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Precise spacebar swipe carret control with haptics #517

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@SebastianK1999

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Hi
I'm just regular user of Your app.

I would like to say i love it. I love how simple and easy to use it is. But i had just one small problem, so i would love to share it with you, and hopefully give something from me to improve experience to everyone.

I made a PR, but i got automaticly rejected. so im making this Issue.
My PR: #516
I checked if this issue exist already, and no, but there is something related to this
The other issue: #377

There is a feature, where you can swipe on spacebar to move carret. I feel like all keboards have it wrong, so i decided to fix it. The problem with it is that it gives no feedbak to the user when scrollsing and the movement is WAY TOO FAST. it is imposible to land exactly where you want. I thnik, it should be used for precise carret movements. So i gave an option to slow it down and hapric "clicks" when carret moves. i was testing it for a while now on my phone. And i can confirm It really works well and it is nice and easy to navigate.

I am aware you wont be taking my solutions blindly. And that is perfectly ok. It needs testing on your side. and review or maybe even rewrite. My goal here is to give you an idea on what might be worth adding.

Im not going to lie. i used AI to add this feature. Im not an android developer (but i am a developer). Also, the solution is missing Translations. And Tests [if there are any]. And possibly something else. But to my eye it looks reasonable as a feature and code change. Hope my suggestion turns out useful.

Why do you want this feature?

There is a problem with procise carret control. taping on text is not precise. and space bar scroll hast way to sensitive.
The fature allows for easy and precise controll, wihle giving user nice "click" like haptic feedback. He can choose swipe speed.

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  1. added
    feature requestIssue is about a new feature or improving existing feature/behavior.
    needs triageIssue is not yet ready for PR authors to take up
    on Oct 28, 2026
  2. changed the title [-]Spacebar swipe Carret cotrol[/-] [+]Spacebar swipe carret control[/+] on Oct 28, 2026
  3. changed the title [-]Spacebar swipe carret control[/-] [+]Precise spacebar swipe carret control with haptics[/+] on Oct 28, 2026
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