ℂKey - Customisable Keyboard

This app is no longer supported. If you like the concept, please check out my new app, Keybuild! It's a ground-up rewrite, with a ton more customisation options.

Build your own keyboard - you choose the keys!

Great for maths & science work, fans of more obscure keyboard layouts, or just better expressing yourself.

Scroll down for an overview of the premade layouts and a detailed feature breakdown.

NOTES

• Add the keyboard by navigating to Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Keyboards -> Add New Keyboard… • Unicode characters may not display correctly in some fonts. • Check out the subreddit at reddit.com/r/ckey/

OVERVIEW

• Add keys to your keyboard, which can type any text of any length. • Organise related keys into multiple pages (‘panes’). • Includes handy editing features and plenty of options. • Built-in unicode character picker for finding new characters to add to your keyboard. • Editable text view for trying out your keyboard designs.

DEFAULT LAYOUTS

• QWERTY, Dvorak, Dvorak Left Handed

• Layouts inspired by the originals, with an original collection of symbols.
• Use a reduced number of keys to accommodate smaller screens. • Symbols: contains some more rarely used symbols not present on the standard layouts. • Maths: a layout designed for general maths, with digits, pi & infinity, and a wide set of operations. • Formal Languages: an example of a more complex, specialist layout. • Superscript & Subscript • x/y: all unicode fractions.

FEATURES

Keyboard: • Your keys - the main content of the keyboard. • Multiple panes, to organise related keys. • A space key. • Control keys: backspace, keyboard picker, dismiss, return. • Alternate key forms.

• Hold a key to type it's alt form.
• Use the alt key to temporarily switch the forms around.
• Alternate forms could be capital letters, inverse operations, or something completely different. • Swipe left on the pane list to give your keys more room in longer typing sessions.
• Swipe in from the left edge to bring the list back.

App: • Edit panes and keys in a view resembling the keyboard itself.

• Tap a key to change what it types:
  • Keys can type any number of any unicode characters, multiline text supported.
  • Optionally use a custom keycap, instead of showing the key's output.
  • Edit the alt mode version of the key by tapping with alt mode enabled.
• Hold a key to bring up the edit menu:
  • Edit [with 1 selected] - bring up a larger version of the key editor.
  • Swap [with 2 selected] - switch the positions of two keys.
  • Gather [with >1 selected] - collect the selected keys at one spot.
  • Remove alt - remove the custom alt state, making the key match its normal state in alt mode.
  • Duplicate - quickly clone a key.
  • Cut, copy, and paste - use their established meanings (the pasteboard is shared between panes).
  • Delete - deletes a key.
  • Insert - inserts a key at the spot of the current selection.
• Enter edit mode for serious changes:
  • Drag (before selecting anything) to reorder.
  • Tap keys to select/deselect them, then hold one to bring up the edit menu and perform a batch change.
• Hold the + button to add a batch of keys, by splitting text into its individual characters (or unicode scalars).
• Set the number of rows and columns in each pane by tapping the pane editor's title. • The unicode character map allows you to add a character to a key directly, or copy one to the clipboard.
• Enter a search, or jump to a common region or known unicode codepoint.
• Hold a character to view details. • Editable text view, for checking out how characters look at different font sizes and weight, or just testing your latest keyboard design.
• Switch through iOS keyboard types.
• Set the keyboard's return key type.
• View the keyboard in light & dark variations.
• Set text font, alignment, and size. • Export individual panes, or your whole keyboard, for sharing or backup.
• Creates a .ckey file (uses .plist format).
• Use iOS's ‘Open In…’ feature to load the file back into the app. • Additional options to customise the look and feel of the keyboard.