On Saturday, May 26, 2012 15:03:11 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > I finally had my first chance to see Maliit Active live in action (on Mer), > and it generally I like it a lot!
huzzah! > Even though the keys are currently way too small on the Mer x86 image on a > Wetab (partly because they are not dpi-aware yet, partly because the yes, size is the next thing we need to tackle in the integration ... > However since many keys that are often needed in a terminal (like tab and > arrow keys) are rarely needed in usual mobile usecases, we shouldn't clutter > the normal layouts with them. What I think does make sense, though, is > having a third (or rather fifth) layout specific for terminal use which > includes all keys regularly needed there (letters, /, ., |, <,>, ~, -, > arrow keys and maybe a few more). If that's soo many keys, it may contain > only tab and arrow keys so the user can at least switch to it when needed. > Can we do that for PA or does it have to be implemented in Maliit? we can do it in the PA integration for Maliit. and i agree that "geek characters" are necessary in our keyboard. / is needed for urls, so that should readily available .. the rest should be easily found. having a tab key on the main layout wouldn't be the worst idea, though, as it could also help encourage the use of tabbing between text fields on forms. -- Aaron J. Seigo
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