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posted 2019-06-20 19:43:32 +0200

One handed mode for keyboard

There should be something like one-handed mode for the keyboard.
This would be very useful on large devices such as XA2 Plus or Ultra, since now, because there is no Swype support, entering text requires two hands.
Here's a screenshot of an Android device with such a feature to illustrate what I mean. One handed keyboard on Huawei P8
The arrow button is used to switch the side the keyboard is displayed on.

It seems to be relatively easy to implement, I'm trying to patch the keyboard to add this, but as for now the Sailfish keyboard is just a bunch of QML files for me that I don't understand :)
It would be very nice to have it out of the box and with proper configuration in settings.

Note that this is relevant only for portrait mode, since in the landscape I would assume using both hands, and the split keyboard is doing a pretty good job.

One handed mode for keyboard

There should be something like one-handed mode for the keyboard.
This would be very useful on large devices such as XA2 Plus or Ultra, since now, because there is no Swype support, entering text requires two hands.
Here's a screenshot of an Android device with such a feature to illustrate what I mean. One handed keyboard on Huawei P8
The arrow button is used to switch the side the keyboard is displayed on.

It seems to be relatively easy to implement, I'm trying to patch the keyboard to add this, but as for now the Sailfish keyboard is just a bunch of QML files for me that I don't understand :)
It would be very nice to have it out of the box and with proper configuration in settings.

Note that this is relevant only for portrait mode, since in the landscape I would assume using both hands, and the split keyboard is doing a pretty good job.

Just as additional comment, this could also enable OKBoard to be used on screens larger than 5", since the keyboard would not be rendered using full screen width, but I'm not sure about it.

One handed mode for keyboard

There should be something like one-handed mode for the keyboard.
This would be very useful on large devices such as XA2 Plus or Ultra, since now, because there is no Swype support, entering text requires two hands.
Here's a screenshot of an Android device with such a feature to illustrate what I mean. mean: One handed keyboard on Huawei P8
The arrow button is used to switch the side the keyboard is displayed on.

It seems to be relatively easy to implement, I'm trying to patch the keyboard to add this, but as for now the Sailfish keyboard is just a bunch of QML files for me that I don't understand :)
It would be very nice to have it out of the box and with proper configuration in settings.

Note that this is relevant only for portrait mode, since in the landscape I would assume using both hands, and the split keyboard is doing a pretty good job.

Just as additional comment, this could also enable OKBoard to be used on screens larger than 5", since the keyboard would not be rendered using full screen width, but I'm not sure about it.that.