Suggestion for a new translation.
Gabriel TESTER ·
What would you like?
The translate could be directly on the keyboard without the option to change the leyalt of the keyboard, it could have a low press key to translate or the option to insert next to the 123 key. I don't know if I expressed myself well.
Why it would help
Agility when typing without the toggle.
Discussion
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@Gabriel I did it in such a way that when you type text, and swipe SPACE up - it automatically suggests a translation into the last set language, and you just click REPLACE - I've been testing it this way for a few days and it suits me quite well. What do you think about it?
I think it's great.
@Gabriel the separate box is just one of two modes. In your screenshot the translator is in "new field" mode, that's the pencil icon on the left of the bar. Tap it and it switches to translating the text straight from the app's field (the icon turns into two arrows), and it remembers that choice. That works in the build you have now.
The swipe comes on top of that, in build 426 and in 2.1.3 on the App Store. Turn it on in Keyboard → Gestures → "Swipe up on the spacebar translates the text", it's off by default and it's Pro like the translator itself. Swipe up on space and the translator opens with your text already translated into your last language, always from the app's field, and you tap Replace. If you select part of the text first, only that part gets translated.
I got it. Would the option to replace be in the suggestion bar?
I would like to completely redo this translator. I need to think about the best UI.
Look how it could look if it's possible and it's not too much work. See if you can give it and tell me.
I will definitely not put a normal button for that and certainly not instead of a period :D Maybe I could put it in the toolbar. Maybe later for a button "next to space bar"
It can be an optional button, just like it is with the point.
Do we still need testing in here @efko
It has happened often, would it be a mistake?
@Gabriel yes, that was a bug. On the first letter the keyboard asked iOS to guess the language, iOS couldn't from one letter, so it showed that "select a language" window and the translation failed. Fixed in build 460 (and in 2.2.1 on the App Store): the keyboard now picks the source from your keyboard languages itself, so that window doesn't come up anymore. The translate key next to space is still on my list for later.
It seems to me to work better now.