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For users who uses other keyboards than the Google Keyboard please put the Undo/Redo somewhere else (as well?) - e.g. as pop-up buttons when tapping the cursor like Paste, Select all etc.

This needs to be fixed.

Still awaitiŋ for a reasonable explanation on ðis conspicuous absence.

Most of us have lost text that we've typed into a webform or into an email using Chrome and/or Gmail on Android.

Currently, there are dozens of tickets in Google's bug tracker software bemoaning the lack of access to the Undo / Redo feature built into Android but inaccessible to users. These tickets keep getting tagged "Won't Fix" by developers.

I've suggested to CloudHQ that they provide an Undo / Redo extension for Chrome and Gmail that provides UI access to the Undo / Redo feature.

Google has provided UI access to Undo / Redo in their Android office apps including Docs and Sheets, but not in Chrome or Gmail.

Searching the Google Play Store for Undo, I found two imperfect apps that do not replace the keyboard but "listen" to  what is typed to provide multiple Undo and Redo.

Inputting+ app -- This looked promising, with floating visual Undo / Redo / Find / Replace buttons. Doesn't work with web UI yet per developer (so no good for Chrome). Didn't work on my Android phone in other contexts. Might be a permissions issue. Might conflict with the keyboard contextual menu or cliptray. I don't know. Might just be out of date, per recent reviews. Reviewers on Google Play said that recent updates broke the app and that it hasn't been updated in a year.

Typing Control app -- This app uses the volume control long press up and down buttons for multiple Redo and Undo. This app worked for me in all contexts. The limitation is that this app only seems to work while the text box is in focus continuously. And it's not in the visual UI as users expect. What is missing is visual feedback. I'd suggest flashing an Undo or Redo icon over the text and/or using Undo / Redo sounds. (Also, the short-press feature of moving the cursor forward and backward seems does not function as expected, jumping the cursor on first use to the beginning or end of the text in the text area. Facebook has also had issues with cursor placement recently, so it may be an Android issue.)

Still, the biggest issue that causes the most heartache seems to be that neither Chrome nor Gmail has implemented a visually accessible UI for Undo/Redo for its text areas -- and this needs to be fixed.

In the meantime, the Typing Control app solves this with the fewest bugs and UI conflicts by using the Volume Up/Down buttons for Undo/Redo.

We have passed this to the development team and will update this issue with more information as it becomes available.