Pythonista special key row problems in IOS 14

[dthomson]

It appears IpadOS 14 broke the special key row in Pythonista. After editing for a short while the center section of keys disappears. A while later the remaining keys shrink further to the sides. It also appears the cursor positioning by sliding over the key row does not work in the center portion, even when the keys are still showing.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0IcGyZcOAkshHXxcFR2087a5Q
https://share.icloud.com/photos/02XeIxGZlrfj1JsxYDWYm6YgQ

[mikael]

@dthomson, looks like something related to the split keyboard option on iPadOS. How does that work if you try to use it on purpose?

[cvp]

I got sometimes the same problem and it does not look like the split keyboard, only the supplementary row.

The problem occurs when I run a script in a editor's tab where the keyboard is visible.
But not in other tabs, or not if I run a script where the keyboard is hidden.

[Enez Houad]

Has someone found a solution ? 🥵 the problem appears quite all the time for me and it’s really difficult to type text in rhe reduced special key row - I’ve got an iPad mini and the keyboard is small ;-)

[cvp]

@Enez-Houad no solution found, except if I restart Pythonista 😢

[rb]

I turned on and off the “Extra Key Row” option in the “Settings>Keyboard and Typing” option.seems to fix it if it happens.Annoying though!

[Enez Houad]

The only solution I've found is to make my own special key row with the help of the cvp example ;-). It's quite easy for normal keys, but I don't find solution to implement the undo/redo key? Perhaps with objC ?

[Enez Houad]

My new special key row !

[Enez Houad]

@cvp Please, how do you insert directly your pictures in comments ?

[cvp]

@Enez-Houad I use

import pyimgur,photos,clipboard,os,console
i=photos.pick_image()
if i:
	print(i.format)
	format = 'gif' if (i.format == 'GIF') else 'jpg'
	i.save('img.'+format)
	clipboard.set(pyimgur.Imgur("303d632d723a549").upload_image('img.'+format, title="Uploaded-Image").link)
	console.hud_alert("link copied!")
	os.remove('img.'+format)

With pyImgur from here

[cvp]

@Enez-Houad I don't know which code of mines you use to add keys to Pythonista keyboard, but you can add these lines at end to replace the extra row of Pythonista by only undo and redo keys...
And that after 3 full hours of searching 😅

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@on_main_thread	
def AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard(pad=None):
	if not pad:
		pad = [
		{'key':'next word','width':2},
		{'key':'find','icon':'iob:ios7_search_32'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'>'},
#		{'key':'new row'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'#'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'"'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'left','icon':'iob:arrow_left_a_32'},
		{'key':'right','icon':'iob:arrow_right_a_32'},
		{'key':'down','icon':'iob:arrow_down_a_32'},
		{'key':'\\'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'delete','title':'Del'}]
		
	ev = editor._get_editor_tab().editorView()
	tv = ev.textView()
	#print(tv._get_objc_classname())
	#print(dir(tv))
	
	# create ui.View for InputAccessoryView above keyboard
	v = MyView(pad)												# view above keyboard
	vo = ObjCInstance(v)									# get ObjectiveC object of v
	retain_global(v) # see https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/4653/button-action-not-called-when-view-is-added-to-native-view
	tv.setInputAccessoryView_(vo)	# attach accessory to textview
	tv.strfind = ''

	#======================		
	UIBarButtonItem = ObjCClass('UIBarButtonItem')
	UIBarButtonItemGroup = ObjCClass('UIBarButtonItemGroup')

	def btnActionUndo(_self, _cmd):
		tv = ObjCClass('UIApplication').sharedApplication().keyWindow().firstResponder()
		tv.undoManager().undo()
		
	ActionTargetUndo = create_objc_class('ActionTarget', methods=[btnActionUndo])
	targetUndo = ActionTargetUndo.new().autorelease()
	bUndo = UIBarButtonItem.alloc().initWithTitle_style_target_action_('↪️', 0, targetUndo, 'btnActionUndo').autorelease()		
	
	def btnActionRedo(_self, _cmd):
		tv = ObjCClass('UIApplication').sharedApplication().keyWindow().firstResponder()
		tv.undoManager().redo()
		
