Well, it’s the minimal proportion. Anything flatter than that will also use the wide layout, adjusted to this particular display. The limitation in play here is the number of rows: buttons won’t shrink to be too small to press.
You can check the code: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/squeekboard/-/blob/master/src/state.rs#L276
Hi Steve,
There are many ways to share files, but I was thinking more in the line of sharing them here.
I have no idea what the total size will be of the layouts you have made.
Maybe Purism can jump on board and offer a solution.
OK, I suppose I can paste them into a comment. There will be three files.
There are a couple of things I want to debug first…I modified the function keys layout some and introduced an issue there, and also I discoved my dummy spacer keys register a keypress if you hit them accidentally (no key ends up in your file, but if you did a latch shift (the kind that only holds for the next character), and hit one of these by mistake, it’s enough to do an “un-shift”.
Again, these are set up to replace the us keyboard. I’ll explain that when I upload them.
Great and again thank you.
You’ve convinced me that actual spacers are necessary.
Actually, just being able to define a key action that is “do absolutely nothing” would cover it.
I’m going to go right now and try to see what happens if the text is an empty string. (I doubt it will work but it’s worth a shot.)
OK, THIS is us.yaml. It needs to go into ~/.local/share/squeekboard/keyboards.
If you want it to be your terminal keyboard as well (wait until after you’re sure it works for you before doing this) also copy it to ~/.local/share/squeekboard/keyboards/terminal.
This will NOT color any keys (including the dummy spacers, which will be visible instead of black-on-black-on-black) by itself.
---
outlines:
default: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_punct: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_foreign: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_calc: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_prgm: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_curr: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_misc: { width: 48, height: 52 }
sp1_3: { width: 16, height: 52 }
sp2_3: { width: 32, height: 52 }
action: { width: 64, height: 52 }
wide: { width: 80, height: 52 }
sp5_3: { width: 80, height: 45 }
action_short: { width: 64, height: 45 }
altline: { width: 80, height: 45 }
spaceline: { width: 244, height: 45 }
special: { width: 60, height: 45 }
return_bsp: { width: 64, height: 45 }
vert_spacer: { width: 100, height: 10 }
views:
base:
- "Shift_b_ls Ctrl Alt ↑ ↓ ← → BackSpace"
- " 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -"
- "sp1_3 q w e r t y u i o p sp2_3"
- "sp2_3 a s d f g h j k l ; sp1_3"
- " ' z x c v b n m , . ?"
- "Shift_L preferences space show_actions Return"
- "vert_spacer"
upper:
- "Shift_u_us Ctrl Alt ↑ ↓ ← → BackSpace"
- " ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _"
- "sp1_3 Q W E R T Y U I O P sp2_3"
- "sp2_3 A S D F G H J K L : sp1_3"
- " \" Z X C V B N M < > /"
- "Shift_L preferences space show_actions Return"
- "vert_spacer"
lsyms:
- "Shift_b_ls Ctrl Alt ↑ ↓ ← → BackSpace"
- " ` à â á é î ü ô ö û ó"
- "sp1_3 þ ð č ĵ š ž ǧ ß ʒ ğ sp2_3"
- "sp2_3 θ μ π σ τ φ = · + minus sp1_3"
- " \\ | bang pct amp caret mulsplat divslash √ × ÷"
- "Shift_S preferences space show_actions Return"
- "vert_spacer"
usyms:
- "Shift_u_us Ctrl Alt ↑ ↓ ← → BackSpace"
- " ~ À Â Á É Î Ü Ô Ö Û Ó"
- "sp1_3 Þ Đ Č Ĵ Š Ž Ǧ ʃ Ʒ Ğ sp2_3"
- "sp2_3 « » Σ Δ hash ° ® © dollar £ sp1_3"
- " lst gtt lparen rparen [ ] { } ¶ € ¥"
- "Shift_S preferences space show_actions Return"
- "vert_spacer"
actions:
- "sp5_3 Ctrl Alt ↑ ↓ ← → BackSpace"
- "show_lower F1 F2 F3 F4 Insert Home PgUp"
- "show_upper F5 F6 F7 F8 Del End PgDn"
- "show_lsyms F9 F10 F11 F12 Esc Up Pause"
- "show_usyms Menu Esc Tab Break Left Down Right"
- "sp5_3 preferences space show_actions Return"
- "vert_spacer"
buttons:
sp1_3:
outline: "sp1_3"
keysym: " "
text: " "
sp2_3:
outline: "sp2_3"
keysym: " "
text: " "
sp5_3:
outline: "sp5_3"
keysym: " "
text: " "
vert_spacer:
outline: "vert_spacer"
text: " "
keysym: " "
Shift_L:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "upper"
unlock_view: "base"
outline: "altline"
icon: "key-shift"
Shift_S:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "usyms"
unlock_view: "lsyms"
