Patch: Swiss German keyboard layout
This patch adds a new Swiss German keyboard layout.
Many special characters are available if you long-press a key.
The new layout includes an extra row of keys. Therefore I recommend installing the smaller keyboard patch which reduces the default height of the keyboard so it does not take as much space on the screen.
Note: the keyboard has a special key on the symbols page for switching to the emoji keyboard. You can use the color emoji patch to be able to use all emojis with skin tone variations, etc. If no emoji keyboard is enabled, the key lets you quickly switch between the current and the last used character keyboard.
Sources: https://github.com/ichthyosaurus/sailfish-public-patch-sources
Discussion: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/patches-by-ichthyosaurus
Donations: https://liberapay.com/ichthyosaurus
Screenshots:
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Application versions:
| Attachment | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
 sfos-patch-keyboard-swiss-german-layout-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm | 9.87 KB | 30/06/2019 - 22:08 |
| sfos-patch-keyboard-swiss-german-layout-1.0.1-1.noarch.rpm | 9.88 KB | 13/07/2019 - 20:15 |
| sfos-patch-keyboard-swiss-german-layout-1.0.2-1.noarch.rpm | 9.77 KB | 30/08/2019 - 13:45 |
| sfos-patch-keyboard-swiss-german-layout-1.0.3-1.noarch.rpm | 9.81 KB | 04/09/2019 - 22:46 |
| sfos-patch-keyboard-swiss-german-layout-1.0.4-1.noarch.rpm | 9.81 KB | 27/12/2019 - 15:07 |
| sfos-patch-keyboard-swiss-german-layout-1.0.5-1.noarch.rpm | 9.95 KB | 06/12/2020 - 20:06 |
| sfos-patch-keyboard-swiss-german-layout-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm | 10.83 KB | 13/04/2023 - 13:55 |
| sfos-patch-keyboard-swiss-german-layout-1.1.1-1.noarch.rpm | 12.87 KB | 17/04/2023 - 18:30 |
Changelog:
1.1.1 (2023-04-17):
- packaging fixes to minimize conflicts
- make the "switch to emojis" button more robust and always switch to the last character layout if the emoji layout is not available
1.1.0 (2023-04-13):
- update compatibility info: the patch is compatible with all versions of SailfishOS up to 4.5.0.19
- you may have to install an older release for older SailfishOS versions
- add donations link and feedback forum
1.0.5 (2020-12-06):
- update compatibility info: the patch is compatible with all versions of SailfishOS up to 3.4.0.24
1.0.4 (2019-12-27):
- update compatibility info: the patch is compatible with all versions of SailfishOS 3
1.0.3 (2019-09-04):
- add a few more accents to the following keys: 1, 2, 3, ?, r, c
- add a few more symbol keys at the following positions: 7, 8, ü, s, x
1.0.2 (2019-09-04):
- fix compatibility with SFOS 3.1.0.11
1.0.1 (2019-07-30):
- rename to "Deutsch (Schweiz)" in list of available keyboards
- make file names internally less ambiguous
1.0.0 (2019-07-13):
- initial public release
Comments
John
Fri, 2021/05/07 - 23:35
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Does not work on my XA2 running SFOS 4.0
ichthyosaurus
Sat, 2021/05/08 - 00:51
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Thanks for reporting! Actually, I don't see why this should break... maybe rebuilding the patch will already help. Otherwise, it's the same as with the smaller keyboard patch:
Unfortunately, I can't update the patch because I didn't upgrade to SFOS 4.0 yet (I'm hoping for 4.1 to be more stable). If you know how to use the terminal and git, you can grab the sources here, fetch the patch tool here, hook it up with your phone and run sailfish-patch -u in the folder with this patch's config file. (The tool will tell you the next steps.)
Vieno
Sun, 2019/09/01 - 23:43
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Thanks for this super German keyboard, 'coz imho overloading of keys is superior to sub pages. I'm still learning where my often used spezial keys are. I wonder why the both keys aside the space key ain't got supercharged. The would be at a preferable position for overloading. Are there technical constrains? If you want to add a nice additional character for dot, it will be bullet •
ichthyosaurus
Tue, 2019/09/03 - 18:13
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Glad you like it :)
The reason why there are no accents added to these keys is that the spacebar row isn't part of the "keyboard layout". So I could change it in this patch, but then it would be changed for all keyboard layouts. If I find some time I could look into making a separate patch for this.
ichthyosaurus
Wed, 2019/09/04 - 22:49
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I added a new patch, have a look :)
melg01
Mon, 2019/07/29 - 17:53
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It's excellent, or better said, it used to be... would be very nice to get an actualized version for SFOS 3.1.0.11.
And maybe some hints for advanced configuration (changing keys/characters, maybe addind tab and cursor keys too).
ichthyosaurus
Tue, 2019/07/30 - 12:10
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At the moment, I'm unable to update my phone to the newest version of SFOS, so I can't test it. If you can run
and send me the file, I can try to update the patch. (It should already work with versions 0.7.1 through 0.7.3.)