10 Gboard features that will be useful to all users
Android / / December 19, 2019
Layfhaker shares tips to help you quickly and accurately typing any difficulty using the keyboard from Google.
1. Built-in translator
If you need to send a message in a foreign language, then the fastest way to do this using Gboard. This keyboard includes a built-in translator, who translates on the fly you typed text and inserts it in an email or chat.
2. Move the cursor
On the small screen of a mobile device is sometimes difficult to position the cursor precisely to the desired position. Therefore, in Gboard introduced the ability to swipe to move the cursor on the spacebar. As it happens much faster and more convenient.
3. removal tips
If proposed to you every time a hint does not correspond to the context, it can be done so that it ceased to appear. Just drag it to the panel tips and discard in the trash appeared.
4. Panel with punctuation marks
The basic layout has only characters dot and comma. If you need to enter a question mark, colon or an apostrophe, it is not necessary each time to switch to the keypad overlay. Simply hold your finger on the little point that there is an additional panel with punctuation marks.
5. Search emoticons and gifok
Today, it is impossible to communicate on the Web without emoticons and gifok. In Gboard can quickly search for and insert the appropriate graphics and images directly into the text.
6. Capital letters
If you wrote the text, and then want to allocate to it a word or a sentence in capital letters, it is not necessary to rewrite it from scratch. Simply select the desired track, and then press the Shift key. One click to make capital only the first letter in each word, and the second - all the letters.
7. Putting fractions and special symbols
To enter a fraction, you must switch to the numeric keypad, and then press and hold one of the number keys. Try to experiment with the other buttons. You will find many interesting things.
8. The abbreviations for frequently used words
If you often have to type the same words and phrases, you can bring them to your personal dictionary. Assign them to reduce and subsequently enter by pressing just a few characters. Personal user dictionary you find Gboard settings.
9. digital panel
Traditionally, a set of numbers in Gboard, a special layout, which presents figures and additional characters. However, in some cases it is convenient to call the embedded numeric keypad on which nothing is superfluous. Come in handy when working with spreadsheets and complex calculations.
10. Removal of words and sentences
In Gboard can delete entire words and sentences, not beating the Morse code on the key Backspace. Just make a swipe to the left, starting with this button. The longer the movement, the more words will be deleted.