Add clipboard history/manager

[GoRaN909]

Hi @menny thank you for developing this amazing keyboard i was used this keyboard app many years in 2016 till 2020 but because some bugs and unfixed error i switched to Swiftkey now i wants to return back to this keyboard app and i have a suggestion if you implement clipboard history/manager like the Microsoft SwifKeyBoard has been implemented many years ago could you please add that must needed feature to AnySoftKeyboard it will be the number one of FOSS apps if we have clipboard history & manager like SwiftKey or GBoard.

[tsilvs]

There is already utility keyboard with clipboard history. It could be opened with a gesture only though. By default it's swipe up from space bar.

[ghost]

@tsilvs are you sure it has clipboard history? I can find clipboard action manager only

[tsilvs]

@kik-btaski Yes. One of the options is the history.

[ghost]

Oh 😲 Thanks @tsilvs for the info Then i think this issue is stale

[ghost]

BTW the clipboard history automatically clears after some time. @tsilvs is there a setting for clipboard history clear?

[ghost]

Let say there is clipboard history saved. When you launch the keyboard settings app and close it, clipboard history automatically clears.

[tsilvs]

@kik-btaski

BTW the clipboard history automatically clears after some time.

Didn't encounter such behavior. There's even an issue #3612 about adding a button for manual clearing.

is there a setting for clipboard history clear?

Sorry, don't know that, didn't find anything like that in settings. And they are structured in a pretty confusing way.

[ghost]

In my case, clipboard clears when either switching keyboard or open keyboard setting app then closing it

[ghost]

Here in code, the clipboard entries are saved in variable only rather than any persistent object

[DaRealNOX]

Hi all. I think I have to link there https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard/issues/3873#issuecomment-1918551193 for some good reason.

[fedora-mahdi]

Hi all !

Delighted to stumble on this thread 😃 : I've been looking for a FOSS history clipboard embedded in AnySoftKeyboard for so long. I may need help though .

@kik-btaski 👍 . @tsilvs 👍

Could you please detail @tsilvs HOW you can display those advanced options in your previous comment

When I swipe up from space bar it just shrinks my keyboard.

I get easily lost in AnySoftKeyboard Options and settings... Could you please help me also there... ?

[DaRealNOX]

@fedora-mahdi

Hi! To use the clipboard or its history, you would have to choose a different keyboard layout that shows the clipboard button.

Here is some illustrated information (don't be surprised, my ASK is in German, but the ASK settings can be found in exactly the same place in other languages)...

1.) This is what my keyboard layout looks like at the moment and you can already use the following function in your current one...

2.) Then you should go to the "language" tab first to activate keyboards and languages...

3.) There select the desired language in conjunction with the desired layout (for more to download scroll down to the bottom)...

4.) ...but only in the F-Droid shop you can find suitable things for ASK to download. ;)

5.) After all the settings (you may need some time for the previous steps), you can now choose the design of your chosen keyboard (menu tab: User interface > Select and configure keyboard, as shown below), where you can also scroll all the way down to download from the F-Droid shop. But I don't think there's anything really necessary there at the moment...

[fedora-mahdi]

@DaRealNOX : Vielen Dank ! Thank you so much : 👍 So this is how I got it done:

• choose your language as @DaRealNOX indicated
• In options: change top row THERE is the clipboard icon

• 

[fedora-mahdi]

What about tie the ASK clipboard icon with a more elaborate clipboard manager like FOSS Xclipper (with pinned clippings, on the fly editions, history...)?

[tsilvs]

@fedora-mahdi

elaborate clipboard manager with pinned clippings, on the fly editions, history

For now all of those are missing features, you could make a feature request. Would be best to provide UI mockups too.

Offtopic: Nice nickname. Dune reference?

[tsilvs]

To be even more specific, for anyone who might need this later, here's how you enable clipboard icon:

1. Open AnySoft Keyboard settings app
2. Go to "UI" tab
3. Tap "Tweaks and more" option
4. Tap "Common top generic row" option
5. Choose "Quick text editing"
6. Apply, exit and enjoy!

[fedora-mahdi]

@tsilvs :

elaborate clipboard manager with pinned clippings, on the fly editions, history

For now all of those are missing features, you could make a feature request. Would be best to provide UI mockups too.

sorry I would know how to request a feature. But ASK and XClipper being to FOSS softwares, wouldn't it be simplier that the clipboard icon key just links to open XClipper?

That way:

• ASK keeps focused on what it does best (keyboard UX) and Xclipper likewise (history/clipboard issues).

• None would have to e-invent the weels of features of the other

• and evertmyone would benefit from the best of both worlds !

Is it possible ?

[tsilvs]

@fedora-mahdi

wouldn't it be simplier

Not necessarily, depends on multitude of factors.

Overall it's an additional external dependency with no standard ways of interaction.

AFAIK there's no proper Android system API to handle such call. Requires more research, e.g.:

• Does AOSP provide clipboard API?
• Which features does it include?
• Could it be handled by custom schema resolving? Should it?

Is it possible?

Might be, but it requires more expertise in Android development that I already have.