Option to minimize keyboard

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go to any application that supports typing. Eg: Memo
2. Type a few lines. There's no way to minimize the keyboard like you can with 
the Samsung keypad (am using a galaxy tab)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Looking for a key (like the one in SAmsung keypad that looks like a keyboard 
with an arrow key on the bottom left corner) that can minimize the keyboard

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v1.2 on Galaxy Tab Froyo (stock install)

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by twogig...@gmail.com on 9 Jul 2011 at 7:57

• Merged into: #127

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Use the global back arrow to collapse the keyboard

Original comment by belg4...@gmail.com on 12 Jul 2011 at 12:30

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This would be especially useful on the Kindle Fire (which I'm using right now, 
with Hacker's Keyboard), There's no hardware back key, and the keyboard 
obscures the soft keys (so does stock). The only workaround I see at the moment 
is to switch back to stock keyboard and collapse it.

Original comment by m...@utterlymundane.org on 24 Nov 2011 at 7:55

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I've added support for configurable keyboard swipe gestures, by default "swipe 
down" closes the keyboard.

Try v1.28rc13 or later from 
http://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/downloads/list, and please let me know 
if this works for you. See also 
http://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/issues/detail?id=127 .

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 31 Dec 2011 at 8:33

• Changed state: Duplicate