	ActionTargetRedo = create_objc_class('ActionTarget', methods=[btnActionRedo])
	targetRedo = ActionTargetRedo.new().autorelease()
		
	bRedo = UIBarButtonItem.alloc().initWithTitle_style_target_action_('↩️', 0, targetRedo, 'btnActionRedo').autorelease()	

	group = UIBarButtonItemGroup.alloc().initWithBarButtonItems_representativeItem_([bUndo, bRedo], None).autorelease()
	ObjCInstance(tv).inputAssistantItem().leadingBarButtonGroups = [group]
	ObjCInstance(tv).inputAssistantItem().trailingBarButtonGroups = []
	#======================					
			
if __name__ == '__main__':	
	AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard()

[Enez Houad]

@cvp Thanks a lot for your work. But my goal is to get a reduced row of keys as I think that the original one is to large for the small screen of my iPad mini 4. I regret that it’s not possible to assign the fonction to a normal ui button.

[cvp]

@Enez-Houad said:

. I regret that it’s not possible to assign the fonction to a normal ui button.

I think it is also possible, let me some time today

[cvp]

@Enez-Houad much easier, if I would know 😂

import editor
from   objc_util import *
import ui

@on_main_thread
def test(tv):
	import console
	import re
	import ui
	tv.strfind = console.input_alert('text or regex to search', '', tv.strfind, hide_cancel_button=True)
	txt = tv.strfind

	for sv in tv.subviews():
		if 'SUIButton_PY3' in str(sv._get_objc_classname()):
			sv.removeFromSuperview()
	if txt == '':
		return
	t = str(tv.text())
	#print('search',txt,'in',t)
	#for m in re.finditer('(?i)'+txt, t):
	for m in re.finditer(txt, t):
		st,en = m.span()
		p1 = tv.positionFromPosition_offset_(tv.beginningOfDocument(), st)
		p2 = tv.positionFromPosition_offset_(tv.beginningOfDocument(), en)
		rge = tv.textRangeFromPosition_toPosition_(p1,p2)
		rect = tv.firstRectForRange_(rge)	# CGRect
		x,y = rect.origin.x,rect.origin.y
		w,h = rect.size.width,rect.size.height
		#print(x,y,w,h)
		l = ui.Button()
		l.frame = (x,y,w,h)
		if '|' not in txt:
			l.background_color = (1,0,0,0.2)
		else:
			# search multiple strings
			wrds = txt.split('|')
			idx = wrds.index(t[st:en])
			cols = [(1,0,0,0.2), (0,1,0,0.2), (0,0,1,0.2), (1,1,0,0.2), (1,0,1,0.2), (0,1,1,0.2)]
			col = cols[idx % len(cols)]
			l.background_color = col
		l.corner_radius = 4
		l.border_width = 1
		tv.addSubview_(l)

def key_pressed(sender):
		import ui
		from objc_util import ObjCClass
		tv = sender.objc_instance.firstResponder()	# associated TextView
		# get actual cursor position					
		cursor = tv.offsetFromPosition_toPosition_(tv.beginningOfDocument(), tv.selectedTextRange().start())
		
