[Feature]: add long-press symbols to termux extra-keys

[Coderx7]

Feature description

Google Gboard has this nice feature where you can long press on a symbol like . and a new pane pops up allowing you to select any symbols on the spot without going anywhere or taking much space.
here is how it looks :

since termux and the applications related to it require many functional keys (i.e Ctrl, Alt, INS, etc) that are not available in normal keyboards, this will be a great way to provide that functionality without taking much space/cluttering the view and provide a very smooth and enjoyable experience working in our phones.

p.s: by extra-keys in termux I mean the keyboard bar that has Ctrl Home, etc keys

as you can see I added a new set of keys, but they take up space and make it harder to work, keyboards that offer such functional keys, usually are very cluttered and tightly packed making working with them hard.
currently I have to switch to a different keyboard like codeboard or hacker's keyboard when I want to work with termux and switch to Gboard for all other tasks. with this feature the need for changing keyboards would greatly decrease if not cease to exist.

Additional information

No, not to my knowledge.

[agnostic-apollo]

Use popup.

https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard#Advanced_extra_keys_configuration

[romanovj]

Unexpected-Keyboard is pretty good

[Coderx7]

Use popup.

https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard#Advanced_extra_keys_configuration

Thanks but popup doesn't provide the same functionality and they are not mutually exclusive.
The issue with popup keys is that you can only assign a second key/macro to an existing key, more functional keys have to be placed in more rows, thus cluttering up more space and making it harder to use them. it's not scalable in that sense and not comparable at all.
it's a good feature but not a substitute for this functionality where it allows you to access several functional keys/macros from a single popup.

I noticed this is similar to this feature request from a year ago as well : #2624

Id like to ask you to kindly reconsider it if possible.
thanks a lot for your time.

[agnostic-apollo]

I agree that popup only allows a single key, but like I said in other issue, multiple popups whether via gestures or long hold would need to be implemented by someone else and would likely require complex code to display multiple popups properly. It's not a priority for me currently but support can be added.

Edit: If I do get time in future, I may do it myself, but not anytime soon.