Rows: line
Prediction: yes
Text Input: Squiggle gestures
Control: key tap and Squiggle gesture
Split: no
Uses: gesture based typing
The Squiggle keyboard allows you input text with gestures.
Squiggle Keyboard Areas
- Squiggle Area:
use this area to Squiggle words
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Control / Pause Area:
tap these controls for keyboard actions or
for pausing a Squiggle without adding a space
- Control Icons:
you can tap or Squiggle these controls
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Squiggle Section Labels:
these labels indicate what letter or action will occur
when you cross their corresponding section on the
Squiggle Trigger line.
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Squiggle Area Control Icons:
tap these icons to execute their keyboard actions.
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Squiggle Trigger Line:
crossing this line in a given section triggers the
letter or action displayed in the section's corresponding
Squiggle Section Label.
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Control Trigger Line:
crossing this line while exiting the Control Area
executes the control at the point of exit.
How to Squiggle words
Squiggle hi
- Place your finger in the Squiggle Area.
- For each letter (h
and i) slide your finger once across the
Squiggle Trigger Line
(without lifting your finger).
- After all letters have been entered, release your finger
in the Squiggle Area to add a space.
hi should now appear in the editor.
Squiggle fun
- Place your finger in the Squiggle Area.
- For each letter (f,
u and n)
slide your finger once across the Squiggle Trigger Line.
- After all letters have been entered, release your finger
in the Squiggle Area to add a space. Notice that run
appears in the editor.
- Tap the next icon
in the Squiggle Area to change
run to fun.
How to Squiggle controls
Control Area controls can be executed by tapping or Squiggling.
Squiggling out of the Control Area into the Squiggle Area executes the
control from which you enter the Squiggle Area. The example below illustrates this.
Squiggle way?
- Place your finger in the Squiggle Area.
- Squiggle way.
- Without lifting your finger, Squiggle into the
Control Area
- Without lifting your finger, Squiggle out of the
Shift Control Area. This makes capital letters available.
- Slide your finger through the P:?
Squiggle Trigger Line section.
- Release your finger
in the Squiggle Area to add a space and way?
appears in the editor.
Pausing a Squiggle
Squiggling into the Control Area and then lifting your finger pauses the current word prediction
without adding a space.
When you pause a Squiggle, you can resumed it by placing your finger in the
Squiggle Area and continue the Squiggle.
During a paused Squiggle, you can press the left arrow release key to begin a new word
prediction to build new words, select number mode, or select symbol mode.
Long-Squiggle Shortcuts*
Similar to long-pressing a key to produce a symbol, a Squiggle can be extended to produce
a symbol or a shortcut. This is called a long-Squiggle.
To execute a long-Squiggle, pause, for a second or two, the Squiggle
after you cross the Squiggle Trigger Line while your finger
is still in the Squiggle Area. The symbol corresponding to the Squiggle Column that
you crossed will appear in the editor. After the symbol appears, you can continue.
*You must activate this feature in the Tio Settings Menu:
check Enable Long-Press in the
Squiggle Options section.
Typing with Tio Squiggle
The Squiggle keyboard uses the Tio prediction engine.
See
Typing with Tio for:
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instructions on how to type using Tio's prediction engine
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Tio's keyboard controls
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Tio's features