New stuff available for creating/editing virtual keyboards on the N900 now available - Page 10 - maemo.org

freemangordon | # 91 | 2012-09-05, 16:33 | Report

Originally Posted by qwazix View Post

Also, please consider bringing back gestures, swipe left to delete, swipe right to instert space, and swipe up for capital letter as was implemented in PR1.0 and older maemo devices.

Hmm, actually I was thinking of using left-right swipe the same way it is on Harmattan(language change). Though that could be made configurable

qwazix | # 92 | 2012-09-05, 17:44 | Report

the gestures I mention start on a letter and go away from it for a length of a few more letters. Harmattan's swipe to change layout is a long swipe from outside the screen. So they don't conflict between them.

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ivgalvez | # 93 | 2012-09-05, 18:23 | Report

Originally Posted by freemangordon View Post

Standard way of invoking vkb does not work all the times, think for contact search while in desktop or song search in media player - you need to open physical kbd to get the job done.

For the media player issue it's better to fix Open Media Player instead, while searching contacts in desktop portrait seems a bit of corner case.

Using proximity sensor sounds a bit too much to me.

By the way I really like Mallit keyboard layout, both in portrait and landscape. It's great in the N9 and definitively better than Opera's.

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freemangordon | # 94 | 2012-09-05, 18:36 | Report

ok, ok, I give up on proximity sensor

re maliit - N9 has bigger screen than N900, bear that in mind. Anyone used it on N900?

qwazix | # 95 | 2012-09-05, 19:22 | Report

They got about the same width (due to the different aspect ratios) which is offsetted by the increased accuracy that the resistive screen on the N900 has.

Btw I have used it for a little while both on nemo and on maemo and it is usable. The most annoying thing about the portrait vkb is the edit window. It should be split screen imo, not overlay. The nokia im system allows split screen keyboard (see the stylus keyboard on Diablo). This is something worth exploring.

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ivgalvez | # 96 | 2012-09-07, 12:40 | Report

Originally Posted by freemangordon View Post

ok, ok, I give up on proximity sensor

re maliit - N9 has bigger screen than N900, bear that in mind. Anyone used it on N900?

Maybe this could be achieved with an applet instead of the proximity sensor.

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knarf | # 97 | 2012-09-09, 19:51 | Report

Originally Posted by nicolai View Post

Need some help, please create some mockups for portrait mode
keyboard, but notice the menu/space/enter buttons on the bottom
are fixed and not defined by the keyboard layout xml. The
shift and backspace use a fixed size icon of 72x70 pixels.

If its possible to move the shift key to the bottom row then this is my mockup with a key for comma, question mark etc.
forgive my horrible photoshopping skills.

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artpra | # 98 | 2012-09-11, 10:36 | Report

Originally Posted by freemangordon View Post

ok, ok, I give up on proximity sensor

nicolai | # 99 | 2012-09-11, 10:58 | Report

Originally Posted by knarf View Post

If its possible to move the shift key to the bottom row then this is my mockup with a key for comma, question mark etc.
forgive my horrible photoshopping skills.

Thank you for this mockup, but
no, it is not possible to move the shift key. Both, the upper
layout and the bottom row are managed by two different
components.

By the way. I still could not figure out how rendering the
sliding keys work or why it does not work in the reverse enginered
version.

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freemangordon | # 100 | 2012-09-11, 13:51 | Report

Originally Posted by nicolai View Post

Thank you for this mockup, but
no, it is not possible to move the shift key. Both, the upper
layout and the bottom row are managed by two different
components.

By the way. I still could not figure out how rendering the
sliding keys work or why it does not work in the reverse enginered
version.

Well, it is pretty possible that I've introduced some bug in the process of RE. Could you share some more details so I can look at the issue?

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