After testing got underway in January, Gboard is now widely rolling out Undo and Redo buttons/shortcuts on Android...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27072928

After testing got underway in January, Gboard is now widely rolling out Undo and Redo buttons/shortcuts on Android…

  • hefty4871@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 day ago

    Thanks. I hate it.

    I have the next word suggestions option turned off. Previously I would see a question mark, exclamation mark and semicolon in the top strip. Now, with this new feature I get only the undo box (if my last word was autocorrected) and I now have to backspace and push and hold the M key to get a question mark.

    I can’t figure out how to remove the option, so now I’m looking at replacement keyboards.

  • Twanquility@feddit.dkEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    I recently switched to FUTO keyboard, which works great.

    Yes, it has the undo/redo. And also dedicated ‘mark all’, ‘copy’, ‘cut’, ‘paste’ as well as shortcuts built into the letters (hold c for copy, v for paste, etc.). Arrow keys as well! Also some other features, and swipe typing.

    Only downside is that the swiping is not as acurate as gboard, but it well worth it, in terms of privacy and choosing/supporting an independent alternative.

    • jef@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      I can never use another keyboard after discovering the hold to copy and stuff, it’s so natural, and I’m so glad that I’m stuck on a FOSS keyboard that’s owned by a company I respect.

    • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      (hold c for copy, v for paste, etc.)

      WHAT! I never would have found this myself.

    • mannycalavera@feddit.ukEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Interesting im using it now and the swiping certainly isn’t as good but the text entry seems OK. I’ll play around with this for about a week.

      In the past it has been pretty hard to beat GBoard, as much as I have issues with it GBoard is the best keyboard on the market - for me.

      Edit: I really liked the ability to add a gif directly from the keyboard. Not sure you can do that with this keyboard 🤔

      • Twanquility@feddit.dkEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, thats also a feature I miss. I mean, FUTO is good, but gboard is better in many ways. Having a billion dollar company probably helps, in that regard.