Rows: 2
Prediction: yes
Split: yes
Text Input: key tap
Control: flick gestures
Uses: increase edit area
The Tio Flix keyboard is designed to maximize editor space.
Some of the the keyboard's controls are mapped to flick gestures.
The flick gesture keyboard controls are called
flick actions.
How to execute a Flick Action
A flick gesture is a quick finger movement in one of 8 compass directions:
N, NW, W, SW, S, SE, E, NE.
To execute a
flick action:
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place your finger on the left or right half of the
Flix keyboard
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rapidly move your finger in one of the 8 compass directions
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quickly release your finger at the end of the stroke
Flick Actions
There are 16 available flick actions:
- 8 left actions
- 8 right actions
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 |
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Left Actions |
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Right Actions |
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Delete word | | Left/release |
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Tab | | Right/release |
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Enter | | Down |
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Shift | | Up |
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Ctrl menu | | Switch keyboard |
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Number mode | | Select start/end |
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Tio menu | | End of line |
 |
Symbol mode | | Start of line |
You can view the available flick actions from the Flix keyboard:
- for Left
Flick Actions, long-press

- for Right
Flick Actions, long-press

Long-Flick Actions
In a long-flick you leave your finger on the
screen at the end of a flick instead of lifting it off your device.
Long-flick gestures allow you repeat a flick action or
executes an action related to the flick.
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Left Long Actions |
|
Right Long Actions |
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Repeat delete word | | Repeat left |
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Tab | | Repeat right |
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Repeat enter | | Repeat down |
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Caps lock | | Repeat up |
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Ctrl menu | | Switch keyboard |
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Number mode | | Select all |
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Tio menu | | End of text |
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Symbol mode | | Beginning of text |
Typing with Tio Flix
The Flix keyboard keys and controls operate the same way as on the Tio Tap keyboard.
The only difference is that some of the keyboard controls are mapped to flick gestures
instead of having a key dedicated to them.
See
Typing with Tio for:
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instructions on how to type using Tio's prediction engine
-
Tio's keyboard controls
-
Tio's features