
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Re:Stop using Material Design text fields by soylentcola on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @01:09PM (#22486124)
This also sounds like a good example of problems that may arise with OEM skinning. Not that the OS maker is immune to flaws in design/layout, but you run into these minor changes that can be worse than "stock" for the sake of surface differentiation.

(My example of the same screen, slightly redacted)

https://i.imgur.com/cDhABnE.jpg

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