We recently brought Cursor Control to your Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard for Android. This much-requested feature had previously only ever been available on iOS.
If you haven't tried it out you can do so by tapping & holding your spacebar to move the cursor.
If you use multiple languages, cursor control will need to be turned on first; this setting can be found in your ‘Typing’ menu.
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Ask the community your SwiftKey for Android related questions
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SwiftKey Q&A: Week 1 - Cursor Control Pinned Featured
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How to submit a Feature Request And/Or Ask a Question Pinned
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Hi guys,
How to submit a feature request
If you've had a really good idea and want SwiftKey to hear all about it, the best way to do that is to submit it via the 'Feature Request' form here:
https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
We look forward to reading all your requests and improvements.
The best way to post a question
The community can help you answer your question with speed and quality. We highly recommend you always add this information to your post:
- Device make and model
- Device Android version
- Current SwiftKey version
- Steps to reproduce
- Any screen shots / video clips that help show the issue
The more information you can leave means the quicker your answer can get answered.
Best,
Ryan, SwiftKey Community Manager
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How to completely disable personal dictionary popup ? Answered
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I've OPPO A52 and everytime I a typo it gives me a red line under it and when I click on it it shows a popup of suggested words from my personal dictinary
How can I disable spellcheck and the popup completely??
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Feedback/suggestions. Prediction dictionary. Answered
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Would be great to be able to edit the prediction dictionary without making the trigger word be replaced every time the words similar. Particularly when it comes to emojis. Being able to add a trigger word (or start of word) that puts the emoji as a prediction. E.g., I'd put "hehe" to predict 😅. But at the moment if it's put in clipboard the word is replaced automatically. Overall I love swift key! Been using it for years with every new phone
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Wierd typo in Gpay Answered
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I have been using SwiftKey keyboard for a long time but recently I have encountered a wierd error in SwiftKey keyboard while trying to make payments using Gpay. It keeps inputting random numbers when I try to enter any amount... Very difficult to correct it too.
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Spazio automatico indesiderato Answered
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Lo spazio automatico dopo la correzione e dopo la punteggiatura è utike e comodo.
Tuttavia, ogni volta che scrivo "tu?" mi si inserisce automaticamente uno spazio fra il "tu" e il punto interrogativo, senza alcuna ragione.
Tra l'altro, cancellando sia spazio che punto interrogativo, e provando a smettere il punto di domanda, lo spazio ricompare all'infinito.
L'unico modo per toglierlo è tornare indietro e cancellare solo lo spazio.
C'è un modo per evitare che ciò accada?
Allego video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vKZsq30cINKiNNQuQMofCO9pPvtItVLQ/view?usp=drivesdk
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Blank emoji screens in Wordscapes chat Answered
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When using in game chat in Wordscapes I have black screens for different emogi sets. Not always the same set of emojus missing (eg, tranport, sports, flags etc) which set is missing appears to be random but always at least one set of emojis is blank. I'm using a Samsung Note 20 Plus, latest OS.
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REQUEST: Cursor Control be given its own button Answered
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Cursor control is currently handled either by arrow keys or by holding the space bar and dragging. What if we could have a dedicated button or caret to accomplish the same function that is in the space bar? After all, the space bar is at the bottom of the screen so that moving the cursor down is all but impossible using that method.
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Deleted words keep coming back Answered
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When I do "remove prediction" on a word they SwiftKey has learned, I mean REALLY REALLY stop predicting that word. No matter how many times I type it like that, I always want SwiftKey to autocorrect it to the real word and never learn the wrong word again. (In fact, it would be great if SwiftKey could learn to predict phrases and NEVER learn mistyped words at all.) There isn't a setting for that that I'm missing, is there?
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Blank space before exclamation mark in Korean Answered
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I have three languages installed, French and English on one keyboard layout (AZERTY) and Korean on its own keyboard layout. Recently I had to reinstall SwiftKey because after an update the emoji page was crashing. Since then, when I type some Korean words such as 안녕, SwiftKey automatically adds a blank space if I add an exclamation or interrogation mark, just like it would in French (only for some words): "안녕 !" instead of "안녕!". It turns out that if I disable French, this does not happen. What puzzles me is, for this to happen when I type English words makes sense to me as English and French share the same layout, but why does French interfere where I'm typing Korean words made of Korean characters with the Korean layout? Is there a way to fix this, even if I have to do it for each individual word? I'm using SwiftKey 7.7.7.7 on Android 11 (Google Pixel 4a 5G).
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Select & Confirm GIF send.
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Too many times have I clicked and sent the wrong GIF trying to scroll further down... You need to have the click select and then have a confirm send button appear to be sure you send the correct GIF
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Too much .com prediction Answered
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I cannot find a way to bring up ".com" in the word prediction bar, so that I can tell app NOT to predict ".com". It is getting inserted randomly in my sentences far too frequently.
