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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic"
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id="overview">
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<info>
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<desc>Learn about <app>Onboard</app> keys.</desc>
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<link type="guide" xref="index"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>marmuta</name>
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<email>marmvta@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2016</years>
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</credit>
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<license href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">
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<p>This work is licensed under the
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<link href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License version 3 or any later version</link>.</p>
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</license>
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</info>
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<title>Quick overview</title>
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<p>These are the default behaviours of <app>Onboard's</app> keys. Note, that many of them can be modified in Preferences.</p>
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<section id="character_keys">
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<title>Character keys</title>
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<p>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/character-keys.png"/>
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</p>
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<list>
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<item><p>Press to insert the shown character</p></item>
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<item><p>Long-press to open a selection of related characters.</p></item>
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<item><p>Right click to insert the character in upper case.</p></item>
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</list>
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<p>
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Long-press popups are not only available for many letters, but also for digits,
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currency symbols and others.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section id="modifier_keys">
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<title>Modifier keys</title>
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<p>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/shift-key.png"/>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/ctrl-key.png"/>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/alt-key.png"/>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/altgr-key.png"/>
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</p>
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<p>Keys <key>SHIFT</key>, <key>CTRL</key>, <key>ALT</key>, <key>Alt-Gr</key>:</p>
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<list>
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<item><p>Press once to activate for the next typed character only</p></item>
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<item><p>Press a second time to keep it active</p></item>
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<item><p>Press a third time to deactivate</p></item>
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<item><p>Press and hold: on a multi-touch enabled device these keys
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can be held down with one finger while typing characters with another.</p></item>
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</list>
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<p>Keys <key>CAPS</key>, <key>NumLock</key>:</p>
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<list>
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<item><p>Press to toggle.</p></item>
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</list>
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<p>Note: <key>NumLock</key> will be remembered across restarts of Onboard.</p>
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</section>
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<section id="layer_buttons">
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<title>Layer Buttons</title>
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<p>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/layer2-button.png"/>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/layer3-button.png"/>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/layer2-Small-button.png"/>
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</p>
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<p>Use Layer Buttons to switch to additional, less frequently used keys.</p>
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<list>
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<item><p>Press once to activate for the next typed character only</p></item>
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<item><p>Press a second time to keep it active for longer</p></item>
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<item><p>Press a third time or press any other layer button to deactivate</p></item>
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</list>
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</section>
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<section id="word_suggestions">
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<title>Word Suggestions</title>
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<p> Word Suggestions can be enabled on preferences page "Typing Assistance".</p>
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<p> Spelling suggestions like <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/correction-button.png"/>
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are displayed whenever Onboard detects a potentially
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misspelled word at or before the caret.</p>
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<list>
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<item><p>Press the suggestion to replace the misspelled word</p></item>
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<item><p>Press the arrow to show more spelling suggestions</p></item>
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</list>
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<p> Word completions and predictions:</p>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/prediction-buttons.png"/>
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<p> </p>
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<list>
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<item><p>Press any of suggestions to insert the word at the caret</p></item>
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<item><p>Long-press any to show a popup menu for that suggestions</p></item>
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</list>
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<p>The popup menu currently allows to remove erroneous suggestions.</p>
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</section>
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<section id="click_type_buttons">
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<title>Click Type Buttons</title>
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<p>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/middle-click-button.png"/>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/right-click-button.png"/>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/double-click-button.png"/>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/drag-click-button.png"/>
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</p>
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<p>
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<link xref="switch-click-type">Click Type Buttons</link> are useful for people who can only perform single left clicks or taps.
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They are not visible by default but can be shown easily by pressing the button with the left leaning arrow
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/click-helpers-button.png"/>.
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Note, that in some of <app>Onboard's</app> smaller layouts this button is only reachable by long-pressing <key>Return</key>.</p>
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<p>
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Press <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/middle-click-button.png"/>, then click anywhere on screen to perform a middle click.
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</p>
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<p>
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Press <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/right-click-button.png"/>, then click anywhere on screen to perform a right click.
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</p>
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<p>
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Press <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/double-click-button.png"/>, then click anywhere on screen to perform a double click.
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</p>
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<p>
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Press <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/drag-click-button.png"/>, then click anywhere on screen to start a drag operation. Click a second time to stop.
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</p>
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<p>Any of these actions can be cancelled by pressing the initiating button a second time.</p>
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</section>
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<section id="hover_type_button">
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<title>Hover Click Button</title>
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<p>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/hover-click-button.png"/>
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</p>
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<p>This button enables the <link xref="hover-click">Hover Click</link> feature of <app>mousetweaks</app>.</p>
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<list>
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<item><p>Press once to turn Hover Click on</p></item>
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<item><p>Press again to turn it off</p></item>
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<item><p>Hover over it for a while and it will turn on as well.</p></item>
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</list>
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<p>Hover Click settings can be changed on preferences page "Accessibility".</p>
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<p>Note, that the path to the Hover Click button is hover-enabled as well. Onboard's floating icon and the left-leaning arrow button <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/click-helpers-button.png"/> can be activated by hovering, too.</p>
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</section>
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<section id="snippet_buttons">
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<title>Snippet Buttons</title>
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<p>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/snippet-buttons.png"/>
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</p>
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<p><link xref="snippet-usage">Snippet Buttons</link> insert arbitrary strings of text.
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Switch to the snippets layer with <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/layer3-button.png"/> to see them.
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</p>
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<list>
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<item><p>Press the button to insert an existing snippet, or, if still undefined, create a new one.</p></item>
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<item><p>Long-press to edit a snippet</p></item>
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</list>
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<p>An overview of all snippets can also be found on preferences page "Snippets".</p>
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<p>See also <link xref="snippet-definition"/>.</p>
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</section>
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</page>
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