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Option to hide the bar above the keys

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile

Research direction

The payload names no files. Start from the Kotlin Android keyboard code that draws the bar above the keys, and from the existing "Show clipboard content if available" setting, which already controls part of that bar. The request is an option to hide the bar entirely, including its clipboard and settings buttons. Check the linked discussions #53 for the maintainers' view before deciding how the toggle should behave, since the thread has been quiet for about 260 days.

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Description

feature request needs triage
Checklist
  • I made sure that there are no existing issues - open or closed - to which I could contribute my information.
  • I made sure that there are no existing discussions - open or closed - to which I could contribute my information.
  • I have read the FAQs inside the app (Menu -> About -> FAQs) and my problem isn't listed.
  • I have taken the time to fill in all the required details. I understand that the bug report will be dismissed otherwise.
  • This issue contains only one feature request.
  • I have read and understood the contribution guidelines.
  • I optionally donated to support the Fossify mission.
Feature description

The Fossify Keyboard app permanently shows a bar/area above the keys. It shows the current clipboard text (if that option is enabled) and two buttons on the right side of the bar: one button for the clipboard and one button to go to the settings of the app.

I would like to have an option to permanently hide/remove this bar.

Why do you want this feature?

This bar takes away a lot of space and I don't need/want this bar, because I usually remember the current clipboard text by myself and I go to the settings of my keyboard app only rarely. I disabled the option "Show clipboard content if available".

Additional information
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Forks
84
Avg merge
5d 9h
Merged PRs (30d)
8

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