Complete redesign of the on-screen keyboard (used for WiFi password,
KOReader, Calibre URLs) with improved layout, navigation, visual style,
and new input features: **cursor mode** for text navigation, **password
mode** with visibility toggle, and **URL mode** with pre-defined
snippets.
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| ABC Mode | Symbol Mode | URL Mode |
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| Cursor Mode | Password Toggle |
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- Reduced from 13/11/10 columns per row to **10 uniform columns** across
all rows
- Keyboard now uses **90% of screen width** (was ~66%)
- Row 0: Numbers `1-9, 0` with secondary symbols (`!@#$%^&*()`)
- Rows 1-3: Standard QWERTY letters
- Bottom row: `shift` | `#@!` | `___` | `←` | `OK`
- New mode toggle key `#@!` / `abc` switches between letter and symbol
layouts
- Symbol layout: 4 rows (numbers, inverted symbols, paired symbols,
loose symbols)
- Covers all 95 printable ASCII characters
- **No secondary hints, no long-press** in symbol mode (simple and
direct)
- SHIFT key remains visible but **disabled** in symbol mode
- In `InputType::Url`, the Space key becomes a **URL toggle** button
- Activating URL mode replaces the 4 content rows with a **3×3 grid of
URL snippets**:
- Col 0 (protocols): `https://`, `http://`, `/opds`
- Col 1 (hosts/ports): `www.`, `192.168.`, `:8080`
- Col 2 (domains): `.com`, `.org`, `.net`
- Snippets are inserted as full strings at the cursor position
- URL mode **persists** after inserting a snippet (does not
auto-deactivate)
- Column alignment: col 0 over ABC, col 1 over URL, col 2 over Del
- Up/Down navigation maps `bottomCol - 1` / `urlCol + 1`
- SHIFT disabled in URL mode
- SpecMode (`abc`) exits URL mode back to ABC
- SpecSpace (`URL`) toggles URL mode on/off; selection always stays on
the URL button
- Button styled with `KeyboardKeyType::Mode` for consistent outline
- **Enter**: Long-press Up (500ms) while in keyboard mode
- **Exit**: Short-press Down while in cursor mode (resets
`passwordVisible`, clears toggle position)
- **Navigate**: Left/Right move cursor position within text (one
position per press, no continuous repeat)
- **Visual**:
- Keyboard mode: underline cursor (2px line + serifs)
- Cursor mode: inverted block cursor (black fill + white character)
- Block width adapts to the actual character width under cursor (minimum
6px for narrow chars like space)
- Block position includes inter-character kerning offset for correct
alignment (calculated via string-difference: `getTextWidth(before+char)
- getTextWidth(before) - getTextWidth(char)`)
- End-of-text: thin 6px block
- Password hidden: 3-part drawing (Part 1 + block + Part 3) to prevent
block overflow onto `*` characters
- Toggle position: caret ("I") cursor at saved position, `[abc]`/`[***]`
label with inverted selection
- **Inactive key styling**:
- BaseTheme: 2px outline rectangle
- LyraTheme: gray filled rounded rectangle (`Color::LightGray`)
- **Password toggle position**: in cursor mode (Password only), Hold
Right (500ms) enters toggle — caret cursor shows saved position,
`[abc]`/`[***]` label becomes selected. Press Confirm to toggle
`passwordVisible`. Press Left to restore cursor to saved position. Right
from toggle is a no-op. Down from toggle exits to keyboard.
- `cursorPos` persists between keyboard and cursor modes
- `InputType::Password` enum replaces `bool isPassword` parameter
- Text is masked with `*` except for one revealed character:
- Keyboard mode: reveals character at `cursorPos - 1`
- Cursor mode: no reveal in display text (block cursor draws actual char
directly)
- **Toggle `[abc]`/`[***]`**: accessible via cursor mode — Hold Right
(500ms) enters toggle position, Confirm toggles visibility, Left exits
back to cursor. Caret ("I") shown at saved position while in toggle.