outline: "altline"
icon: "key-shift"
Shift_b_ls:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "lsyms"
unlock_view: "base"
outline: "altline"
label: "àτ÷"
Shift_u_us:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "usyms"
unlock_view: "upper"
outline: "altline"
label: "ÀΣ€"
show_actions:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "actions"
unlock_view: "base"
outline: "altline"
label: "Fn"
preferences:
action: "show_prefs"
outline: "special"
icon: "keyboard-mode-symbolic"
space:
outline: "spaceline"
text: " "
Return:
outline: "return_bsp"
icon: "key-enter"
keysym: "Return"
BackSpace:
outline: "return_bsp"
icon: "edit-clear-symbolic"
action: erase
Ctrl:
modifier: "Control"
outline: "action_short"
label: "Ctrl"
Alt:
modifier: "Alt"
outline: "action_short"
label: "Alt"
"↑":
outline: "action_short"
keysym: "Up"
"↓":
outline: "action_short"
keysym: "Down"
"←":
outline: "action_short"
keysym: "Left"
"→":
outline: "action_short"
keysym: "Right"
"-":
outline: "default_punct"
";":
outline: "default_punct"
"'":
outline: "default_punct"
",":
outline: "default_punct"
".":
outline: "default_punct"
"?":
outline: "default_punct"
"!":
outline: "default_punct"
"@":
outline: "default_punct"
"#":
outline: "default_punct"
"$":
outline: "default_punct"
"%":
outline: "default_punct"
"^":
outline: "default_punct"
"&":
outline: "default_punct"
"*":
outline: "default_punct"
"(":
outline: "default_punct"
")":
outline: "default_punct"
"_":
outline: "default_punct"
":":
outline: "default_punct"
"\"":
outline: "default_punct"
"<":
outline: "default_punct"
">":
outline: "default_punct"
"/":
outline: "default_punct"
"`":
outline: "default_punct"
"à":
outline: "default_foreign"
"â":
outline: "default_foreign"
"á":
outline: "default_foreign"
"é":
outline: "default_foreign"
"î":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ü":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ô":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ö":
outline: "default_foreign"
"û":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ó":
outline: "default_foreign"
"þ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ð":
outline: "default_foreign"
"č":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ĵ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"š":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ž":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ǧ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ß":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ʒ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ğ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"θ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"μ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"π":
outline: "default_foreign"
"σ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"τ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"φ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"=":
outline: "default_calc"
"·":
outline: "default_calc"
"+":
outline: "default_calc"
minus:
outline: "default_calc"
text: "-"
"\\":
outline: "default_prgm"
"|":
outline: "default_prgm"
bang:
outline: "default_prgm"
text: "!"
pct:
outline: "default_prgm"
text: "%"
amp:
outline: "default_prgm"
text: "&"
caret:
outline: "default_prgm"
text: "^"
mulsplat:
outline: "default_calc"
text: "*"
divslash:
outline: "default_calc"
text: "/"
"√":
outline: "default_calc"
"×":
outline: "default_calc"
"÷":
outline: "default_calc"
"~":
outline: "default_punct"
"À":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Â":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Á":
outline: "default_foreign"
"É":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Î":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ü":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ô":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ö":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Û":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ó":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Þ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Đ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Č":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ĵ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Š":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ž":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ǧ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ʃ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ʒ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ğ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Σ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Δ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"«":