		if sender.name == 'left':	
			if cursor == 0:
				return												# already first character
			cursor = cursor - 1							
		elif sender.name == 'right':	
			if cursor == (len(str(tv.text()))-1):
				return												# already after last character
			cursor = cursor + 1		
		elif sender.name == 'down':			
			# surely not correct because not tested in limit cases,
			# just to show for topic https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/6408/defining-a-line-up-line-down-keyboard-function
			# count position in line
			c = str(tv.text()).rfind('\n',0,cursor)	# begin of current line
			p = cursor - c
			e = str(tv.text()).find('\n',cursor)		# end   of current line
			cursor = e + 1													# begin of next line
			e = str(tv.text()).find('\n',cursor)		# end   of next line
			cursor = cursor + min(p-1,e-cursor)
		elif sender.name == 'next word':
			t = str(tv.text())[cursor+1:]	
			for i in range(0,len(t)):
				# search 1st separator
				if t[i] in ' _.\n\t':
					# search 1st not separator
					ch_found = False
					for j in range(i+1,len(t)):
						if t[j] not in ' _.\n\t':
							ch_found = True
							cursor = cursor + 1 + j
							break
					if ch_found:
						break
		elif sender.name == 'delete':						
			# delete at right = delete at left of next character
			if cursor == (len(str(tv.text()))-1):
				return												# already after last character
			cursor_position = tv.positionFromPosition_offset_(tv.beginningOfDocument(), cursor+1)
			tv.selectedTextRange = tv.textRangeFromPosition_toPosition_(cursor_position, cursor_position)
			tv.deleteBackward()							
		elif sender.name == 'find':
			test(tv)
		elif sender.name == 'undo':
			#tv = ObjCClass('UIApplication').sharedApplication().keyWindow().firstResponder()
			tv.undoManager().undo()
		elif sender.name == 'redo':
			tv.undoManager().redo()
		else:
			# normal key
			tv.insertText_(sender.title)	
			return
		# set cursor
		cursor_position = tv.positionFromPosition_offset_(tv.beginningOfDocument(), cursor)
		tv.selectedTextRange = tv.textRangeFromPosition_toPosition_(cursor_position, cursor_position)	

class MyView(ui.View):
	def __init__(self, pad, *args, **kwargs):
		#super().__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)	
		self.width = ui.get_screen_size()[0]			# width of keyboard = screen
		self.background_color = 'lightgray'#(0,1,0,0.2)
		self.h_button = 32	
		self.pad = pad

		#================================================ for the fun begin		
		# cable for road
		self.road = ui.Label()
		self.road.frame = (0,40,self.width,1)
		self.road.border_width = 1
		self.road.border_color = 'green'
		self.road.flex = 'W'
		self.add_subview(self.road)
		
		# cable for tramway
		self.line = ui.Label()
		self.line.frame = (0,12,self.width,1)
		self.line.border_width = 1
		self.line.border_color = 'gray'
		self.line.flex = 'W'
		self.line.hidden = True
		self.add_subview(self.line)
		
		# moving emoji behind buttons
		self.moving = ui.Button()
		self.moving.font = ('<system>',self.h_button-4)
		self.moving.frame = (0,10,self.h_button,self.h_button)
		self.moving.icons = ['emj:Delivery_Truck', 'emj:Car_1','emj:Car_2', 'emj:Bus', 'emj:Police_Car', 'emj:Railway_Car','emj:Speedboat']
		self.moving.action = self.fun
		self.moving.index = 0
		self.add_subview(self.moving)
		self.update_interval = 0.06
		#================================================ for the fun end
		
		# build buttons
		for pad_elem in self.pad:
			if pad_elem['key'] in ('nul', 'new row'):		#  free space or new row
				continue
			button = ui.Button()									# Button for user functionnality
			button.name = pad_elem['key']
			button.background_color = 'white'			# or any other color
			button.tint_color = 'black'
			button.corner_radius = 5		
			button.font = ('<system>',self.h_button - 8)
			button.title = ''
			if 'title' in pad_elem:
				button.title = pad_elem['title']
			elif 'icon' in pad_elem:
				button.image = ui.Image.named(pad_elem['icon']).with_rendering_mode(ui.RENDERING_MODE_ORIGINAL)
			else:
				button.title = pad_elem['key']

			button.action = key_pressed
			retain_global(button) # see https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/4653/button-action-not-called-when-view-is-added-to-native-view
			self.add_subview(button)	
		self.layout()		

	#================================================ for the fun begin		
	def fun(self,sender):	
			self.update_interval = 0.06 - self.update_interval
			
	def update(self):
		import ui
		x = self.moving.x - 5
		if x < -self.moving.width:
			x = ui.get_screen_size()[0]
			self.moving.index = self.moving.index+1
			if self.moving.index == len(self.moving.icons):
				self.moving.index = 0
			emoji = self.moving.icons[self.moving.index]
			self.moving.image = ui.Image.named(emoji).with_rendering_mode(ui.RENDERING_MODE_ORIGINAL)
			self.line.hidden = not (emoji == 'emj:Railway_Car')
			self.road.border_color = 'blue' if emoji == 'emj:Speedboat' else 'green'
		self.moving.x = x
		#================================================ for the fun end