- `passwordVisible` resets to `false` when exiting cursor mode
- **Long-press Del (1.5s)**: clears all text and resets cursor to 0
- Replaced `bool isPassword` constructor parameter with `enum class
InputType { Text, Password, Url }`
- Callers updated: `WifiSelectionActivity`, `KOReaderSettingsActivity`,
`CalibreSettingsActivity`
- `"Tips:"` header followed by context-sensitive hints, centered between
text field underline and keyboard as a block
- ABC mode: `"Hold SELECT for UPPERCASE or secondary char"` (shift ON:
`"lowercase"` variant) + `"Hold DEL to clear all text"` (only if text
not empty)
- ABC + `InputType::Url`: same + `"Press URL for snippets"`
- Symbol mode: `"Hold DEL to clear all text"` (only if text not empty)
- URL mode: `"Press ABC to exit URL mode"` + `"Hold DEL to clear all
text"` (only if text not empty)
- Cursor mode: `"Press DOWN to return to keyboard"`
- **Phase 1**: `"Hold UP to edit entry"` — shown after 2× DEL press,
auto-hides after 4s, positioned below underline
- **Phase 2**: `"Press < or > to move cursor"` + dynamic password toggle
hint — shown when entering cursor mode, positioned below underline,
visible until exit
- When `!passwordVisible`: `"Hold > then press [abc] to show password"`
- When `passwordVisible`: `"Hold > then press [***] to hide password"`
- When in toggle position: `"Press < to return to cursor position"`
- Holding Confirm (>500ms) inserts the **alternative character** instead
of the primary
- Letters: long-press inserts opposite case (e.g., `a`→`A`, `A`→`a`)
- Numbers/symbols (row 0): long-press inserts secondary (e.g., `0`→`)`,
`)`→`0`)
- Only active in ABC mode; disabled in Symbol mode and URL mode
- **`InputType::Url`**: Hold SELECT on ABC rows 1+ (letters) returns
primary character only (same as short press). Row 0 (symbols) still
returns secondary character on Hold SELECT.
- Reduced from 3 states (shift/SHIFT/LOCK) to **2 sticky states**
(shift/SHIFT)
- Shift stays active after typing until manually toggled off
- Label: `shift` (off) / `SHIFT` (on)
- `enum class SpecialKeyType { Shift, Mode, Space, Del, Ok }` replaces
plain `enum` (`SpecShift`, `SpecMode`, etc.) for type safety
- All switch cases updated to `SpecialKeyType::*` with
`static_cast<int>()` for array indexing
- `onExit()` reverted to simple `Activity::onExit()` call (half-refresh
removed)
- **Bottom row column mapping**: navigating up/down between content rows
and bottom row uses `col/2` and `col*2` formulas for consistent
positioning (10 cols ↔ 5 cols)
- **URL mode column mapping**: `bottomCol - 1` / `urlCol + 1` (3 cols ↔
5 cols)
- **Wrap-around**: row 0 → up → bottom row and bottom row → down → row 0
both apply correct column mapping
- **Space key**: underscore-style horizontal line (60% of key width, 3px
thick)
- **Delete key**: arrow `←` drawn with lines (3px thick) instead of
"DEL" text
- **Secondary label** (ABC row 0): small hint in top-right corner with
separation from primary number
- **BaseTheme**: selection uses **inverted fill** (black rect + white
text) instead of `[bracket]` markers
- **BaseTheme**: text field brackets drawn as **stretchable lines** that
adapt to multi-line input (1px normal, 3px cursor mode)
- **LyraTheme**: text field uses **fixed-width underline** (16px
margins, 8px each side) instead of stretchable line (2px normal, 3px
cursor mode)
- **Both themes**: special keys (shift, mode, space, del, OK) have
bordered/bordered-rounded rectangles
- **Font size**: keyboard uses `UI_12_FONT_ID` in both themes (was
`UI_10` in Base)
- **Key height**: 40px in all themes for better proportions
- **Layout unification**: text and password toggle are left-aligned in
all themes (`keyboardCenteredText = false` for Lyra/Lyra3Covers)
- **`primaryOffset` removed**: dead code eliminated from BaseTheme and
LyraTheme `drawKeyboardKey`
- `keyboardVerticalOffset`: per-theme vertical adjustment of keyboard
position
- Base: `-13`, Lyra: `-7`
- `keyboardBottomKeySpacing`: independent spacing for bottom row keys
- Base: `5`, Lyra: `5`