outline: "default_foreign"
"»":
outline: "default_foreign"
hash:
outline: "default_prgm"
text: "#"
"°":
outline: "default_misc"
"®":
outline: "default_misc"
"©":
outline: "default_misc"
dollar:
outline: "default_curr"
text: "$"
"£":
outline: "default_curr"
lst:
outline: "default_prgm"
text: "<"
gtt:
outline: "default_prgm"
text: ">"
lparen:
label: "("
outline: "default_prgm"
text: "("
rparen:
outline: "default_prgm"
text: ")"
"[":
outline: "default_prgm"
"]":
outline: "default_prgm"
"{":
outline: "default_prgm"
"}":
outline: "default_prgm"
"¶":
outline: "default_misc"
"€":
outline: "default_curr"
"¥":
outline: "default_curr"
show_lower:
action:
set_view: "base"
outline: "wide"
label: "abc"
show_upper:
action:
set_view: "upper"
outline: "wide"
label: "ABC"
show_lsyms:
action:
set_view: "lsyms"
outline: "wide"
label: "àτ÷"
show_usyms:
action:
set_view: "usyms"
outline: "wide"
label: "ÀΣ€"
F1:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F1"
F2:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F2"
F3:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F3"
F4:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F4"
F5:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F5"
F6:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F6"
F7:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F7"
F8:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F8"
F9:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F9"
F10:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F10"
F11:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F11"
F12:
outline: "action"
keysym: "F12"
Esc:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Escape"
Tab:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Tab"
Del:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Delete"
Insert:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Insert"
Menu:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Menu"
Pause:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Pause"
Break:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Break"
Home:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Home"
End:
outline: "action"
keysym: "End"
PgUp:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Page_Up"
PgDn:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Page_Down"
Up:
label: "↑"
outline: "action"
keysym: "Up"
Left:
label: "←"
outline: "action"
keysym: "Left"
Down:
label: "↓"
outline: "action"
keysym: "Down"
Right:
label: "→"
outline: "action"
keysym: "Right"This is us_wide.yaml. Paste it into the same locations as us.yaml
---
outlines:
default: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_punct: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_foreign: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_calc: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_prgm: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_curr: { width: 48, height: 52 }
default_misc: { width: 48, height: 52 }
sp1_3: { width: 16, height: 52 }
sp2_3: { width: 32, height: 52 }
sp4_3: { width: 64, height: 52 }
action: { width: 64, height: 52 }
altline: { width: 80, height: 52 }
double: { width: 96, height: 52 }
wide5: { width: 80, height: 52 }
spaceline: { width: 212, height: 52 }
widespaceline: { width: 292, height: 52 }
special: { width: 60, height: 52 }
views:
base:
- "q w e r t y u i o p [ ] BackSpace sp2_3 Insert Home PgUp sp2_3 7 8 9 minus ="
- "sp1_3 a s d f g h j k l ; ' Return sp2_3 Del End PgDn sp2_3 4 5 6 + ·"
- " sp2_3 z x c v b n m , . / ` \\ sp2_3 sp2_3 sp4_3 ↑ sp4_3 sp2_3 1 2 3 ÷ √"
- "Shift_L preferences Ctrl space Alt Shift_b_ls show_actions sp2_3 ← ↓ → sp2_3 Zero DecimalPt × percent"
upper:
- "Q W E R T Y U I O P { } BackSpace sp2_3 Insert Home PgUp sp2_3 7 8 9 minus ="
- "sp1_3 A S D F G H J K L : \" Return sp2_3 Del End PgDn sp2_3 4 5 6 + ·"
- " sp2_3 Z X C V B N M < > ? ~ | sp2_3 sp2_3 sp4_3 ↑ sp4_3 sp2_3 1 2 3 ÷ √"
- "Shift_L preferences Ctrl space Alt Shift_u_us show_actions sp2_3 ← ↓ → sp2_3 Zero DecimalPt × percent"
lsyms:
- "à â á é î ü ô ö û ó & * BackSpace sp2_3 Insert Home PgUp sp2_3 7 8 9 minus ="
- "sp1_3 þ ð č ĵ š ž ǧ ß ʒ ğ - Return sp2_3 Del End PgDn sp2_3 4 5 6 + ·"
