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Keyboard covers most of the screen after switching to from native detached mode #153

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snomos opened this issue Apr 6, 2020 · 5 comments
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snomos commented Apr 6, 2020

To repeat:

  1. bring forth a native keyboard, e.g. English or Swedish
  2. long press the keyboard button, and select 'Detach'/'lösgör' etc
  3. move the keyboard to e.g. the middle of the screen
  4. press the globe button to switch to a Sámi keybard

The keyboard now covers most of the screen, even in split mode (we know this, and it is expected).

BUT: also note how the keyboard button is not present anymore, and there is no way the user can move the keyboard to a more suitable location.

Suggested change: Always make sure the keyboard is 'docked'/attached to the bottom of the screen, so that when switching from a detached (and possibly split) native keyboard, it will automatically be redocked. That will be annoying too, but less so than the present state.

iPad Pro 9.7", iOS 13.3.1.

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snomos commented Apr 6, 2020

Gboard handles this partially by including a keyboard dismiss button, by which the keyboard disappears, so one can see the full text/document. It does NOT solve the bug that the keyboard can't be moved - you have to use a native keyboard for that, then switch back to Gboard (and the same with ours):

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snomos commented Apr 6, 2020

Actually, we do the same, so for this bug, Gboard and we are equally good/bad:

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snomos commented Oct 25, 2023

This is still not working well, since there is no way to re-dock the keyboard, or move it around. I suggest we add an option to move the keyboard to the bottom in the keyboard key long-press popup list.

As it is now, tapping that button just hides the keyboard, and when brought back, it is still stuck in the middle of the screen.

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snomos commented Oct 25, 2023

This is what it looks like after following the instructions above (9" iPad):

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snomos commented Nov 1, 2023

Cf this Apple user documentation:

https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/move-the-onscreen-keyboard-ipad02663f08/ipados

Apple has switched from using icons to text labels for the various keyboard configurations. Maybe we should too.

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