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I found this google documentation about Pixel keyboard shortcuts some of them possibly apply to Pro1. Note that, Search 🔍 shortcuts aka Bookmarks are not accessible with the default keyboard layout.

I have not tried it but the docs say so and, from what I have seen, meta does work as any other modifiers except when Bookmarks are getting in the way. Still, for the reasons mentioned above, I would stay away from it as much as possible.

At the core they are just generic modifiers for OEM to use as they see fit. However Meta is notably used by Android Bookmarks. Fn on full size keyboard is typically used to access media, device features and default apps. See Logitech and Thinkpad keyboards. Fn on reduced sized keyboard is typically used to access characters that are otherwise directly available in a full size keyboard. See Nokia E7 and pretty much every qwerty smartphones. At least one of the Alt, often Alt Gr, is typically used to access non English characters, 3rd level ones. Shift access uppercase

I stand corrected. Hitting meta alone does launch Google Assist on stock anyway, unless maybe if you did not configure it? However hitting Meta with a key that's not used by Bookmarks does not launch Google Assist making Meta in those cases a usable modifier in KCM or Key Mapper shortcut.

In Fx Qwerty I have the following modifier mappings: Yellow aka Fn aka Slant Arrow: KEYCODE_FUNCTION just like on stock. Red aka Fx aka FxTec: KEYCODE_ALT_RIGHT, remapped from stock. Blue aka Alt: KEYCODE_ALT_LEFT just like on stock. However my favourite variant is swapping Fn with Alt so as to enable proper Alt+Tab now Fn+Tab from both sides of the keyboard. Hope you guys are still following 🙂

That should work. In theory it could. However it is cluttered by that Bookmarks feature. So in practise it's not usable without getting rid of said Bookmarks feature. What's most annoying with meta on android is that hitting it alone or with a key that's not a valid Bookmark shortcut triggers Google Assist. On top of that, removing the Bookmarks feature from Android is possibly breaking users trying to use it with an external keyboard that's implementing it. Therefore IMHO Meta and Bookmarks are better be left alone. It looks like a derelict poorly implemented feature.

So thanks to @Craig post there, we solved that mystery. The modifier used by Android for those shortcuts is called Meta. I could indeed provide layouts remapping the Fx key as Meta thus enabling that built-in feature. However I doubt I would be using it myself. Some of those shortcuts don't make much sense compare to the ones I defined, obviously :), like Meta+L to launch Calendar. There are only two features available in Meta and not currently offered by FxQwerty: Meta+Space which can only switch between two input methods. If you have more you will have to do it via touch menu an

So changing the keyboard type is really not possible from the application side. See: https://gitlab.com/SaberMod/pa-android-frameworks-base/commit/6ec6f79e1ac1714e3b837796e99f07ff88f66601#5a1e1542c6bd325d04e1e1df50a937413edccd06_52_60 It just loads OVERLAY types. Possibly doable on rooted device I guess. @tdm On LineageOS is there any chance you guys could provide a way for the user to select how she wants to use the keyboard, ALPHA or FULL?

@Craig @tdm Do you guys happen to know the keyboard PID, VID and device name? I would like to try to override it into ALPHA keyboard using those information.

Ho yeah, I'm fully aware of those 😃

Good to know. I'm not using those anyway :} They should really drop that feature and redirect users to that Key Mapper app I tried it but it didn't work. Maybe I should try harder.

This ought to make it to stocck somehow 😃

Interresting so that's what Bookmarks are using. I ought to give it a try with Fx Qwerty though I'm far from impressed with those default shortcuts.

Fair enough. In case you did not notice, Fx Qwerty now comes with Shift as Fn variants too. Good to know, it would be great then if we could have them use a different scancode so as to separately customise them. When I tried FinQwerty I started to use Shift for everything but then I got beaten every time by the question mark 🙂 I'll consider providing different characters through shift than through Fn as duplicates are not strictly needed. That's why I kept variants which do not use Shift as Fn, they could offer more characters at some point, superscripts and such.

Just published v0.2.0 featuring this layout. Feedback and bug reports are most welcome on this thread.

I implemented that for you already. Just use one of the variants that says "Shift as Fn". Good catch, just fixed it. See updated link on the home page. Not doable as both yellow arrow keys (aka Fn) are hardwired. Also I want to keep it WYSIWYG. Then you may as well stick with FinQwerty. It launches the default apps as you defined them in your settings. So it will launch whatever app you are using as your default Agenda for instance. Not necessarily Google Calendar, which hardly supports landscape btw.

Need a Scandinavian variant of that? Feel free to design your own and I'll see how I can integrate it. Typically you would mostly need to change the alt layer for supporting other group of languages. I've tooled myself so that it's relatively easy for me to produce local variants while keeping the common functionality untouched.

I'm fine with the Edge, used a Galaxy S7 Edge for years though. I think stray touch input is a problem these days with most every no bezel flagship Edge or not.

Fx Qwerty v0.1.1 layout. EDIT: This is now outdated, check out Fx Qwerty home page for up to date versions.

Actually I got confused cause you offset the keys somehow. I have to say that I intend for Fx Qwerty layouts to remain user friendly by being WYSIWYG so I doubt I'll invest time to implement yours as it is.

@brunoais I like that keyboard layout designer tool. Though it looks like you basically have to edit the raw data to get anything done right? Your design example has more keys than the Pro1.

Anyone else is having issues with the volume rocker? Volume down is working fine but volume up is most unreliable. I need to push at some specific place and angle for it to register reliably. Moreover it's almost flush wit the casing. It would have been easier to get a feel for it if it was sticking out some more.

@brunoaisIs this what you need? Which language is this for?

@FlyingAntero Do you have link to that Gcam app?

Never had a Priv but I can tell you my Pro is awesome. Does not overheat or reboots. Battery is solid too. If you don't mind potentially waiting 3 months to get yours just go order now.