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Unconfirmed characters entered from a Japanese keyboard are difficult to see .

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#27,843 opened on Jul 9, 2025

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Description

Steps to reproduce

・In the OS Settings app, go to General > keyboards and enable "Japanese - Romaji".

Enter a Japanese word (Hiragana) in the search bar (address bar).

Expected behavior

The characters being entered on the keyboard are easy to see.

Actual behavior

Japanese conversion of entered characters Unconfirmed words are black characters with a gray background, making it difficult to see what is being entered from the keyboard.

Device & build information

  • Device: ? iPad Pro 11inch (3rd) / iPadOS 18.5
  • Build version: ? Firefox 140.3 (57709)
  • First seen version: ? I recall there being no problem with older versions of Firefox.

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Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the UI rendering of Japanese text input by examining the code responsible for the search bar or address bar's text field styling, particularly how unconfirmed characters from the Japanese keyboard are displayed, and adjust the background and text colors for better contrast.
Tech stack
swiftios
Domain
frontendaccessibility
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2
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