- "sp2_3 θ μ π σ τ φ ! @ # $ % ^ sp2_3 sp2_3 sp4_3 ↑ sp4_3 sp2_3 1 2 3 ÷ √"
- "Shift_S preferences Ctrl space Alt Shift_b_ls show_actions sp2_3 ← ↓ → sp2_3 Zero DecimalPt × percent"
usyms:
- "À Â Á É Î Ü Ô Ö Û Ó ( ) BackSpace sp2_3 Insert Home PgUp sp2_3 7 8 9 minus ="
- "sp1_3 Þ Đ Č Ĵ Š Ž Ǧ ʃ Ʒ Ğ _ Return sp2_3 Del End PgDn sp2_3 4 5 6 + ·"
- "sp2_3 « » Σ Δ ¶ ° ® © dollar £ € ¥ sp2_3 sp2_3 sp4_3 ↑ sp4_3 sp2_3 1 2 3 ÷ √"
- "Shift_S preferences Ctrl space Alt Shift_u_us show_actions sp2_3 ← ↓ → sp2_3 Zero DecimalPt × percent"
actions:
- "show_lower sp1_3 Esc sp2_3 F1 F2 F3 F4 sp2_3 WideBackSpace sp2_3 Insert Home PgUp sp2_3 7 8 9 minus ="
- "show_upper sp1_3 Tab sp2_3 F5 F6 F7 F8 sp2_3 Pause sp2_3 Del End PgDn sp2_3 4 5 6 + ·"
- "show_lsyms sp1_3 Menu sp2_3 F9 F10 F11 F12 sp2_3 Break sp2_3 sp4_3 ↑ sp4_3 sp2_3 1 2 3 ÷ √"
- "show_usyms preferences Ctrl widespace Alt show_actions sp2_3 ← ↓ → sp2_3 Zero DecimalPt × percent"
buttons:
sp1_3:
outline: "sp1_3"
keysym: " "
text: " "
sp2_3:
outline: "sp2_3"
keysym: " "
text: " "
sp4_3:
outline: "sp4_3"
keysym: " "
text: " "
Shift_L:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "upper"
unlock_view: "base"
outline: "altline"
icon: "key-shift"
Shift_S:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "usyms"
unlock_view: "lsyms"
outline: "altline"
icon: "key-shift"
Shift_b_ls:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "lsyms"
unlock_view: "base"
outline: "altline"
label: "àτ÷"
Shift_u_us:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "usyms"
unlock_view: "upper"
outline: "altline"
label: "ÀΣ€"
show_actions:
action:
locking:
lock_view: "actions"
unlock_view: "base"
outline: "altline"
label: "Fn"
preferences:
action: "show_prefs"
outline: "special"
icon: "keyboard-mode-symbolic"
space:
outline: "spaceline"
text: " "
widespace:
outline: "widespaceline"
text: " "
Return:
outline: "double"
icon: "key-enter"
keysym: "Return"
BackSpace:
outline: "action"
icon: "edit-clear-symbolic"
action: erase
Ctrl:
modifier: "Control"
outline: "action"
label: "Ctrl"
Alt:
modifier: "Alt"
outline: "action"
label: "Alt"
"↑":
outline: "action"
keysym: "Up"
"↓":
outline: "action"
keysym: "Down"
"←":
outline: "action"
keysym: "Left"
"→":
outline: "action"
keysym: "Right"
"-":
outline: "default_punct"
";":
outline: "default_punct"
"'":
outline: "default_punct"
",":
outline: "default_punct"
".":
outline: "default_punct"
"?":
outline: "default_punct"
"!":
outline: "default_punct"
"@":
outline: "default_punct"
"#":
outline: "default_punct"
"$":
outline: "default_punct"
"%":
outline: "default_punct"
"^":
outline: "default_punct"
"&":
outline: "default_punct"
"*":
outline: "default_punct"
"(":
outline: "default_punct"
")":
outline: "default_punct"
"_":
outline: "default_punct"
":":
outline: "default_punct"
"\"":
outline: "default_punct"
"<":
outline: "default_punct"
">":
outline: "default_punct"
"/":
outline: "default_punct"
"`":
outline: "default_punct"
"à":
outline: "default_foreign"
"â":
outline: "default_foreign"
"á":
outline: "default_foreign"
"é":
outline: "default_foreign"
"î":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ü":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ô":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ö":
outline: "default_foreign"
"û":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ó":
outline: "default_foreign"
"þ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ð":
outline: "default_foreign"
"č":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ĵ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"š":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ž":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ǧ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ß":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ʒ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ğ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"θ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"μ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"π":
outline: "default_foreign"
"σ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"τ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"φ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"=":
outline: "default_calc"
"·":
outline: "default_calc"
"+":
outline: "default_calc"
minus:
outline: "default_calc"
text: "-"
percent:
outline: "default_calc"
text: "%"
"\\":
outline: "default_punct"
"|":
outline: "default_punct"
bang:
outline: "default_punct"
text: "!"
