"First suggestion only on long keypress"-mode

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jawil
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"First suggestion only on long keypress"-mode

Post by jawil »

I'm using the Norwegian dictionary. That means that I have all the "funny" Norwegian characters that I'm using on the main keypad.

I do, however, use many of the long-keypress optional characters, like all the numbers, @ / ( ) etc. But I never use any of the other suggestions that show up on long keypresses.

The situation now is that some long key-presses leads directly to the second alternative. For example, long press on "t" gives a "5". But, a long keypress on "u" gives a whole list of possibilities.. I just want the number 7!

So, could there be a mode to disable all the other "nonsens" characters and only go with the first alternative key on long keypress? :)

As it is now, the "workflow" of typing is interrupted, because some keys require an additional selection. And I never need any of the other suggestions anyway.
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cyril
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Re: "First suggestion only on long keypress"-mode

Post by cyril »

Hi
this is something I am working on (actually it will still display all the possibilities, but the first one will be selected by default)
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Re: "First suggestion only on long keypress"-mode

Post by mocelet »

That's great, I'd vote for this feature too.

In my case, since the Spanish language only has "á" kind of accentuated vowels (no "à", "ä" or "â"), a very useful option would be making the accentuated vowel ("á" kind) the first suggestion for the long press of a vowel. Spanish is full of accentuated words, so I rarely write numbers or symbols in comparison to accents (thus having to long press and then select).
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Re: "First suggestion only on long keypress"-mode

Post by mocelet »

Great update (2.3.0) for the Spanish keyboard, now it's a lot easier and faster to write accentuated words, at least for me :) Thanks for listening feature requests cyril!
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