- Bottom-aligned keyboard in both themes for consistent vertical
positioning
- Bottom row total width calculated to match content rows width (10-col
based, consistent across modes)
- 4px extra gap between content rows and bottom row when `bkSpacing > 0`
- `keyboardCenteredText`: `false` for all themes (unified left-aligned
text)
- **State reset on re-entry**: `onEnter()` resets all mutable state
(`symMode`, `urlMode`, `cursorMode`, `togglePos`, `passwordVisible`,
`shiftState`, `selectedRow`, `selectedCol`, `rightHeld`,
`rightLongHandled`, `savedCursorPos`, `rightStartCursorPos`,
`delPressCount`, `hintVisible`, `hintShowTime`) — prevents stale state
when re-entering the keyboard
- **Bounds checking**: `insertChar`/`insertString` clamp `cursorPos` to
`text.length()` before inserting
- **Empty string guard**: `insertString` returns early on empty string
- **`std::string::npos`**: used instead of `SIZE_MAX` for size_t
sentinel (proper C++ idiom)
- **`<algorithm>` header**: included for `std::max`
| File | Changes |
|------|---------|
| `src/activities/util/KeyboardEntryActivity.h` | `InputType` enum,
`KeyDef` struct, 10-col layouts, cursor/password/URL/toggle state, hints
(`delPressCount`, `hintVisible`, `hintShowTime`), held vars
(`rightHeld`, `rightLongHandled`, `savedCursorPos`,
`rightStartCursorPos`), `mapColContentBottom` helper |
| `src/activities/util/KeyboardEntryActivity.cpp` | Complete rewrite:
layout rendering, symbol/cursor/password/URL modes, toggle position,
long-press, contextual tips, hint phases, block cursor kerning
alignment, defensive bounds checks, state reset |
| `src/components/themes/BaseTheme.h` | `KeyboardKeyType` enum, new
`drawTextField`/`drawKeyboardKey` signatures, `keyboardVerticalOffset`,
`keyboardBottomKeySpacing` metrics |
| `src/components/themes/BaseTheme.cpp` | Redesigned `drawTextField`
(stretchable brackets), `drawKeyboardKey` (inverted selection,
space/delete graphics, secondary label, inactive selection), removed
`primaryOffset` dead code |
| `src/components/themes/lyra/LyraTheme.h` | Override signatures,
`keyboardVerticalOffset`, `keyboardBottomKeySpacing`,
`keyboardKeyHeight` adjustments |
| `src/components/themes/lyra/LyraTheme.cpp` | `drawTextField` (fixed
underline), `drawKeyboardKey` (rounded rects for special keys,
space/delete graphics, secondary label, inactive selection), removed
`primaryOffset` dead code |
| `src/components/themes/lyra/Lyra3CoversTheme.h` |
`keyboardCenteredText = false`, `keyboardVerticalOffset = -7`, inherits
Lyra overrides |
| `src/activities/network/WifiSelectionActivity.cpp` | `bool isPassword`
→ `InputType::Password` |
| `src/activities/settings/KOReaderSettingsActivity.cpp` | `bool
isPassword` → `InputType::Text`/`InputType::Password`/`InputType::Url` |
| `src/activities/settings/CalibreSettingsActivity.cpp` | `bool
isPassword` → `InputType::Text`/`InputType::Password`/`InputType::Url` |
- **API change**: Constructor parameter changed from `bool isPassword`
to `InputType inputType` (default `InputType::Text`)
- **All callers updated**: WiFi, KOReader, and Calibre integrations
migrated to new `InputType` enum
- [x] Empty input → press OK (submit empty string)
- [x] Back button → cancel (no text returned)
- [x] Pre-filled initial text (e.g., editing existing WiFi password)
- [x] Password mode: text masked with `*` characters, one character
revealed
- [x] Delete on empty text (no crash)
- [x] Very long text near maxLength limit
- [x] URL with path and port (~60 chars)
- [x] Multi-line text wrapping in input field
- [x] Space insert in middle of text (cursor mode)
- [x] Delete last character repeatedly
- [ ] Type all 95 printable ASCII characters
- [x] ABC → #@! preserves typed text and cursor position
- [x] #@! → ABC preserves typed text and cursor position
- [x] Shift state preserved when switching modes
- [x] Switch modes multiple times rapidly
- [x] Shift OFF → type letter → inserts lowercase, shift stays OFF
- [x] Shift ON → type letter → inserts uppercase, shift stays ON
