Does anyone know how to raise the height of the keyboard in gboard so the bottom of it doesn't sit right at the bottom of the phone? I use both an iPhone and the OnePlus and vastly prefer the way iOS handles the keyboard by mimicking a bezel so your hands are more evenly distributing the weight of the phone while typing.
macfan406 said:
Does anyone know how to raise the height of the keyboard in gboard so the bottom of it doesn't sit right at the bottom of the phone? I use both an iPhone and the OnePlus and vastly prefer the way iOS handles the keyboard by mimicking a bezel so your hands are more evenly distributing the weight of the phone while typing.
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Go to Gboard settings - preferences - keyboard height
Caltinpla said:
Go to Gboard settings - preferences - keyboard height
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I think that adjusts vertical height. I'm looking for a buffer between the bottom of the keyboard and the bottom of the phone so the keyboard is higher up on the display.
Something that would resemble this
macfan406 said:
I think that adjusts vertical height. I'm looking for a buffer between the bottom of the keyboard and the bottom of the phone so the keyboard is higher up on the display.
Something that would resemble this
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Man I wish we could do this as well. The only thing you can do I think is turn on the navbar and I don't want to do that because I love the gestures.
You can move gboard up to create a buffer. But it's not full size unfortunately
Reuben_skelz92 said:
You can move gboard up to create a buffer. But it's not full size unfortunately
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I knew about this feature too but it sucks because it's not full size and I have fat thumbs haha. It would be nice for the buffer like op states. Is there a way to request features if we're not on the beta program?
Doubt there's too much they can do if you don't want a nav bar. I could imagine it would be more Google's side with gboard
I'm ok with not having Gboard. I just want a keyboard that behaves like my Xs Max. I swap phones often to get a good sense on how to use both iOS and Android, and if I could get this to work properly, it would make my OP6T experience that much better.
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One thing that I find annoying on my Legend is that the screen is small compared to other devices and when I'm in text entering mode, the virtual keyboard comes up and shifts everything else upwards.
In situations like standard text messaging, emailing, internet browser, MSN talk, etc. there is often only a very small amount of room between the top of the keyboard and the top of the screen, where the contents of the app is now displayed. The keyboard takes up half the screen.
I don't see why they don't make the keyboard like 50% - 85% transparent, like a smooth popup which comes over the display instead of shifting it up and cramming it into a tiny space.
People are familiar with QWERTY keyboards, they dont need to see them with 100% opacity on their screen to type with them, especially if they're using something like Swype (Which I am).
I'm not really sure whether it would be possible to make a transparent keyboard app, since it might be hardcoded that any text input system shifts everything up.. I'm not sure. But I just think it's a sort of logical idea... thoughts?
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bcpk said:
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Yes I'll look into that.
it'd be cool if swype would make their keyboard transparent too
You could theme it yourself.
Has anybody messed with the lcd density in their build.prop folder? I saw this thread, http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/164880-froyo-resolution-tweak.html, over at androidforums and was wondering if anybody else has tried this?
ill try it out right now sec
EDIT: yeah it does work, it increases the resolution size thereby making things smaller on your screen proportionally. our screens are rather tiny anyway though.
i tried it out at a ridiculous 130 which made things super small i may try out 140 for giggles. it does make things harder to use (and read) considering the size of screen objects is responsible for more than legibility like a desktop (a caveat of touch screens -- ease of use and interaction is based on ability to easily touch objects in the ui. make them too small and you lose a bit of your ease of use).
either way, its a neat little thing to mess with if you'd like to see what other res may look like on your eris' screen.
RE-edit: 140 is fine w/ launcher pro and icon drawing but it makes certain things super blurry or misaligned so you're not really getting the proper res up/down effect. google reader @ 140 renders horribly so the problem goes a bit beyond color banding like the original post over there says. going the other way to 165 also blurs stuff up. It's probably because our ui elements aren't necessarily vector or anything like that. mostly they are pngs which this density setting appears to resize on the fly causing some nasty image quality degradation. im sure someone else could chime in on this w/ a bit more knowledge. purely conjecture
Eh, dirty hack. I use more icons widget so I have tons of free space. It makes widgets weird too.
