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* Voice input
* Undo/redo/paste (these send CTRL+Z, CTRL+Y and CTRL+V respectively)
* Settings shortcut
* Debug info (shows you info about the text field)
Some of these actions take up the entire window. When this is the case, you can pop the action above the keyboard with the arrow in the top right.
You can also drag the actions around by long-tapping and dragging.
You can edit which actions appear where in the triple dots menu -> Edit Pinned. For example, if you want a language switch key, you can move the language switcher action to the Action Key, and move the Emojis somewhere else
## Emoji menu
This emoji menu is entirely scrollable, contains modern emoji and skintones. There currently isn't a search, but if you type an emoji name (e.g. "joy"), the suggestions bar will suggest the emoji for quick insertion.
This emoji menu is entirely scrollable, contains modern emoji and skintones. There is a fuzzy search that works in English. You can also get suggestions for emoji in your suggestion bar if you type its alias (e.g. typing "joy" will suggest the joy emoji)
## Theming
A few preset themes are included, and you can also toggle key borders. In the theming menu you'll also find the sliders for adjusting keyboard height and offset.
A few preset themes are included, and you can also toggle key borders.
We plan to add full theming and customization in the future.
## Resizing and customizing shortcuts
## Quick shortcuts
You can resize the keyboard in Keyboard & Typing -> Resize Keyboard
You can swipe the spacebar to move the cursor, and swipe the delete key to delete multiple characters.
In Keyboard & Typing -> Long-Press Keys you can enable showing hints of symbols or letters that appear when the key is long-pressed. You can also customize what appears when you long-press keys, and in which order they appear. By default, you can access some common actions by long-pressing keys (such as copy by long-pressing C and selecting Copy)
If you don't want to see a suggestion again, you can blacklist it by long-pressing on it. Note that blacklisting the rightmost suggestion (what you typed) has no effect.
By default, swiping the spacebar will move the cursor, and swiping the delete key will delete multiple characters. In the Long-Press Keys menu you can change this behavior.
If you don't want to see a suggestion again, you can blacklist it by long-pressing on it. Note that blacklisting the rightmost suggestion (what you typed) has no effect.
## Custom dictionary support
You can import any AOSP compatible dictionaries. This may be a necessity for some languages, as the app does not come with a built-in dictionary for many languages.
## Basic swipe typing
Basic swipe typing is supported, although the algorithm is not very well-tuned currently. We will be experimenting with ways to improve it.
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# Current gotchas
The keyboard is not direct boot aware. If you have a text password, you will need a different keyboard app installed for entering the password on first unlock after reboot. (This will now be fixed in v0.1.23)
There is no one-handed mode or split/floating layout for landscape/tablets.
Some languages may have severe usability problems or not work well at all. Please report such issues at https://github.com/futo-org/android-keyboard/ to make sure we can keep track of them.
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Short to mid term:
* Stability improvements, bug fixes, quality of life improvements
* Improved action UI (customizable, draggable, settings for clipboard manager)
