Option to quickly switch to another keyboard

[boikyeet]

Is it me or there's no way of quickly switching to a different keyboard (switching back to Gboard for example) from the keyboard itself?

This is absolutely necessary in any mobile keyboard

[MaethorNaur]

You can quickly switch from 8vim to gboard by setting gboard as the emoji keyboard. However, switch gboard to 8vim you will have to press on the shortcut on the down right of your screen (keyboards selection)

[ManDay]

There is #308. Switching to another keyboard should be as easy as calling to showInputMethodPicker(). I'd also like a quick method, like a gesture, until issue 308 is resolved, as switching to Gboard is currently my only way of getting a different layout (cyrillic in my case) and I have the sidebar disabled.

[MaethorNaur]

Having a quick gesture to switch is doable as it has a specific event code. Just need to agree upon the movement.
#308 should be straight forward

[EricDru]

I use the emoji button to launch voice input.
Keyboard switcher apps are common. I use one from Kunzisoft. It can run from a notification. ATM I have a notification from Android System that does the same. Not sure how.

[martin-braun]

@MaethorNaur @EricDru I was fine with the emoji keyboard shortcut for such a long while. I used it not for voice input, but for getting the keyboard of my password manager in front of me. This allows me to load and paste my credentials without leaving the current app. Now I installed FUTO Voice, an open source voice input that processes all your voice on the device only and I'm stuck. Within 8Vim I need permanent access to two keyboards now.

A simple fix would be to show the keyboard select dialog when long-pressing the smiley. This would certainly help for the time being.

A much more configurable system that results in multiple shortcuts would be anticipated, but I'm not 100% sure how this could work out in the restricted UI, it's already very dense. Maybe the Ctrl/fn toggles could change the functionality of the smiley key, so that we could have 3 keyboards + long press for the keyboard select dialog? That would be a game changer for me, once again.