We’ve just pushed the Big Red Go button to launch Keyman 15.0. You can get it from all the Usual Places, including, of course on the Keyman website!
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Read about some of the highlights below!
Two Major Features for iOS, Android, and Web
New Localizations
Many of the Nigerian languages provided by Translators Without Borders:
- Bura-Pabir
- Demgal Fulfulde
- Hausa
- Kanuri
- Kibaku
- Mandala (Wandala)
- Marghi
- Shuwa (Latin)
- Waha
- Simplified Chinese
Keyman for Windows
- Use Keyman Core internally
- and more…
Keyman for macOS
- Localizable UI through https://translate.keyman.com
- Display Unicode package name correctly instead of ‘???’
- Add support for M1 processor
- and more…
Keyman for Linux
- Now supports Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute), 21.10 (Impish), and 22.04 (Jammy)
- Improvements in Debian packaging
- Fix crash when displaying certain keyboard details
- Caps Lock Stores
- fcitx5 integration
- Improve installation of packages in shared location
- Automated integration tests with Keyman Core
- and more…
Keyman for Android
- Keyman Engine no longer needs internet access
- English keyboard can now be removed
- Add a menu to adjust keyboard height
- Add a settings option to change the displayed keyboard name on the spacebar
- Improve the globe key experience for switching keyboards
Keyboard Type # Keyman Keyboards Short press and release to In-app 1 Display keyboard picker menu In-app 2+ Quickly switch to next Keyman keyboard System 1 Quickly switch to previous system keyboard System 2+ Quickly switch to next Keyman keyboard - A long press on the globe key will bring up a list of all currently installed languages (the default is English EuroLatin (SIL)).
- Select numeric layer when entering a number field
- and more…
Keyman for iPhone and iPad
- General polish, bug fixes, and performance improvements
- Update minimum iOS version to 12.1
- and more…
Keyboard Development and Integration
KeymanWeb
- Refactored OSK Core
- Promise-based API
- Improve keyboard switch performance
- Enable mouse interaction for the prediction banner
- and more…
Keyman Developer
- Core-based debugger
- Keyman Developer Server
- Improved native-mode debugger
- Improve drag+drop integration of keys with the Touch Layout Editor
- Web test no longer needs Developer tools for touch testing
- Add support for
U_xxxx_yyyy_...
identifiers so you can emit more than a single Unicode character with touch keys without additional kmn code - Keyman Developer debugger no longer depends on Keyman for Windows
- Live reload of web debugger
- and more…