I'm a new surface Duo user. I have a question about the gboard. Why is there no left or right handed mode for this keyboard. With my regular old pixel it had a single-handed mode. But this one doesn't. They are the same gboard version for both devices, yet I can't bring it up. It has floating mode but no one handed mode. Does anyone have any advice on how to get one handed mode with the duo?
The main reason I want to use gboard is because it accesses my usernames and passwords which is very convenient when logging into apps.
I found an answer. If I sign up for the beta of gboard I then have a very useable one handed keyboard.
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I've seen this done in some videos where you can pinch the keyboard to switch between the one handed keyboard and the full sized keyboard without having to go into the settings, but I can't get it to work for me on the Verizon model.
Anybody have any luck with this?
I've tried with one handed mode off and on, pinching every which way, with one and two hands, what am l missing?
Swiftkey has a nice layout feature for phones - in landscape mode, you have the option to split the keyboard with arrow keys in the middle.
I have purchased Swiftkey, and now want to use it on my tablet in that same mode but the developers have frustratingly put in a block that if a tablet is detected, that one option is disabled. Messages come up urging you to buy the tablet version, but even the tablet version does not have that layout option like I would like to have.
Soooooooo, it there a way to hack something to make Swiftkey think it is installed on a phone, to enable that layout option?
The new thing now is edge gestures on Android.
99% of the time, I hold my phone in landscape orientation; especially now that the Android OS natively supports a landscape desktop on larger Android phones. I'd like to hide the navigation panel and just use edge gestures while in Landscape orientation.
So... which edge gestures app fully supports landscape mode on Android? It looks like some apps don't even consider people use landscape on popular Android devices with large displays; even though, it's arguably more productive to multitask/split screen, watch videos, etc in landscape mode. Heck, I'm not even sure if Android Pie 9 will natively support edge gestures while holding the phone in landscape mode. I don't have Android Pie yet. Note 9 should get it in January next year.
Thanks in advance for anyone that can provide has a helpful answer.
BTW: I tried asking this same question in the Note 9 forum for themes and mods. However, after over 150 views without any replies several days later, I decided to post this same question in a General Q & A; since it's not a phone specific question necessarily.
I know there are dozens and dozens of people on XDA forums who have tried all the popular Edge Gesturing apps already on large Android phones. I'm hoping at least one person has attempted to try edge gestures in landscape mode successfully.
Did some searching on here and Google but came up with nothing. Even tried to contact someone at Samsung and basically got hungup on (used the online chat feature, they quit talking to me after asking for my device model).
So I got the keyboard cover case since it was half off when I ordered my S6 and this is the real first time I've played around with Dex even though it's on several of my other devices. Just never liked having to need a seperate monitor, mouse, and keyboard basically.
My big complaint right now is that the taskbar at the bottom doesn't hide when an app like Samsung Internet is open and Ican't figure out any way to hide it. I'd love to hide the blinding white top bar too, but the taskbar takes up more room and is just more noticable while using the apps, to me anyways.
So my question is, is there any way to hide the taskbar and/or top app bar?
UPDATE: I managed to get in touch with someone at Samsung. They said hiding the bars is not something that can be done, but they will pass the info along as a request for a furture feature. So I encourage others to make a request on their website for this to be added. Might not be a huge deal on larger screens, but when using it built-in with the Tab S6 or other small screens the extra realestate would be grand. I believe I found an easy way to make the request using either the Samsung Members app or in the Dex settings Contact Us section while I was using Dex.
Kindly share a link to the Samsung site where I can make this request as well.
I'm using shortcutter for immersive mode and the keyboard is running fine. In DeX mode I made shortcut for quick navbar hiding/showing.
https://youtu.be/GHpTlGQg4QQ
When app is in full screen mode the taskbar is hidden.
techops said:
I'm using shortcutter for immersive mode and the keyboard is running fine. In DeX mode I made shortcut for quick navbar hiding/showing.
https://youtu.be/GHpTlGQg4QQ
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i installed and bought shortcutter.
i dont see full immersive option anywhere. guess i will uninstall to get my $2 back.
With both MS Swiftkey and GBoard the keyboard completely covers the login password box when unlocking. It makes it impossible to see how many keys you've already pressed when you have a 10 character password. Does anyone know a workaround or fix for this?
Yes, I know: set up fingerprint, but Android will still ask for your password every boot and then randomly every few days when unlocking and refuse to let the fingerprint work.
You can resize the keyboard.
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You can resize the keyboard.
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True, but I'd like a keyboard taller than 1/2" which is about the max it could be and not cover the input box. That would make the buttons almost too small to even use a stylus on. You also can't resize it just during login - those options aren't available because it's locked. You'd have to set that as your always size for the keyboard.
All my other Android devices - and I have many - move the input box up a bit while a keyboard is displayed, for all screens not just the lock screen. The Duo seems to ignore that convention.
The only workaround I can see is to make the keyboard float, and I really don't like that option. I'll try running with it for a few days though and see if I adjust.
That's not a duo issue, that's an android issue compounded by the Duo's overly wide aspect ratio. I come across that issue every now and then on my Note and would constantly have to minimize the keyboard to check and bring it back up.
A problem I never had on a slider phone. [emoji57]
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Go to the play store and down load the SwiftKey beta keyboard. That is the one to you with out this issue