Hide keyboard gesture

[Ali8101]

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So in messageease, clicking on the top right box hides the keyboard Is it possible to get the same feature? if not can it atleast be a gesture on that box? I understand that the back button does that, just that muscle memory is used to hiding the keyboard through this method and can't get a hold of hiding it through the back button

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[MilesBHuff]

I'd kind of like to +1 this issue -- I have 13 years of muscle memory that results in me always hitting that button to hide the keyboard, which ofc it does not [yet] do. It's hard (but ofc not impossible) to retrain to use the new keyboard collapse button present in recent versions of Android.

That said, I definitely understand why you made it the number switch. There are only so many slots available for things, and expending one of the most-valuable slots to be redundant is unwise.

So while on the one hand I don't want to have to retrain my muscle memory, the other hand says that the current tap function for that button is more-logical.

If this is implemented, it would really need to be as a legacy/compatibility mode, in which the top control key becomes a close button, and the second-from-the-top control key becomes the numpad button. This would allow Messagease users to maintain their muscle memory at the cost of a less-efficient button spread.

[nightkr]

to use the new keyboard collapse button present in recent versions of Android.

FWIW this isn't new, it goes all the way back to at least Android 2.3.

But yeah, I don't want to minimize the issue but I think it has too many knock-on effects in terms of making the layout still make sense.. :/