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  • [Feature request] allow the space bar of the keyboard to slide the cursor

A very nice feature that I experienced in other keyboard was to be able to move the cursor very precisely using the space bar. Sliding precisely is already there on the current keyboard but you need to touch long on the word, and it requires a bigger hand movement which I find not practical. Another nice feature is to be able to delete the entire line by sliding left the delete button of the keyboard. This used to increase my productivity a lot. If it's possible to implement or if you can't point me on how to implement it in graphene, I would be very grateful.
Thanks for all the work in this OS :)

The keyboard in GOS is the default one from AOSP.
Means you have to place your FR there, or switch to Gboard, heliboard or fluto. They all support that feature out of the box

Futo keyboard is very good. Its paid software though.

    PaulDavis No. Its not a donation, you're supposed to pay for it. Its has an infinite free trial, while its a for-profit product.

    • mmmm replied to this.

      Rizzler yeah but you can offer a euro or offer nothing at all. Nothing changes. You absolutely don’t need to pay if you don’t want to. Morals aside, it’s free.

        mmmm That's like saying: Because you can reset the 30 day trial in Adobe software by tweaking the registry, its free software.
        Just because you don't pay for something you use doesn't mean its "free". The clearly want you to pay for it. Avoiding the cost won't make it free.

        It costs about 7€ btw, i dont know where you got the " pay what you want" thing from.

          Rizzler More like €11 or £9.15.
          But if it is a non compulsory payment, then it is a suggested donation.
          Whether it is worth it or not, or should you be morally obliged, are irrelevant

            PaulDavis I didn't make a stance on if its worth it or not. Its a paid software that you can avoid paying for. They are selling it specifically as paid, not donationware.

            • mmmm replied to this.

              There's Floris Board which does just that. It's highly customizable and was once considered to be the AOSP keyboard replacement (that has changed though).

              6 days later

              Rizzler no. It is specifically stated you can pay if you wish. Nothing at all like whatuoure trying to insist.

              Rizzler again. Nope. Its pay if you want to pay. Again, morals aside, you don't NEED to pay for it.

                mmmm You don't have to do lots of things. I don't "need" to pay for adobe software if i don't want to. That doesn't make it free. Same with WinRAR. This is a paid software with an infinite trial essentially. But it literally says on their website "BUY". Im sick of this useless argument tbh. You guys are counter arguing against a FACT with "no". If you watched any of Ros*man's videos, he literally says its "paid software"... Just because you don't pay for it, doesn't mean its free. And im done here unless anyone makes a reasonable logical argument instead of "no".

                Proof with timecode:
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCGaKvZpJYc&t=9m58s
                (I recommend you to watch the whole chapter)

                • de0u replied to this.

                  In german, we have to words for it which describes it very well. In English (at least with a translator) it's all just one word.
                  "Gratis aber nicht kostenlos"

                  mmmm Its pay if you want to pay. Again, morals aside, you don't NEED to pay for it.

                  Rizzler This is a paid software with an infinite trial essentially.

                  [...]

                  Proof with timecode:
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCGaKvZpJYc&t=9m58s

                  My understanding aligns with @Rizzler as follows: FUTO makes the software available under the condition that users pay, though they know users can use the software without paying. That is not the same as "pay if you want to", as follows. If some large company installed FUTO software on work devices given to employees without paying FUTO, there would be clear grounds for FUTO to sue and, though I am not an attorney, I believe it is likely that they would win.

                  In theory they could also pursue individual users, though in practice that wouldn't make sense... except maybe to embarrass some high-profile wealthy person using their software without paying.

                  But overall "what is legal" and "what you can very likely get away with" are not the same thing, and the difference isn't just "morals".

                    de0u

                    "Please consider paying to support future development of FUTO software"

                    Their words, not mine.

                    That is not a demand for payment. Morally, yes - pay. Who wants to work for free?

                    But paying is clearly not a 'condition'.

                    So were all level and clear, I paid - I pay for all my useful open source software, including Graphene.

                    But there is no obligation to pay for Futo keyboard, according to them.

                    • de0u replied to this.

                      mmmm "Please consider paying to support future development of FUTO software"

                      Ok, I stand corrected. What R-----nn said in the video is very different from what's written on the web site!