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S8+ to S20 - long press symbols in top right of each key missing Answered
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Tried looking up on here, in the support videos etc, but can't seem to find anything. I great see the standard keyboard and have to navigate to number and symbol pages as the long press option is there, but I've no idea what lies where without them showing! Anyone any idea what I'm missing? Driving my mad. Ta
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Disable spacebar while swyping
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I find it very annoying that swype uses the spacebar. I will occasionally touch the spacebar while swyping a word and the keyboard splits the word into two incorrect words. If swyping would ignore the spacebar this likely wouldn't occur. Maybe it's just me but it happens all too often. The ability to customize the keyboard would be even better, having the ability to turn off keys that we don't use while swyping, for example the period and comma keys next to the spacebar. I'm always getting unwanted question marks and exclamation points also.
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Clipboard font changed color Answered
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I woke up with my fonts on my clipboard all a deep blue and I use a black background so it's really hard to read (OK I'm 🧓). Thing is that I can't find a way to change that font color so I can't change it back to white! The text pastes into documents and emails just fine in normal colors. I ASSUME I had my hands on the phone while asleep and we all know the nightmare that can cause!
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New toolbar introduced, how can I hide or disable it? (2020) Answered
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A new toolbar with many new features has been introduced (https://9to5google.com/2018/03/15/swiftkey-update-toolbar-stickers/). However I don't need it and it disrupts my workflow (buttons present in the text input, like Telegram stickers, are now 1 row more distant from text input).
How can I disable it?
Update:
Thanks for the answers and the interest.
Solution:
You can disable it by pressing the button on the left of all the words prediction, the one that you see in the picture, and it will be hidden.
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How do I remove the prediction bar from SwiftKey? [You can't] Answered
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I do not want any suggestions. please tell me how to remove these?
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clipboard Answered
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Does the SwiftKey backup system also back up my clipboard pinned snippets?
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Change color of the letters Answered
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Option to change letter color to any color we want. White is too bright on OLED displays.
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Automatic period positioning Answered
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I'm an engineer so I am constantly texting decimal numbers. When trying to type something like "the tolerance for that part is. 100" the period automatically snaps to the "is" and not to ".100" even when intentionally adding a space. I then have to monkey around with spaces or put the number in parenthesis. It's really annoying when I have to do this multiple times in a sentence. Disabling autocorrect doesn't stop this behavior.
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Emoji Key Crashes Keyboard Answered
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I can type anything else except hit the emoji key or total crash. Galaxy S10
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Auto correct undo
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I like auto correct, but sometimes what I type is what I want. It gets almost impossible to enter what I really want without going through a lot of hassle and taking time. If I turn off auto correct, then I loose its advantages. How do I quickly undo the auto correct that was just inserted and keep typing? Need a button to undo last auto correct.
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Auto-sticking Answered
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Good day! Please make it possible for the user to select auto-stick "dash" "-" ... Or "dash" that does not stick to the letters to render for quick access ... Very inconvenient! Thank you for understanding!
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remove spaces at end of paragraph Answered
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When I press next paragraph on Android it will automatically delete all the spaces and some apps (reddit) will not put a new paragraph if there is no space at the end of a sentence. I have to press space 5 times so it doesn't delete all the spaces at the end of a paragraph.
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El traductor ya no funciona [Fixed]
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Cada vez que le preciono en el apartadp de traductor me dice "vuelva a cargar el traductor, se produjo un error" y no c como solucionarlo ayuda
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Customize URL suffix list Answered
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Is it possible to customise the list of suffixes on the .com button? I live in the UK and would like to have .co.uk as an option in the list, maybe even the primary one, although I'd live with .com as the primary. This must be the same for most countries. Can it be changed? Thanks.
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.co.uk key Answered
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I am in the UK and when I am typing in a Web search my punctuation key defaults to: .com. If long pressed I can have org, TV or net. All I want is: .co.uk. Is this possible? It would be nice to be able to define what 8 want on that key.
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Key pop ups Answered
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Need to have key pop up much bigger and also maybe in contrasting colors. My thumbs are fat and like to press the wrong keys. It would make it much easier to see what letter I have pressed. Right now I can't even see the letter that pops up.
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IPA symbols
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Hello,
I wish I have the opportunity to use the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), and the symbols that indicate the "quantity" in Latin words (long and short), on all the vowels. I'm a student of linguistics and I think it could help a lot of people.
Best Regards
Manuel De Sio, student of Linguistics
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Main screen Dimming when the keyboard is popped up Answered
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Every time I type the rest of the screen is getting dimmed and I cannot clearly the main screen because of that effect. (even with full brightness, the screen gets darkened each time the keyboard pops up.) How do I remove this effect when I type? My device is Xiaomi Mi Max 2 Android version 7.1.1. SwiftKey 7.7.7.7