However I am really interested in that game he posted a screeny of.
Anyone?
Hungry Man said:
However I am really interested in that game he posted a screeny of.
Anyone?
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That game is Galcon... I'm addicted to it. Been playing the flash version on the web for a year or more now. It was only on iphone until about last month.
Thanks for the great tip. Perfect for internet browsing.
by the way, if you use this in sense the buttons at the bottom become unaligned and text under widgets and icons move. From what I've seen it works perfect in launcherpro.
homewmt said:
Thanks for the great tip. Perfect for internet browsing.
by the way, if you use this in sense the buttons at the bottom become unaligned and text under widgets and icons move. From what I've seen it works perfect in launcherpro.
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yes, it works great in launcher pro, expect if you use folders. When you try to open a folder it crashes. ADW doesn't have this issue with its folders.. but not a big deal otherwise.
Is it possible with or without root to make the navbar buttons smaller? If yes please say how.
Lower the DPI via the screen settings. Move the slider all the way to the left, and everything, including the navbar, becomes smaller.
MrDeacon said:
Lower the DPI via the screen settings. Move the slider all the way to the left, and everything, including the navbar, becomes smaller.
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Thanks but doesn't that deteriorate the screen quality?
backslashV said:
Thanks but doesn't that deteriorate the screen quality?
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No it just makes everything smaller and fit our size screen better.
I pair it with small fonts but not everyones eyes can handle it so test what you're comfortable with. All options are found in settings > display.
christopherrrg said:
No it just makes everything smaller and fit our size screen better.
I pair it with small fonts but not everyones eyes can handle it so test what you're comfortable with. All options are found in settings > display.
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Is there a root method that achieves just that without changing the dpi?
The infinity screen is amazing to look at, and mods or substratum theme to hide navigation bar make it look super clean.
But it absolutely interferes with the typing experience.
Keyboard is located too low and reaching for keys at the bottom row like space bar, enter key, number pads require your thumbs to stretch more than natural finger placements.
I wish keyboard is placed a bit higher. Hate to say this... But like the one in iPhone X. But thankfully I heard Android is very customizable. Does anyone know if this is possible? I mainly use Google keyboard but I don't care what keyboard supports it.
Thanks all
binnkim said:
The infinity screen is amazing to look at, and mods or substratum theme to hide navigation bar make it look super clean.
But it absolutely interferes with the typing experience.
Keyboard is located too low and reaching for keys at the bottom row like space bar, enter key, number pads require your thumbs to stretch more than natural finger placements.
I wish keyboard is placed a bit higher. Hate to say this... But like the one in iPhone X. But thankfully I heard Android is very customizable. Does anyone know if this is possible? I mainly use Google keyboard but I don't care what keyboard supports it.
Thanks all
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Found out Samsung keyboard has that option.. nevermind but not too perfectly.
Guys how do I reduce icon size on this tablet?
I don't like the way how big they are....
This should help
Long press on the home screen, and then click on 'Home screen settings'. Here, you'll see 'Home screen grid' and 'Apps screen grid' in the list. Select '6x5' for both to get smaller icons.
it's already on 6x5
paparazzo79 said:
it's already on 6x5
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I use settings->display->screen zoom. I set it to the smallest size and the icons/fonts are more than large enough, but you get plenty of screen real estate (although on some websites while web browsing, I'll set it back to the middle for larger, more legible text). I'm guessing this is a dpi setting and works well for me. Good luck.
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I use settings->display->screen zoom. I set it to the smallest size and the icons/fonts are more than large enough, but you get plenty of screen real estate (although on some websites while web browsing, I'll set it back to the middle for larger, more legible text). I'm guessing this is a dpi setting and works well for me. Good luck.
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that only reduces icon text,not icons.
paparazzo79 said:
that only reduces icon text,not icons.
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My guess is you'd have to use a different launcher (I think nova lets you adjust icon size). anyway good luck