Keyman 16.0 Release Notes

DEPRECATED

This content is now deprecated. Future edits in:

• https://community.software.sil.org/t/keyman-16-0-beta-release/6850

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Developer

• Developer: Redesigned Touch Layout Editor and introduced support for Flicks and Multitap #6884
• Developer: Introduced support for Hints to the Touch Layout Editor #6936
• Developer: It is now possible to set the "languageUsesCasing" flag from the Model Editor UI #7008
• Developer: We have added the ability to provide extensions and customizations to the Unicode-spec based wordbreaker for lexical models #7279
• Developer: Keyman Engine for Android, KMManager - Deprecate isHelpBubbleEnabled() and setHelpBubbleEnabled() help.keyman.com#617

Keyman for Windows

• Minimum supported version of Windows is 10.0

Keyman for macOS

• Minimum supported version of macOS is 10.10 Yosemite.

Keyman for iPhone and iPad

• Minimum supported version of iOS is 12.1.

Keyman for Android

• Minimum supported version of Android is 5.0 (Chrome 37.0)
• Removed the help bubble tooltip #7473 - pending a redesign

Keyman for Linux

• Linux: Improved reordering and backspace behavior in Chrome(ium) and other apps that don’t support surrounding text #7079. (currently requires updated ibus)

KeymanWeb

• KeymanWeb no longer uses an "aliased element" to support touch-based input on mobile devices. KeymanWeb now uses the "inputmode='none'" functionality supported in recent browsers, which supports text selection, improved presentation, improved scrolling and better compatibility with websites and speech input #7343.
• Minimum supported version of iOS is 13.0 (up from 9.0) -- all browsers
• Minimum supported version of Chrome for Android is 66.0 (up from 35.0)
• Minimum supported version of Firefox for Android is 79.0
• Minimum supported version of Opera for Android is 47.0
• Android Browser (Android 4.x) is no longer supported

New Localizations

• Dutch #7498