Microsoft Teams mobile keyboard overlay obscures the text input field
A mobile Teams user reports that the on-screen keyboard overlay renders as a large black area that covers the text they are typing, a behavior they say does not occur in other chat apps. This is a vendor-specific rendering bug limiting the usability of the mobile typing experience.
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