pct:
outline: "default_punct"
text: "%"
amp:
outline: "default_punct"
text: "&"
caret:
outline: "default_punct"
text: "^"
mulsplat:
outline: "default_calc"
text: "*"
divslash:
outline: "default_calc"
text: "/"
"√":
outline: "default_calc"
"×":
outline: "default_calc"
"÷":
outline: "default_calc"
"~":
outline: "default_punct"
"À":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Â":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Á":
outline: "default_foreign"
"É":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Î":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ü":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ô":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ö":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Û":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ó":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Þ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Đ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Č":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ĵ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Š":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ž":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ǧ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"ʃ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ʒ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Ğ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Σ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"Δ":
outline: "default_foreign"
"«":
outline: "default_foreign"
"»":
outline: "default_foreign"
hash:
outline: "default_punct"
text: "#"
"°":
outline: "default_misc"
"®":
outline: "default_misc"
"©":
outline: "default_misc"
dollar:
outline: "default_curr"
text: "$"
"£":
outline: "default_curr"
lst:
outline: "default_punct"
text: "<"
gtt:
outline: "default_punct"
text: ">"
lparen:
label: "("
outline: "default_punct"
text: "("
rparen:
outline: "default_punct"
text: ")"
"[":
outline: "default_punct"
"]":
outline: "default_punct"
"{":
outline: "default_punct"
"}":
outline: "default_punct"
"¶":
outline: "default_misc"
"€":
outline: "default_curr"
"¥":
outline: "default_curr"
show_lower:
action:
set_view: "base"
outline: "altline"
label: "abc"
show_upper:
action:
set_view: "upper"
outline: "altline"
label: "ABC"
show_lsyms:
action:
set_view: "lsyms"
outline: "altline"
label: "àτ÷"
show_usyms:
action:
set_view: "usyms"
outline: "altline"
label: "ÀΣ€"
F1:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F1"
F2:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F2"
F3:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F3"
F4:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F4"
F5:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F5"
F6:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F6"
F7:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F7"
F8:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F8"
F9:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F9"
F10:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F10"
F11:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F11"
F12:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "F12"
Esc:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "Escape"
WideBackSpace:
outline: "wide5"
icon: "edit-clear-symbolic"
action: erase
Tab:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "Tab"
Del:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Delete"
Insert:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Insert"
Menu:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "Menu"
Pause:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "Pause"
Break:
outline: "wide5"
keysym: "Break"
Home:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Home"
End:
outline: "action"
keysym: "End"
PgUp:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Page_Up"
PgDn:
outline: "action"
keysym: "Page_Down"
Up:
label: "↑"
outline: "action"
keysym: "Up"
Left:
label: "←"
outline: "action"
keysym: "Left"
Down:
label: "↓"
outline: "action"
keysym: "Down"
Right:
label: "→"
outline: "action"
keysym: "Right"
Zero:
outline: "double"
text: "0"
DecimalPt:
text: "."
period:
outline: "altline"
text: "."
colon:
text: ":"
Finally, this is gtk.css
Paste it into ~/.config/gtk-3.0
You will need to restart your phone for it to take effect. (The others, you just need to switch keyboards to another keyboard, then come back. If there’s something wrong with the keyboard files, you’ll just get the default (built in) keyboard.)
sq_button.sp1_3,
sq_button.sp2_3,
sq_button.sp4_3,
sq_button.sp5_3,
sq_button.vert_spacer,
sq_button.sp1_3:active,
sq_button.sp2_3:active,
sq_button.sp4_3:active,
sq_button.sp5_3:active,
sq_button.vert_spacer
{
background: #000000;
border-color: #000000;
color: #000000;
}
sq_button.default_punct,
sq_button.default_punct:active
{
color: mix(@theme_fg_color, #FFFF00, 0.5);
border-color: mix(@borders, #FFFF00, 0.5);
background: mix(@theme_bg_color, #FFFF00, 0.2);
}
sq_button.default_foreign,
sq_button.default_foreign:active
{
color: mix(@theme_fg_color, #00FF00, 0.5);
border-color: mix(@borders, #00FF00, 0.5);
background: mix(@theme_bg_color, #00FF00, 0.3);
}
sq_button.default_calc,
sq_button.default_calc:active
{
color: mix(@theme_fg_color, #FF8000, 0.5);
border-color: mix(@borders, #FF8000, 0.5);
background: mix(@theme_bg_color, #FF8000, 0.3);
}
sq_button.default_prgm,
sq_button.default_prgm:active
{
color: mix(@theme_fg_color, #00FFFF, 0.5);
border-color: mix(@borders, #00FFFF, 0.5);
background: mix(@theme_bg_color, #00FFFF, 0.3);
}
sq_button.default_curr,
sq_button.default_curr:active
{
color: mix(@theme_fg_color, #0000FF, 0.5);
border-color: mix(@borders, #0000FF, 0.5);
background: mix(@theme_bg_color, #0000FF, 0.3);
}
sq_button.default_misc,
sq_button.default_misc:active
{
color: mix(@theme_fg_color, #FF00FF, 0.5);
border-color: mix(@borders, #FF00FF, 0.5);
background: mix(@theme_bg_color, #FF00FF, 0.3);
}
sq_button.locked
{
color: @theme_fg_color;
background: @theme_selected_bg_color;
}
sq_button.latched
{
background: @theme_fg_color;
color: @theme_bg_color;
}Hi Steve,
I’ve copied all data and are going to try them.