	def layout(self):
		import ui
		#print('layout')
		# supports changing orientation
		#print(ui.get_screen_size())
		dx = 8
		dy = 2
		x0 = 15
		y0 = 10
		dx_middle = 25 
		y = y0
		x = x0
		w_button = (ui.get_screen_size()[0] - 2*x0 - 17*dx - dx_middle)/18
		for pad_elem in self.pad:
			nw = pad_elem.get('width', 1)
			wb = w_button*nw + dx*(nw-1)
			if (x + wb + dx) > self.width:
				y = y + self.h_button + dy
				x = x0
			if pad_elem['key'] == 'nul':					# let free space	
				x = x + wb + dx	
				continue
			elif pad_elem['key'] == 'new row':		# new row
				y = y + self.h_button + dy
				x = x0
				continue
			button = self[pad_elem['key']]
			xb = x + dx_middle if (x+wb) > self.width/2 else x
			button.frame = (xb,y,wb,self.h_button)
			if button.title != '':
				font_size = self.h_button - 8
				while True:
					d = ui.measure_string(button.title,font=(button.font[0],font_size))[0]+4
					if d <= wb:
						break
					font_size = font_size - 1			
			button.font = (button.font[0],font_size)
			x = x + wb + dx
		self.height = y + self.h_button + dy	
	
@on_main_thread	
def AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard(pad=None):
	if not pad:
		pad = [
		{'key':'undo','title':'↪️'},
		{'key':'redo','title':'↩️'},
		{'key':'next word','width':2},
		{'key':'find','icon':'iob:ios7_search_32'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'>'},
#		{'key':'new row'},
#		{'key':'nul'},
#		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'#'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'"'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'left','icon':'iob:arrow_left_a_32'},
		{'key':'right','icon':'iob:arrow_right_a_32'},
		{'key':'down','icon':'iob:arrow_down_a_32'},
		{'key':'\\'},
		{'key':'nul'},
		{'key':'delete','title':'Del'}]
		
	ev = editor._get_editor_tab().editorView()
	tv = ev.textView()
	#print(tv._get_objc_classname())
	#print(dir(tv))
	
	# create ui.View for InputAccessoryView above keyboard
	v = MyView(pad)												# view above keyboard
	vo = ObjCInstance(v)									# get ObjectiveC object of v
	retain_global(v) # see https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/4653/button-action-not-called-when-view-is-added-to-native-view
	tv.setInputAccessoryView_(vo)	# attach accessory to textview
	tv.strfind = ''
			
if __name__ == '__main__':	
	AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard()

[Enez Houad]

@cvp Thank’s a lot Magic cvp👏👏👏 🙏

[Enez Houad]

Here is my scrolling special key row to replace the standard one.
This script is a mix between @cvpe's script AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard https://github.com/cvpe/Pythonista-scripts/blob/master/AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard.py
and my own work.
It uses module ui3.sfsymbol of @mikaelho https://github.com/mikaelho/ui3
Thanks for all their work for Pythonista's community.
It certainly contains errors as I am not an expert coder like the majority of you but it does work for me 😉
Feel free to improve and adapt it to your needs!

# =================================================================
# This script is a mix between @cvpe's script AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard 
# https://github.com/cvpe/Pythonista-scripts/blob/master/AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard.py
# and my own work.
# It uses module ui3.sfsymbol of @mikaelho
# https://github.com/mikaelho/ui3
# 
# enez.houad@free.fr
# =================================================================

import ui, editor, clipboard
from objc_util import *
from ui3.sfsymbol import *

@on_main_thread
def tv_find(tv):
	import console, re
	
	tv.find = console.input_alert('Expression à rechercher :', '', tv.find, hide_cancel_button=True)
	txt = tv.find
	
	for sv in tv.subviews():
		if 'SUIButton_PY3' in str(sv._get_objc_classname()):
			sv.removeFromSuperview()
	if txt == '':
		return
	t = str(tv.text())
	
