Space inserts highlighted predicted word
It would be nice to have the option to insert the word from the prediction bar that is in bold, by hitting the spacebar.
It would speed up writing even more.
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@twers I built this once, in a test version back in August. Space took the middle suggestion whenever what you'd typed was the start of it. I pulled it a few days later. It kept finishing words people had typed on purpose: "on" became "only", "this" became "thistle". Short correct words are the ones you type fastest and check least, so that's exactly where it hurt. I added guards (at least 3 letters, never expand a real word) and it still felt like the keyboard was guessing for you.
After a space it gets worse. Double space is how you type a period, so space can't also mean "insert the predicted next word". And an accidental double tap would drop a word into your sentence you never picked.
So space stays as it is. It applies an autocorrection when there is one, otherwise it's just a space. To take a suggestion, tap it in the bar and the space comes with it.