Bug 392485

Summary:	Numeric keypad as a remote input
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	Adrien Cordonnier <adrien.cordonnier>
Component:	android-application	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	matthijstijink
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.8
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Android
OS:	All
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Adrien Cordonnier 2018-03-29 12:10:21 UTC

I would like to have a numeric keypad as a remote input.

Most laptops do not have a numeric keypad. Numbers are not directly available either on the French keyboard as they require holding Shift. This make it very inconvenient to insert a lot of numbers in a spreadsheet. It is currently possible to have a soft keyboard on the remote input activity. However keys are quite small as there are many other key than numbers. 

I suggest to add a keypad icon (3x3 dots + 1 bottom middle dot) which trigger the soft numeric keypad. The native numeric keypad is automatically displayed for example when filling <input type="number"> html5 form fields with a modern browser (https://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_input_number).

Comment 1 Matthijs Tijink 2018-03-29 17:41:39 UTC

This is already possible, if your keyboard supports this. For example, Swype and GBoard support this.

On Swype: swype from swype button to "5" button.
On Gboard: see https://androidforums.com/threads/google-keyboard-how-to-change-to-number-pad.804201/