	for m in re.finditer(txt, t):
		st,en = m.span()
		p1 = tv.positionFromPosition_offset_(tv.beginningOfDocument(), st)
		p2 = tv.positionFromPosition_offset_(tv.beginningOfDocument(), en)
		rge = tv.textRangeFromPosition_toPosition_(p1,p2)
		rect = tv.firstRectForRange_(rge)
		x,y = rect.origin.x,rect.origin.y
		w,h = rect.size.width,rect.size.height
		
		l = ui.Button()
		l.frame = (x,y,w,h)
		if '|' not in txt:
			l.background_color = (1,0,0,0.2)
		else:
			# search multiple strings
			wrds = txt.split('|')
			idx = wrds.index(t[st:en])
			cols = [(1,0,0,0.2), (0,1,0,0.2), (0,0,1,0.2), (1,1,0,0.2), (1,0,1,0.2), (0,1,1,0.2)]
			col = cols[idx % len(cols)]
			l.background_color = col
		l.corner_radius = 4
		l.border_width = 1
		tv.addSubview_(l)		
	
# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

def key_pressed(sender):
	
	tv = sender.objc_instance.firstResponder() # associated TextView  
	
	cursor = tv.offsetFromPosition_toPosition_(tv.beginningOfDocument(),     tv.selectedTextRange().start()) # get actual cursor position

	if sender.name == 'tab':
		tv.insertText_('\t')
	
	elif sender.name == 'paste':
		tv.insertText_(clipboard.get())	
		
	elif sender.name == 'undo':
		tv.undoManager().undo()
		
	elif sender.name == 'redo':
		tv.undoManager().redo()
	
	elif sender.name == 'del_right':
		# delete at right = delete at left of next
		if cursor == (len(str(tv.text()))-1): # already after last character
			return
		cursor_position = tv.positionFromPosition_offset_(tv.beginningOfDocument(), cursor+1)
		tv.selectedTextRange = tv.textRangeFromPosition_toPosition_(cursor_position, cursor_position)
		tv.deleteBackward()		
		
	elif sender.name == 'find':
		tv_find(tv)
		
	elif sender.name == 'line-':
		tv.insertText_('# ' + 65 * '—')
	elif sender.name == 'line=':
		tv.insertText_('# ' + 65 * '=')
	elif sender.name == 'line#':
		tv.insertText_(67 * '#')
		
	else: # all other keys > insert button title
		tv.insertText_(sender.title)
	
# ===================================================================
	
class SpecialKeyRow(ui.View):
	
	def __init__(self, pad, *args, **kwargs):
		
		self.pad = pad
	
		sw, sh = ui.get_screen_size()	
		self.uiStyle = ui.get_ui_style()
		
		self.buttonsList = []
		self.buttonWidth = (sw - (2*8) - (24*4)) / 25
		self.buttonHeight = 40
		
		# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
		# MAIN VIEW	
	
		self.width, self.height = sw, 50
		self.alpha = 0.98
		
		# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
		# SCROLL VIEW
		
		sv = ui.ScrollView(name='scrollview')
		sv.width, sv.height = (sw, 50)
		sv.content_size = (2*sw, 50)
		sv.bounces = False
		sv.shows_horizontal_scroll_indicator = False
		sv.paging_enabled = True
		sv.x, sv.y = (0, 0)
		colorDict = {'light':'#D6D8DD', 'dark':'#343639'}
		sv.background_color = colorDict[self.uiStyle]
		
		self.add_subview(sv)
		
		# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
		# BUTTONS IN SCROLL VIEW
		# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

		for pad_elem in self.pad:
			if not 'style' in pad_elem: bStyle = 'light'
			else: bStyle = pad_elem['style']
			if 'title' in pad_elem:
				b = self.add_text_button(name=pad_elem['key'], title=pad_elem['title'], style=bStyle)
			elif 'symbol' in pad_elem:
				b = self.add_symbol_button(name=pad_elem['key'], symbol_name=pad_elem['symbol'], style=bStyle)
			self.add_scrollview_button(b)
		
