[OSK] Open keyboard on top / Swap keyboard position HOTKEY

[IrisNebula]

There are a lot of scenarios where the automatic placement of the keyboard is not great and covers the textfield, making it impossible to see what you're typing, both in games and in desktop mode.

Suggestion: Add a key combo (Steam+Y seems VERY fitting for this), that if the keyboard is closed, it opens it directly on top of the screen, instead of bottom. The same key combo will also swap the keyboard position if it's already open, so that both forced top and bottom are easily achievable, even in the middle of typing (very useful for textfields that are right in the middle of the screen).

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2-month edit: Vaaaaalve, please 🤣

Also, if an extra keybind seems superfluous and possibly confusing to new users, the same Steam+X combo that's already used to open the keyboard could just swap its position if open already. It might need more key presses to bring it to the top, but still easy enough and most importantly: possible, at all.

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8-month edit: Valve, this really should have been a dead topic by now, through the magic of you having solved this issue long ago... It really is low-hanging fruit.

Until Valve wakes up and solves this, for anyone interested, there's a 5 min process to do it yourself (no key combo as I suggested in the OP, but you can toggle its position through the Quick Access Menu):

1. Install Decky loader: https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader
2. Through the Decky plugin store, install the "CSS Loader" plugin
3. Through CSS Loader's Theme Manager, install "Top Keyboard" (filter for "Snippet" to easily find it).
4. Feel grateful for all the awesome people that give us their free time to make all this possible.
5. That's it, you now have a toggle to place the keyboard on top right in your QAM.

[Vapid]

Not being able to move the keyboard in gaming mode ruins things like Discord... The chat bar is always at the bottom and so is the keyboard. How does anyone type anything in Discord using their Deck in gaming mode?

[skanx]

+1

[Acidtech]

+1

[Concrete]

+1

[Fisty Dollars]

+1

[mylesdotapp]

+1

[NOPper]

Also adding a +1

[DΣX]

+1000000

[AXELUUU]

+1

[WolfKit]

+1, there are a LOT of games that put text chat on the bottom of the screen.

[sheafitzek]

+1

[ComicSads]

+1

[Mahoimi]

+1 This is an absolute must for FF14

[nFactorial]

+1. I know there's lots of OSK issues to work through, but this should be an easy win

[MadByte]

+1 Already had issues with the auto positioning, I like the idea with Steam+Y as key combo.