Maliit/Features

Maliit - Input Methods for MeeGo
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Features

For end users

Following are the high level end-user features supported by Maliit:

• Multitouch virtual keyboard
  • Landscape and portrait QWERTY with dedicated symbol views
  • Support for multiple languages and scripts (e.g. latin, cyrillic, arabic, chinese)
    • See current layouts at MeeGo gitorius
  • Number/phone number layouts for entering numbers/phone numbers
• Context sensitive and dynamic action key
  • e.g. replacing enter icon with search icon and highlighting the key in search fields - and respective search key inactive when search field empty
• Context sensitive layouts
  • e.g. replacing ',' key with '@' in e-mail address fields
• Simple interactions (as defined in MeeGo Basics)
  • Swipe sideways to easily switch between different active keyboard layouts and other input methods
  • Swipe down to close virtual keyboard or alternatively tap outiside the active input area to close keyboard
• Low-latency haptics typing feedback (with feedback framework backend); sound,tactile

• Cut/Copy/Paste for text input
  • Separate text editor widget for text input fields
• Error correction / word prediction for virtual keyboard (with error correction / prediction engine)
  • Separate widget for correction/prediction candidates
• Hardware keyboard
  • Long pressing of keys either to autorepeat (e.g. arrow keys, backspace) or to input secondary characters (e.g. numbers, symbols)
  • Possibility to extend hardware keys with virtual keys (e.g. for additional symbols)

• Toolbar for appliction specific input content
  • For placing buttons, labels etc.
  • Toolbar located on top of virtual keyboard, with hardware keyboard in the bottom of the screen

• External input methods
  • e.g. Bluetooth keyboards

For integrators and developers

• Input Methods can be implemented as plugins
• Error correction/prediction engines can be implemented as plugins
• Framework is licensed LGPL
• Keyboard has theming abilities via CSS file
• Meego Keyboard has customizable layout files
• Meego Feedback framework has swappable backends (for haptics et.c.)
• Support for additional toolkits can be done by using the DBus connection for the Input Context

Maliit - Input Methods for MeeGo
Overview · Development · Installing · Roadmap