- [x] Shift ON → type number → inserts symbol, shift stays ON
- [x] Shift ON → navigate rows → shift stays ON
- [x] Shift ON → switch to #@! → shift shows "shift" (disabled)
- [x] Shift ON → switch to ABC → shift state preserved
- [x] Shift ON → switch to URL → shift shows "shift" (disabled)
- [x] Shift disabled in URL mode: pressing shift does nothing
- [x] Long-press letter with shift OFF → inserts uppercase
- [x] Long-press letter with shift ON → inserts lowercase
- [x] Long-press number → inserts secondary symbol
- [x] Long-press symbol (row 0) → inserts opposite (number)
- [x] Long-press key without secondary (e.g., `-`, `=` in rows 2-3) →
inserts primary character on release
- [x] Long-press on special keys (shift, mode, space, del, ok) → no
alternative inserted
- [x] Long-press in #@! mode → no effect (disabled)
- [x] Long-press in URL mode → no effect (disabled)
- [x] Long-press number in row 0 with InputType::Url → inserts secondary
symbol (same as non-URL)
- [x] Short press after cancelled long-press → normal behavior
- [x] Long-press at maxLength → no character inserted
- [x] Long-press Del (1.5s) → clears all text
- [x] Long-press Up → enters cursor mode
- [x] Short-press Down → exits cursor mode (resets passwordVisible)
- [x] Left/Right navigate within text
- [x] Left at position 0 → no movement
- [x] Right at end of text → no movement in Text mode, enters toggle in
Password mode (Hold Right)
- [x] Block cursor visual: correct width for character, thin block at
end
- [x] Underline cursor visual (keyboard mode): correct position with
serifs
- [x] Inactive key styling: outline (Base) or gray fill (Lyra) on
selected key
- [x] Typing with cursor mid-text → inserts at cursor position
- [x] Deleting with cursor mid-text → deletes character before cursor
- [x] Exit cursor mode → type at cursor position (inserts mid-text, not
at end)
- [x] Exit cursor mode from toggle → cursor at saved position (not end
of text)
- [x] Masked text with one revealed character at `cursorPos - 1`
- [x] Cursor mode: block shows actual character, display text all `*`
- [x] Toggle `[abc]`/`[***]`: Hold Right (500ms) in cursor mode enters
toggle, Confirm toggles visibility, Left exits back to cursor
- [x] Exiting cursor mode resets `passwordVisible` to false
- [x] Long-press Del clears all text
- [x] URL toggle activates/deactivates URL mode
- [x] URL button stays selected after toggle (both on and off)
- [x] Deactivating URL mode returns to ABC (not SYM)
- [x] 3×3 snippet grid displays correctly
- [x] Column alignment: col 0 over ABC, col 1 over URL, col 2 over Del
- [x] Snippet insertion: inserts full string at cursor position
- [x] URL mode persists after snippet insertion
- [x] Shift disabled in InputType::Url
- [x] SpecMode (`abc`) exits URL mode to ABC
- [x] Up/Down navigation between URL grid and bottom row
- [x] Enter keyboard → activate URL mode → exit → re-enter → URL mode
OFF
- [x] Enter keyboard → switch to SYM → exit → re-enter → ABC mode
- [x] Enter keyboard → enter cursor mode → exit → re-enter → keyboard
mode
- [x] Enter keyboard → enter toggle pos → exit → re-enter → togglePos
OFF
- [x] Enter keyboard → activate shift → exit → re-enter → shift OFF
- [x] Enter password keyboard → toggle password visible → exit →
re-enter → password hidden
- [x] Left/right wrap-around within content rows
- [x] Left/right wrap-around within bottom row
- [x] Up from row 0 → bottom row (correct column mapping)
- [x] Down from bottom row → row 0 (correct column mapping)
- [x] Up from bottom row → last content row (correct column)
- [x] Down from last content row → bottom row (correct column)
- [x] Navigate horizontally in bottom row, then up → correct content
column
- [x] Navigate horizontally in bottom row, then down (wrap) → correct
content column
- [x] Secondary hints only on ABC row 0
- [x] No secondary hints in #@! mode or URL mode
- [x] No secondary hints on letter rows (1-3)
- [x] Space bar: horizontal line centered, not touching edges
- [x] Delete: arrow `←` drawn correctly
- [x] Selected key: inverted colors (black fill, white text)
