How to stop autocorrect from putting a space after it corrects a word

Question

If I type something like "Helko" and press the "Hello" button that shows up on the bar above my keyboard, it will add a space, leaving me with "Hello ".

If I wanted to type "Hello." then this is frustrating, because now I have to delete the space before adding the period.

As another example, say I wanted to send my friend just the word Hello, but instead I typed Helko. Is there a single button I can press to go from Helko to Hello? (Without an intermediate Hello ?)

Is there any way to stop the autocorrect bar from adding a space after I choose to correct a word?

Answer 1

If the autocorrect word is highlighted, then you can also accept it by just tapping Space. If you double-tap Space, it will accept and insert the stop, same as a regular word.

After question edits: this also works if you type any punctuation, bracket, question mark etc.

Answer 2

There is not a single button you can press to go from Helko to Hello (and not Hello ). However, if you press "Send" or anything that submits the text, it appears that your device will remove the trailing space before sending the data. (I haven't found any cases where it does not.)

Also, as @theonlygusi mentions, if you type punctuation (period, comma, exclamation point, etc.) after the space, your device will also delete the space.