{"id":280981,"date":"2018-10-22T09:29:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T07:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=280981"},"modified":"2018-10-22T09:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T07:31:31","slug":"googles-gboard-now-lets-the-keyboard-float","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/280981-googles-gboard-now-lets-the-keyboard-float.html","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Gboard now lets the keyboard float"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Gboard now includes a feature that lets you move the keyboard to any point you want on the screen, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2018\/10\/20\/gboard-v7-6-beta-adds-floating-keyboard-might-still-testing-apk-teardown\/\"><strong>AndroidPolice<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By using a small handle at the bottom of the Gboard to undock it, you can now drag it around to wherever is most comfortable for you.<\/p>\n<p>You are also able to resize the Gboard, which may be an ideal feature for those who need to type with one hand &#8211; letting you comfortably reach the other end of the keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>The Gboard will also go transparent if left untouched for a few moments, allowing you to see the app behind it.<\/p>\n<p>Many users are already able to access the feature, and it should be rolling out soon to all users of the app.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-281003 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Floating-Gboard.jpg\" alt=\"Floating Gboard\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Floating-Gboard.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Floating-Gboard-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Floating-Gboard-595x400.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/280879-microsoft-adding-ability-to-delete-more-built-in-windows-10-apps.html\">Microsoft adding ability to delete more built-in Windows 10 apps<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Gboard now includes a feature that lets you move the keyboard to any point you want on the screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":281007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[54761,37176,167],"class_list":["post-280981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-floating-keyboard","tag-gboard","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281025,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280981\/revisions\/281025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}