Add dedicated number keys row on virtual keyboard

Feature Requests
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The virtual keyboard hasn’t really changed since Jolla 1 phone.

To select numbers, we have to switch to alphanumeric mode before reaching them. It is a bit painful especially for passwords or some messages because those characters are often used in this context.

A lot of Android devices provide those characters in a dedicated line on top of the virtual keyboard, just below suggestion bar. It is more convenient to use them from my point of view, and recent devices have a bigger screen so it wouldn’t reduce too much the size of the displayed application.

Eventually, it can be enabled via a setting.

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agree! Especially on x10
Should probably be configurable otob

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You can use my keyboard layouts : https://openrepos.net/content/adel/multi-keyboard-layouts
There is one layout with the default English/French/German + a number row (and more interesting layouts too).

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Nice to know, as a workaround. Thank you.

But I’m confident this feature can be provided by default, it is not a big effort and the benefits is real. :slight_smile:

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Yes, hopefully. There are many interesting improvements to add to the default keyboard (swipe feature, themeing, resizing, more languages, etc.).

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@orangecat You can have multiple languages: in Settings / text input you can select Languages, then you have a list with the language keyboards you can select. When you use use the keyboard swipe the keyboard to the left or right to select another language.(user guide - language and time)

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I know but not all languages as in Android. For instance, Arabic isn’t available hence my own layouts.

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I added this to the beginning of fi.qml to get number row visible.

KeyboardLayout {
KeyboardRow {
CharacterKey { caption: “1” }
CharacterKey { caption: “2” }
CharacterKey { caption: “3” }
CharacterKey { caption: “4” }
CharacterKey { caption: “5” }
CharacterKey { caption: “6” }
CharacterKey { caption: “7” }
CharacterKey { caption: “8” }
CharacterKey { caption: “9” }
CharacterKey { caption: “0”}

}

After killall maliit-server command keyboard looks fine

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But when rebooted my Xperia 10 lll numbers are not fine anymore.

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What can i do to get numbers on right positions?

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Just for reference, this is how @orangecat has the english layout with extra numerical row:

    KeyboardRow {
        CharacterKey { caption: "1"; captionShifted: "1"; symView: "😊"; symView2: "😮" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "2"; captionShifted: "2"; symView: "😉"; symView2: "😐" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "3"; captionShifted: "3"; symView: "😘"; symView2: "😛" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "4"; captionShifted: "4"; symView: "😎"; symView2: "😄" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "5"; captionShifted: "5"; symView: "😃"; symView2: "😕" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "6"; captionShifted: "6"; symView: "❤"; symView2: "😞" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "7"; captionShifted: "7"; symView: "😍"; symView2: "😢" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "8"; captionShifted: "8"; symView: "😀"; symView2: "😭" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "9"; captionShifted: "9"; symView: "😁"; symView2: "😠" }
        CharacterKey { caption: "0"; captionShifted: "0"; symView: "😂"; symView2: "😴" }
    }

Which works for me.

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Thank you @poetaster I will try that.

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Thank you again @poetaster. I finally got the number line to appear the right way.
Gredits of cource to @orangecat too.

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Where are those layout files located?

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On my XA2, they are in /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/jolla/layouts/.

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is it possible to add layouts in ~ instead of /usr? (like with fingerterm in .config/Fingerterm dir)?

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Thanks, will try today, I miss also a separate numbers row

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Have a look here, @Demonia :

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@nephros probably knows the right correct answer (-;
I personally copied that file to my ~, renamed it in the original dir with .old and made a symlink to my modified file.

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Unfortunately I don´t .

It is possible with the Terminal keyboard (fingerterm).

Should be fine - BUT be aware that $HOME is not accessible before decryption. Be careful what you set up this way, if for some reason it kills the VKB you won’t be able to enter the decryption code.

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There’s several keyboard layouts with an extra number row at OpenRepos.

For example, Multi Keyboard Layouts or my own Swedish and English keyboard layout with extra number row.

No need for symlinks or anything risky.

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Sure. Good to be precised.
I only did it because I know I’ll never remember to save that file in case I reflash my phone :upside_down_face:

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