topic Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard in 5 Series

Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

HeidiNT — Mon, 25 May 2020 22:59:22 GMT

Does anyone know how to install the arrows < > on the keyboard on the Xperia 5?

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

Lord_viridis — Mon, 25 May 2020 23:53:23 GMT

Pres the ?123 button bottom left, then the =\< button directly above it, you'll then find <&> beside the space bar

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

HeidiNT — Tue, 26 May 2020 20:16:59 GMT

Thank you for your advise👍, but I was looking for a way to move the cursor from right to left/side to side. The < & > will install the signs not the funktion. Do you know how to find the right/left arrows ⬅️ ➡️? I had the options on my old Xperia XZ2 Compact, but I can't seem to find it on my new Xperia 5....🤔

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

Strampke — Tue, 26 May 2020 21:15:07 GMT

I don't know which keyboard you have but you might try sliding left and right over the space bar.

My guess is that Xperia 5 has the Google keyboard.

A Google search will give you many tips.

Here is one of many sites that a search presented.

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

RottenFoxBreath — Tue, 26 May 2020 21:17:50 GMT

What keyboard do you use?

If it's Gboard, then press the white cursor at the top left above the number bar, and press the "..." symbol, then long press on the symbol you want, in this case the editing one, and drop it on the bar, so when you need the cursors, you just tap the white icon, then the cursor/edit icon and you get the screen of options like cursors, copy, cut, paste, copy all, etc.

You can also move the cursor by slowly swiping across the space bar, for editing.

As for Swype, they have the option to have the 4 direction icons permanently under the keyboard, but they do take up quite a bit of screen space.

You will of course appreciate that things have moved on since the olden days, and now you can just tap on the text box to instantly go to a portion of text you want entered..progress is marching on..😁

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

HeidiNT — Wed, 27 May 2020 10:24:36 GMT

Thank you, I got many useful tips from that link 👍😀

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

HeidiNT — Wed, 27 May 2020 10:34:37 GMT

Thank you👍🙂, yes I have a Gboard but I don't seem to have an "editing" button to select from. There are 7 options to choose from??

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

Strampke — Wed, 27 May 2020 11:40:58 GMT

When you want to dive into Gboard then goto Settings -> System -> Languages & input -> Onscreen keyboard -> tap on Gboard and find lots of settings

I like the Number row always on top and the Long-press for symbols, which you can find in preferences.

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

RottenFoxBreath — Wed, 27 May 2020 15:52:07 GMT

@HeidiNT wrote:
Thank you👍🙂, yes I have a Gboard but I don't seem to have an "editing" button to select from. There are 7 options to choose from??

Update Gboard in the Play store.

Press the white icon at the top left of the keyboard, on the bar where auto suggestions appear.

Then press the "..." icon.

In there you will find the one you need, "Text Editing", or whatever its called.

Long press and hold the icon, and drag it to the bar where the "..." was.

Now when you press the white icon at the top of the keyboard, your editing icon will be there for you to use.

The white icon used to the the multi coloured Google button, but it was removed recently in place of the white one.

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

HeidiNT — Wed, 27 May 2020 17:35:09 GMT

My Gboard is updated and I tried using the white button in the upper left corner and pressing the "..." but out of the 7 icons showing none of them seem to have the right funktion.

Well, I guess I'll just have to do without it!

Huge thanks to everybody who has offered advise in this thread👍🤗

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

HeidiNT — Wed, 27 May 2020 17:39:53 GMT

Tried that...it just inserts >>>\<<<< instead of jumping letters or emojis.

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

HeidiNT — Wed, 27 May 2020 17:43:27 GMT

Tried that too...but it only pushes the letters/words in front of it, leaving space between letters. I want it to jump over/past the letters.

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

RottenFoxBreath — Wed, 27 May 2020 18:52:56 GMT

It is one of the 7 icons, "text editing" is what its called, and its a sort of "I" icon.

As below:

And if it's not there, it may be on the main bar when you press the white button already.

It's there from gboard version 6.2

Re: Xperia 5_Arrows on keyboard

HeidiNT — Thu, 28 May 2020 08:17:26 GMT

Awesome thank you 👍😀. Got it now🤗