Type by sliding

Letters, digits, symbols

One key holds two letters: the near one on a tap, the far one on a short slide. A vertical slide enters digits, an arc enters symbols. Pick a gesture and see how it works.

Deleting and layouts

A slide on the delete key erases a character, a longer one several in a row. Rub back and forth like an eraser and it deletes a character per stroke. Slides on a single key switch layouts — to the last, first or any other.

Case and selection

An up-slide on Shift enables an uppercase letter; an arc slide locks Caps Lock. The key shows the Shift state. On Android, Shift with navigation can select text, depending on the text field. iOS does not allow a keyboard extension to select text programmatically.

Two halves on a wide screen

On a wide screen, such as in landscape orientation, the keyboard can split in two — one half per thumb. Between the halves sits the infinity sign, the Hlider logo.

Alt layer: typography

The symbol Alt layer holds typographic marks — dashes, quotes, arrows and math symbols. Enter them with the same sliding gestures.

Ergonomic layouts

The “Hlider” layouts put frequent letters on taps and alternate hands. The one-handed layout fits a single thumb; the double one-handed one mirrors the letters onto both halves, so hands alternate completely. Everything is built in — nothing to buy. Switch and compare.

Chinese, Japanese, Korean

On iOS, Pinyin becomes Chinese characters: candidates appear above the keyboard, and the dictionary is stored in the app. Romaji converts to hiragana and katakana.

Android supports direct Kana input and Hangul syllable composition. Korean input is also available on iOS. Features vary by platform; the input methods shown work offline.

Dictionaries for long words

The dictionary suggests the rest of a word right on the keys: external dictionaries on an up-slide, your own on a down-slide. Abbreviations expand into whole phrases on Tab.

On Android, external dictionaries are installed as separate apps. On iOS, English, Russian, German, Spanish and French dictionaries are built into the keyboard.

Suggestions work offline and stay hidden in password and number fields.

Settings right on the keyboard

A dedicated settings layer without leaving the app you are typing in. Split or rejoin the keyboard, move it to fit your hand, mute the sound, or hide the letters. On Android you can switch the theme and open a selected voice keyboard if one is installed. On iOS the theme follows the system, and the microphone switches to an available keyboard.

Text navigation

Move the cursor straight from the keyboard — by character, by word, to the start or end of a line. Return and circular slides repeat the step as needed. On iOS, up and down follow line breaks and depend on the app. Page navigation is Android-only.

Numeric pads

Separate layers with calculator and phone digit arrangements — for fast one-handed entry of numbers and phone numbers. Switch and compare.

Your own layouts

A layout is text: arrange letters, symbols and macros to fit your hand in the editor. On Android, you can set colours for light and dark themes and a separate scheme for a specific app.

Below are community layouts. Browse all available options in the catalog.