Android Keyboard with keypad?

eshep, 3 months ago

@jjlinux Hacker's Keyboard (Four- or five-row soft-keyboard)
f-droid.org/packages/org.pocke…

airikr, 3 months ago

I find Unexpected Keyboard’s numbad awesome.

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/597ada3c-e867-4875-bcb5-b093062b458c.jpeg

jjlinux, 3 months ago

I have never heard of this one before. Which makes keeven happier to be almost completely proprietary software free. We have an incredible amount of choices.

Added to my test list. Thank you.

EvacuateSoul, 3 months ago

Thumbkeys

retrolasered, 3 months ago

Typing for fat thumbs!

jjlinux, 3 months ago

This will take some getting used to. It’s a cool concept though.

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/6f684ed9-dcc3-4799-af30-a9aeabd8fb38.png

Admetus, 3 months ago

The squashed o a and e… 😅

EvacuateSoul, 3 months ago

Oh yours looks doubled for some reason. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9234f009-faca-46b1-8c25-908b36f4d187.jpeg

jjlinux, 3 months ago

Its one of the TOO MANY options, lol. Keeps the keys within easy reach of both thumbs.

BRINGit34, 3 months ago

If you stick with it you can type way faster than most other keyboards. Plus it’s fun to use

mustbe3to20signs, 3 months ago

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I guess you’re looking for AnySoftKeyboard

jjlinux, 3 months ago

I have it, but haven’t found a way to do that. What am I doing wrong? This is awesome.

mustbe3to20signs, 3 months ago

I don’t know how your upper row is configured but if it’s anything like mine, you simply press the left button (labeled 123!#() in the beginning) til you reach the numeric keyboard

jjlinux, 3 months ago

Nice. Thank you so much, I could have never found this by myself. Do you know of any way tovmake this the 1St touch on “123!#()” instead of the last (3rd)? Anyway, I really appreciate it. Now I can throw Florisboard away.

mustbe3to20signs, 3 months ago

I haven’t found a way to edit the order or deactivate certain layout but would be interested to.

BTW swiping upwards from the space bar gives you some nice extra buttons.

slurp, 3 months ago

Yeah, I absolutely want this option on all keyboards too. I just moved to openboard and it’s the thing I miss most by far.

jjlinux, 3 months ago

I have fat fingers. Imagine the pain.

Evkob, 3 months ago

I’m on OpenBoard (this fork specifically) and I can access this by hitting the ?123 followed by the 1234 button.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/b827e4de-e952-4378-9499-4d71ce41e743.png

jjlinux, 3 months ago

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/0dea3888-4fc5-4d9d-9f1b-8f5e7f4f72b3.pngI could certainly get used to this.

Thank you so much. Now I have quite a bit to play with until I find that sweet spot.

Anticorp, 3 months ago

Is there a calculator layout, where you can reverse the number order?

0xCAFE, 3 months ago

Same for Florisboard: press ?123, then 1234.

Side note: Florisboard also allows you to use custom keyboard layouts, which would make it possible to

a) make the numbers keypad accessible with one click from the main layer and b) move the numbers actually to the right side (not in the middle like they’re now).

There’s a catch though: currently, the process is quite technical. An easier way is planned, but it’s hard to say when it will arrive.

jjlinux, 3 months ago

OK. That’s great news. I’m going to take some time out of my weekend to test all this. Florisboard, IMO, is to android keyboards as KDE is to Linux DEs. There are so many possible customizations that it can be overwhelming. I really appreciate the input. I’ll try them all, and will probably end up keeping the one I can get to work the closest to Swiftkey.