HeliBoard 3.9

Changes since 3.9-beta1:

• incognito icon now responds better to user-side icnognoto mode changes not coming from the toolbar key
• restore data for gesture data gathering when restoring from backup

HeliBoard 3.9-beta1

Changes since 3.8:

• allow switching app (settings) language in system settings, by @eranl (#2373)
• optionally swipe down on toolbar to hide keyboard, by @stanissay (#2303)
• add HCESAR layout, by @davidzx84 (#2360)
• inform about missing emoji dictionary when enabling emoji suggestions, by @eranl (#2364)
• extend Firefox work-arounds for additional Firefox forks, by @celenityy (#2366)
• fix issues with active gesture data gathering (#2375, #2380)
• minor fixes and improvements

HeliBoard 3.8

no relevant changes since 3.8-beta1

HeliBoard 3.8-beta1

Changes since 3.7:

• use default emoji tone in suggestions and in inline emoji search, by @eranl (#2321, #2093)
• enable predictive back gesture, by @tedgravlin (#2256)
• fix small parentheses weren't reversed for RTL scripts, by @eranl (#2253)
• add setting to change height of bottom row (#1199)
• improve internal handling of cursor position, mostly relevant for combiners as used by Korean
• add info links to gesture data gathering screen
  • video: https://makertube.net/w/cQECfDkuLGR9eUQquUEo4K / https://youtu.be/CyjumVTWtJA
  • wiki: https://github.com/HeliBorg/HeliBoard/wiki/Tutorial:-How-to-Contribute-Gesture-Data

HeliBoard 3.7

Changes since 3.7-beta1:

• fix issues with selection wrapping
• add info to timestamp setting on how to get the button
• additional info dialogs about gesture data gathering

HeliBoard 3.7-beta1

Changes since 3.6:

• add ("normal" / non-inline) emoji search, by @eranl (#1765)
  • needs emoji dictionary from dictionaries repository
• add optional gesture data gathering functionality (#1641)
  • requires gesture typing library, see #2226 for info
• wrap selected text in braces and similar instead of replacing text (#1948)
• better detection of which emojis are available
• allow setting a separate emoji font (#1565)
• make showing number row in symbols layout optional
• reduce bad autocorrections for mail addresses
• fix space bar cursor movement for RTL + non-RTL text, by @eranl (#2199)
• don't trim selection when recapitalizing, by @devycarol (#2225)
• improve khipro combiner, by @qomarhsn (#2134, #2239)
• update Kaitag layout, by @alkaitagi (#2306)
• minor fixes and improvements

HeliBoard 3.6

Changes since 3.6-beta3:

• fix issue with Firefox workaround for other issues (#2133)

HeliBoard 3.6-beta3

Changes since 3.6-beta2:

• emoji inline search now always closes on action key, use suggestion strip to select emoji, by @eranl (#2128)
• further fixes / improvements related to inline emoji search, by @eranl (#2110, #2120)
• emoji search related settings are initially shown as disabled when the user doesn't have an emoji dicitionary (triggers an info dialog on enabling)
• improve focus behavior of layout edit dialog, by @eranl (#2051, #2039)
• fix some spacebar swipe gestures not showing after settings change, by @eranl (#2114, #2118)
• apply Firefox (+fork) workarounds only to normal text fields (#2127)
• add workaround for Pixel launcher where the launcher asks the keyboard to not show a search icon, but people want a search icon. And also Gboard shows a search icon... wtf? (#1989)
• detect application changes when the apps dictionary is in use (#2023)
• some minor fixes

HeliBoard 3.6-beta2

Changes since 3.6-beta1:

• fix problems with default dictionary locale selection, by @eranl (#2063)
• adjust input flags from Firefox forks to match other browsers so the usual workarounds for issue with JavaScript work
• other minor fixes

HeliBoard 3.6-beta1

Changes since 3.5:

• add inline emoji search, started with :, by @eranl (#1660)
• optionally remember language / subtype per app, by @eranl (#1815, #596)
• add haptic feedback for long press, by @devycarol (#2025, #1859)
• improvements for haptic feedback, by @devycarol (#2025, #2021)
• add haptic feedback to clipboard toolbar keys, by @ShortTimeNoSee (#2035, #2024)
• disable default long-press haptic on clipboard entries, by @ShortTimeNoSee (#2034, #2026)
• unpinned clipboard contents now survive app restart
• optionally display pinned clipboard entries last instead of first, by @eranl (#1903, #1902, #1976)
• keep clipboard / emoji enabled when switching input fields, by @eranl (#2069, #2068)
• add optional emoji and clipboard bottom rows with action key, by @eranl (#2081)
• add button for dismissing inline suggestions, by @eranl (#1900, #681)
• adjust suggestion bar spacing, by @eranl (#1906. #1904)
• add Bengali Khipro, by @qomarhsn (#1917, #1177)
• add Mirandese, by @Shunnuo (#1899)
• adjust Ukrainian diacritics, by @rdsq / @Quantom2 (#1849)
• disable internal handling of hardware keyboards (various issues about physical keyboard since 3.3, though some of them have been fully fixed)
• require a minimum distance before showing suggestion popup on upwards swipe (#2029)
• fix typed history sometimes not saved when app is closed (#2065)
• links to dictionaries now directly go to the file instead of the Codeberg page for the file
• improve popup key parsing for simple layout
• fix unable to access settings after hiding app icon in Android 9 and older (#1956)
• various minor fixes and improvements, by @eranl, @Fjara-h, and me