It will be later this day before I can give some feedback.
I really appreciate your effort and time. 
I’ve just made a first attempt but without success.
These are the steps I’ve taken:
I’ve copied the text for us.yaml into a file named stevec.yaml and placed it in /home/purism/.local/share/squeekboard/keyboards
Same action taken for us_wide.yaml and stored into stevec_wide.yaml located in /home/purism/.local/share/squeekboard/keyboards
Remark: That folder did not exist, I had to create /home/purism/.local/share/squeekboard/keyboards/
The third file (gtk.css) was copied and placed into /home/purism/.config/gtk-3.0 (same name used).
Next I have edited the file evdev.xml in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules
As explained in the message from ktmr I added a new layout section in that xml file.
and doing so I’ve managed to add the new keyboard into the list of available keyboards.
For both views the layout remained unchanged (default layout was shown).
Obviously something isn’t OK.
I wonder what encoding is needed. I stored them as UTF8.
EDIT
I forgot to mention that I did reboot the L5 after making these changes.
Well, I know I didn’t bother with your last step (trying to register a new layout). I simply used us.yaml (and us_wide.yaml), overriding the normal US keyboards.
If you somehow messed that step up ( and I don’t have any way to know that one way or the other; I’ve never done it), then of course you can’t select the keyboards.
Try just changing the name of the wide keyboard back, and see if it shows up when the wide keyboard should. (the change should take effect the next time you switch to the regular US keyboard). Also (and incidentally), my US keyboard is labeled “US, Intl, with dead keys” and you might need that specific keyboard to get mine to show up even with the file named us_wide.yaml
OK, I’ve just renamed everything, rebooted the L5 and used English (US) as keyboard.
That didn’t work.
(You shouldn’t have to reboot when all you’ve done is change the yaml files. There it’s sufficient to select some other keyboard, then go back to the one you were editing. If something’s wrong with the file, you’ll just get the default.)
The only thing I can think of at this point is to go into the keyboard settings and make sure that your US keyboard is international with dead keys. That one, I know is tied to us.yaml and us_wide.yaml.
And just in case, try using the text editor app. For all I know, the private browsing might have a hint associated with it (like Terminal does). A hint means it will look elsewhere for the file.
I was using “English (US)” keyboard layout, but have added the “English (US), int., with dead keys)” and switched to it.
Too bad, that was not the solution.
FYI: I used the text editor app to test things as you recommended.
I’m going to dive into the squeekboard doc’s. Maybe there is something I’m not doing right.
One question remains though: What text encoding format have you been using?
I have no idea what text encoding it is…I’ve been using gedit, and there’s no dang menu on it to speak of (the hamburger doesn’t have a settings option on it. So I’d have to say it’s whatever the default is.
(I just got this phone, and one of my recurring frustrations with it is apps that have no controls…the file manager, just for instance, doesn’t have a button to go up a folder or go back to the previous folder, though sometimes I can get the dropdown next to the name of the current folder to do something useful. I at least DID get it to not open a file I was trying to select for a copy operation! (Who set single click to open as the default?!?!?))
One more thought…if in copying and pasting the text, spaces got replaced by tabs that will bung up the yaml files. They cannot have tabs in them. I don’t know how fussy it is about the indent levels, but the files I started from had four spaces per indent level, and I stuck with that. Try to preserve the indents I showed and never, ever use tabs.
I know the feeling and recognize the frustration.
I tossed the def. file-manager and installed Dolphin as file manager.
Not an ideal solution either, but opening files and browsing through folders works as I’m used to.
I’m going to parse through the .yaml files and check if there are tabs to be found.
I’ll keep you posted.
Hi @shopping4purism.
In your screenshots I see that your custom Language is stevec_test (top right of your status bar, next to the battery icon.
Your .yaml files need to match this value exactly.
stevec_test.yaml and stevec_test_wide.yaml
Try that and the layouts should update when you select your new keyboard.
Checked and renamed where needed, but that didn’t cause the problem.
I’m going to check if there are “tabs” in the files like SteveC suggested.
Thanks anyway. 
