Warning
This feature is now integrated into core, no need to install this component. Use it for educational purposes only
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Summary | iOS Keyboard allows optional Apple iOS hardware Keyboard support |
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Repository Link | https://github.com/discourse/discourse-ios-keyboard |
What this does?
This adds a user preference that can be selected to inform Discourse a physical keyboard is attached to an iOS device.
When a keyboard is attached Discourse is able to disable a bunch of hacks it has in place to work around iOS bugs. In particular: this file
You can access the new setting in user preferences → interface:
Once hardware keyboard is enable the various iOS touch hacks are disabled, making iPad experience very similar to desktop, so you can compose while reading and so on.
Current Caveats
- User setting is only persisted per device in local storage.
note: the Apple section will only show up on Apple devices such as iPad and iPhone.