Native iOS keyboards apply a bunch of gestures to their keys. For instance, input keys can be pressed and released, space can be long pressed to move the cursor, backspace can be long pressed, etc.

Keyboard gestures can be complicated, but KeyboardKit handles them with a KeyboardActionHandler and has keyboard-specific gestures and view modifiers that you can apply to your views.

Gestures namespace

KeyboardKit has a Gestures namespace with gesture-related types. For instance, a GestureButton can be used to apply many gestures to a single button.

Keyboard gestures

The Gestures namespace has a KeyboardGesture enum that defines various keyboard gestures:

• .press - occurs when a key is pressed.
• .release - occurs when a key is released, inside or outside.
• .doubleTap - occurs when a key is double tapped.
• .longPress - occurs when a key is long pressed.
• .repeatPress - triggers repeatedly while a key is pressed.

These gestures are used quite a bit within the library, to handle KeyboardActions in various ways.

Keyboard gestures view modifier

You can use the keyboardButtonGestures view modifier to add keyboard-specific gestures to any view:

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    .keyboardButtonGestures(for: .emoji("😀"), ...)

This will make the view behave like a keyboard button and update the provided contexts and bindings as you interact with the button.

Drag gesture handlers

KeyboardKit has a DragGestureHandler protocol that can be used to handle drag gestures. For instance, a SpaceDragGestureHandler is used to handle drag gestures on the space key.

Documentation

The information on this page is shortened to be easier to overview. For more information about this feature, code samples, etc., please see the online documentation.