- [x] All special keys have border rectangles
- [x] Fixed underline in text field (Both themes)
- [x] Mode key label: `#@!` in ABC mode, `abc` in symbol mode, `abc` in
URL mode
- [x] URL key label: `URL` (only in InputType::Url), styled same as
other bottom keys
- [x] Shift label: `shift` when OFF, `SHIFT` when ON, `shift` when
disabled (SYM/URL)
- [x] Both themes: bottom row total width matches content rows width
- [x] URL snippet grid centered over ABC/URL/Del buttons
- [ ] Base Theme on X3
- [x] Base Theme on X4
- [ ] Lyra Theme on X3
- [x] Lyra Theme on X4
- [ ] Lyra Extended Theme on X3
- [x] Lyra Extended Theme on X4
- [x] Hold Right > 500ms in cursor mode (Password) → enters toggle,
caret visible at saved position
- [x] Short-press Right in cursor mode (Password) → advances cursor 1
position, does not jump to toggle
- [x] Short-press Left in cursor mode (Password) → moves cursor left 1
position, from toggle returns to saved position
- [x] Confirm in toggle → toggles `passwordVisible`
- [x] Left from toggle → returns to saved position, caret disappears,
block cursor appears
- [x] Right from toggle → no-op
- [x] Down from toggle → exits to keyboard, cursor at saved position
- [x] Hold Right in cursor mode (InputType::Text) → no effect
- [x] Hold Right in cursor mode (InputType::Url) → no effect
- [x] Hold Right < 500ms released in cursor mode (Password) → short
press, advances cursor 1
- [x] No continuous repeat when holding Left or Right in cursor mode
- [x] In toggle: caret "I" visible at saved cursor position
- [x] Character under cursor visible (no gap) in password not-visible
mode
- [x] Character under cursor visible in password visible mode
- [x] `[abc]`/`[***]` label with inverted selection in toggle
- [x] `"Tips:"` header centered above contextual hints
- [x] Single tip → `"Tips:"` + one line
- [x] Multiple tips → `"Tips:"` + multiple lines, all centered as block
- [x] No tips shown when not applicable (e.g., ABC with empty text and
non-URL)
- [x] `"UPPERCASE"` shown when shift OFF
- [x] `"lowercase"` shown when shift ON
- [x] `"secondary char"` shown for InputType::Url
- [x] 2× DEL → Phase 1 appears ("Hold UP to edit entry")
- [x] Phase 1 auto-hides after 4s
- [x] Phase 2 appears when entering cursor mode ("Press < or > to move
cursor")
- [x] Phase 2 shows "Hold > then press [abc] to show password" when
`!passwordVisible`
- [x] Phase 2 shows "Hold > then press [***] to hide password" when
`passwordVisible`
- [x] Phase 2 shows "Press < to return to cursor position" when in
toggle
- [x] Phase 2 disappears when exiting cursor mode
- [x] Hold SELECT on letter rows (rows 1+) with InputType::Url → same
character as short press
- [x] Hold SELECT on row 0 with InputType::Url → secondary character
works normally
- [x] Number row order: 1-9, 0 left to right
- [x] `(` and `)` are adjacent (positions 8 and 9) via secondary labels
- [x] Long-press on row 0 returns correct secondary symbols in new order
- [x] SYM row 1: `(` and `)` also adjacent (positions 8 and 9)
- [x] Block cursor correctly positioned for consecutive spaces (kerning
offset applied)
- [x] Block cursor correctly positioned for mixed characters (letters,
numbers, symbols)
- [x] Block width minimum 6px for narrow characters (space) — visible as
block, not thin line
- [x] Password hidden: 3-part drawing prevents block overflow onto `*`
characters
- [x] Password visible: block post-loop draws correctly on continuous
text (no 3-part needed)
- [x] End-of-text block: thin 6px block at correct position
- [x] WiFi password entry (connect to network)
- [ ] KOReader username, password, and sync server URL
- [ ] Calibre OPDS URL, username, and password
- [ ] Calibre OPDS URL: empty → opens with "https://" prefilled
- [ ] Calibre OPDS URL: type "http://" or "https://" only → saved as
empty
- [ ] Calibre OPDS URL: type full URL → saved correctly
- [ ] Calibre OPDS URL: existing URL → opens with existing URL (not
"https://" prefill)
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