Keyboard layouts

Number row

Settings path: Home › Layout

A row of digits above the letters, with its own height and text size. Keep it, size it, or split it along with the keyboard.

In Layout > Options, turn on Show in Tools menu under Number row to add a shortcut. Tap Number row in the keyboard’s Tools menu to show or hide the digits and return to typing. The shortcut is off by default and is available on text layouts. Android test builds also offer the Number row, Split keyboard and One-handed mode shortcuts in Layout > Options.

Split keyboard

Pull the keys apart to both edges for thumb typing, with the gap width under your control. The number and symbol pages can split with it. In Layout > Options, turn on Show in Tools menu under Split keyboard to add an optional shortcut that turns the split on or off and returns to the keys. The shortcut is unavailable while Clink Form is on.

One-handed mode

Bring the whole keyboard under one thumb, left or right, at whatever width suits your hand. A shortcut on the bar puts it back.

In Layout > Options, turn on Show in Tools menu under One-handed mode to add an optional shortcut. It remains available when one-handed mode is off, so you can turn it on from the keyboard without a dedicated top-bar button. Tap it again to restore the full width. It remembers your chosen side and is unavailable while Clink Form is on.

Layout editor

The Layout editor builds keys, rows and whole extra pages. In Arrangement, the preview shows the same horizontal padding knobs as the Keys page alongside the row-indent knobs. Drag them to adjust the space above and below the keys and above the top bar while adjusting row indents on the same page. Padding controls require Clink Pro. Changes also appear on the Keys page. Android test builds include these controls too.

1. Open Layout and choose the layout you want to edit, then open Customize. For a built-in layout, tap Edit layout above the preview and confirm to make your own copy. This keeps the existing keys and rows without adding anything. Custom layout editing requires Clink Pro.
2. Drag keys and rows around on the keyboard itself. A row moves when you drag its grip past another row. Tap a key to change what it does. The preview stays above the controls while you scroll; drag the handle below it to make more room for the controls.
3. Use Key and Row to add more, and Element for the pieces that are not keys.
4. Tap Done to keep a key’s edits and return to the layout. Your custom layout is saved as you work; the built-in original stays unchanged.

A text key can type a whole letter cluster, such as ts or hrr. In your custom layout, select the key, set its Insert text, then open Hold to add alternatives. Each alternative can also contain several characters. A tap types the base text; holding or flicking down chooses one complete alternative, without leaving part of the base behind. Use Shift to choose an explicit capital form such as Hrr or HRR and, if needed, its own Hold bar.

In a custom layout, open a text key’s Hold bar and tap the × on any alternative to remove it, including options supplied by the layout or language. Removed inherited characters stay removed when you reopen the editor and also stay removed under Shift. Add a character again from the palette or text field to restore it for that key. Other keys and layouts keep their own alternatives. Android test builds also preserve these choices in the editor and keyboard.

Quick presets

One tap adds the keys people ask for most: period and comma, .com, an emoji key, a language key, undo and redo, or Arabic tashkeel. Adding a quick preset to a built-in layout creates an editable copy and keeps your theme’s letter and function-key colours, including highlighted letters. Colours you set on an individual custom key take priority. Older saved custom layouts keep their previous appearance when Clink updates, including letter colours and the separate styling of keys such as 123 and Delete. Duplicating one keeps that appearance too. Android test builds follow these colour rules too.

Keys that sit beside the space bar on every layout, in every language. They stay put when you switch.

Library

Layouts you save sit in the library next to the built-in arrangements, and you can move between them from the keyboard without opening the app. Hold a custom layout and choose Rename to open its name dialog. Tap Save to keep the new name or Cancel to leave it unchanged. Delete remains a separate action in the same menu.

In Layout → Arrangement, expand the arrow beside Library to reveal Search. Search finds layouts across every script chip, your saved layouts and available packs in the official and added repositories. Try Hungarian to find its built-in QWERTZ arrangement even while another script is selected. Clear the search to return to that script or repository; closing the arrow returns to Library.

For Slovak, choose Slovak (QWERTY) in Layout → Arrangement, under Latin. Hold the base letter for á, ä, č, ď, é, í, ĺ, ľ, ň, ó, ô, ŕ, š, ť, ú, ý or ž; use Shift for uppercase. Type ch, dz and dž as letter sequences. Newly added Slovak languages use this arrangement automatically; existing layout choices stay as they are.

Switch your key arrangement

• Sending a theme, layout or pack to someone

Space between top bars

Open Layout → Top bar. When you have more than one bar, drag the handle on the right of a row to move it up or down. Use the trash knob on its left to remove it, or the plus button above to add a bar. Use Spacing to bring adjacent top-bar rows closer together or farther apart. Zero removes the extra gap between them. Removing all visible items from the top bar also removes its empty space above the keys. Adding an item back restores the bar. Suggestions, tool icons shown before typing, and input-method candidates still keep their row when enabled. Adjust top padding separately on the Keys page. These controls change Clink’s layout; the system area below the keyboard stays under iOS’s control.