Gesture/swype typing for virtual keyboard

[Firion]

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wMk0S-6CEc

Would be a great feature and make typing much faster. It's pretty standard on phone keyboards nowadays, including the default android keyboard. Please consider adding it!

[HybridZach]

Bump. I am so used to this on my phone, typing without it is very slow and cumbersome. using the two track-pads is better, but the learning curve is huge, and its not quite as effective as a swpye style typing method. Being able to use swype typing would allow greater flexibility and ease of use to type on the steam deck with no physical keyboard. It would be amazing and greatly appreciated to add this.

[Artemis]

please!

[Rhomagus]

I would also support this to be implemented.

[j.lopez.r]

+1

[Poison Dart Frag]

+1

[Poison Dart Frag]

Maybe they could partner with Futo? I remember Louis Rossman had a video a little while ago where he talked about how he needed people to help provide some samples of swiping to help train the swipe AI of the Futo keyboard because it turns out it's harder to get swipe-typing right than people generally expect.

[Teigue]

+1, as a feature in itself it greatly will improve typing experience on handheld as its a most fastest & intuitive ways to type without physical keyboard.

My niche use case though is a bit different, I have disability that doesn't let me use physical keyboard, w recently i started more frequently to use steam as controls binding software, Im developing in linux through VR (current stack is win 10 + bigscreen beyond + steam + vmware with arch linux), so currently I use gyroscope based controller with onscreen keyboard & chord buttons. It works very decent & I could improve my productivity by a lot. Steam binding system is a treasure which seamless integrates with all terminals, IDEs, awesome wm, browser etc.

So it would be really awesome if it will be possible to directly connect steamdeck as a PC controller without steam link & proxy its screen keyboard to PC with gesture typing feature. I know I dream but if steam binding virtual menus cant be shown without big picture overlay in a pure desktop mode it would be awesome to show virtual menus on steam deck's screen connected to PC as a controller

[WeaselEnjoyer]

Android added this feature before they added call blocking. Swype Keyboard was invented during the stone age. Come on, Valve!

[PhiL]

Still not implemented

[ashl1]

+1