Trying to type using gestures is not currently possible. The last letter to be entered will be the only letter to appear on the computer screen (cat -> t). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open KDE Connect 2. Select Remote input 3. Select keyboard icon 4. Attempt to type using gestures Actual Results: The last letter I hovered on was the only thing produced for each word. Expected Results: The entirety of the swiped words/phrase would appear on the computer screen.
If it is relevant to this bug, I am using Google's Gboard keyboard.
(In reply to eddymcv from comment #1) > If it is relevant to this bug, I am using Google's Gboard keyboard. It is probably not keyboard dependent, since I can confirm this also happens with the Swiftkey keyboard.
The problem is that KDE Connect emulates key events, not text input per se. Those key events then get interpreted by the text field to get the actual text. So this is not really a bug but rather how KDE Connect works. It might be possible to enable gesture typing, but that would require significant effort, so don't have any high hopes for that. Sorry
I am also hoping this bug would be fixed, but to support my different use case. This bug seems to boil down to supporting the input of text instead of key strokes. Compared to a smartphone, it is difficult to type mathematical symbols, emojis, and foreign languages on a computer. I was hoping to use KDE Connect for that, but this bug prevents me from doing that
(In reply to Daniel Tang from comment #4) > Compared to a smartphone, it is difficult to type mathematical symbols, > emojis, and foreign languages on a computer. I was hoping to use KDE Connect > for that, but this bug prevents me from doing that For foreign languages (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean), there are actually different IMEs / input schemas that you can use. e.g. You can try fcitx + Rime for Chinese input.
Created attachment 137733 [details] Screenshot showing voice typing issue
This seems to also prevent Google voice typing from being an option; see the prior screenshot where the voice typing icon is available in a standard text field, but not within KDE connect. I've tried all the options within GBoard, and as far as I can tell it seems to be related to the type of input in KDE Connect. It'd be pretty sweet to have the option of using Google voice typing in arbitrary applications (e.g., LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Slack, etc.), which as far as I know is not otherwise available on Linux desktop.
I think I have a similar issue. I'm running Fedora, tried both a compiled (21.04.2) and the repo version (v20.12.2), with a pxiel 4 on the latest update (RQ3A.210605.005). I'm interested in voice typing, and I have seen videos of this working online, but it does not work for me on my local installation. Even the backspace key in the voice typing UI does not work. BTW Joseph if you hit the symbols key (?123) you should be able to access a voice typing menu. Does it work for you?
The new "compose send" feature (the icon with a pencil) should let you input text via gesture typing and voice typing.
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