	# ===================================================================
		 
	def add_scrollview_button(self, b):
		b.y = 10
		if self.buttonsList == []: b.x = 8 # 1er bouton
		else:
			lastButton = self.buttonsList[-1]
			b.x = lastButton.x + lastButton.width + 4 # intervalle 4 px
			if len(self.buttonsList) == 25: b.x += 12 # 2e page
		b.action = key_pressed
		retain_global(b)
		self['scrollview'].add_subview(b)
		self.buttonsList.append(b)
			
	# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
	
	def add_text_button(self, name='', title='', width=40, style='light'):
		b = self.add_button(name, style)
		b.title = title
		b.font = ('<system>', 18)
		if width == None: b.width = ui.measure_string(b.title,font=b.font)[0] + 28
		else: b.width = self.buttonWidth		
		return b
		
	# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
	
	def add_symbol_button(self, name='', symbol_name='', style='light'):
		b = self.add_button(name, style)
		symbol_image = SymbolImage(symbol_name, point_size=11, weight=LIGHT, scale=SMALL)
		b.image = symbol_image	
		b.width = self.buttonWidth	
		return b
		
	# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
	
	def add_button(self, name='', backgroundStyle='light'):
		
		b = ui.Button(name=name)
		b.corner_radius = 8
		
		colorsDict = {	'light'	:({'light':'#FFFFFF', 'dark':'#B4B9C1'}, 'black'), 
						'dark'	:({'light':'#717274', 'dark':'#4D4F50'}, 'white') }
		b.background_color = colorsDict[self.uiStyle][0][backgroundStyle]
		b.tint_color = colorsDict[self.uiStyle][1]
		
		b.alpha = self.alpha
		
		b.font = ('<system>', 18)
		b.height = self.buttonHeight		
		return b
				
# ===================================================================

@on_main_thread
def AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard(pad=None):
	
	def numeric_keys(): 
		list = []
		for i in range(1, 10):
			list.append({'key':str(i), 'title':str(i)})
		list.append({'key':'0', 'title':'0'})
		return list
		
	if not pad:		
		pad = [
				{'key':'tab', 'symbol':'arrow.right.to.line.alt'},				
			
				{'key':'undo', 'symbol':'arrow.uturn.left', 'style':'dark'},
				{'key':'redo','symbol':'arrow.uturn.right', 'style':'dark'},
				
				{'key':'paste', 'symbol':'doc.on.clipboard'},
			
				{'key':'#', 'title':'#'},
				{'key':'_', 'title':'_'},
			
				{'key':"'", 'title':"'"},
				{'key':'"', 'title':'"'},
				{'key':"'''", 'title':"'''"},
			
				{'key':'(', 'title':'('},
				{'key':')', 'title':')'},			
				{'key':'[', 'title':'['},
				{'key':']', 'title':']'},
				{'key':'{', 'title':'{'},
				{'key':'}', 'title':'}'},
			
				{'key':'+', 'title':'+'},
				{'key':'-', 'title':'-'},
				{'key':'*', 'title':'*'},
				{'key':'/', 'title':'/'},
				{'key':"\\", 'title':"\\"},
			
				{'key':'<', 'title':'<'},
				{'key':'>', 'title':'>'},
				{'key':'=', 'title':'='},
				{'key':':', 'title':':'},
			
				{'key':'del_right', 'symbol':'delete.right', 'style':'dark'},
			
				{'key':'find', 'symbol':'magnifyingglass', 'style':'dark'}
				]
				
		pad += numeric_keys() 
		
		pad += [
				{'key':'+', 'title':'+'},
				{'key':'-', 'title':'-'},
				{'key':'*', 'title':'*'},
				{'key':'/', 'title':'/'},
				{'key':'<', 'title':'<'},
				{'key':'>', 'title':'>'},
				{'key':'=', 'title':'='},
			
				{'key':'line-', 'title':'---'},
				{'key':'line=', 'title':'==='},
				{'key':'line#', 'title':'###'}
				]	
		
	ev = editor._get_editor_tab().editorView()
	tv = ev.textView()
	
	v = SpecialKeyRow(pad)                        
	vo = ObjCInstance(v)  

	retain_global(v)
	
	tv.setInputAccessoryView_(vo)   # attach accessory to textview
	tv.find = ''
	
# ===================================================================
	
if __name__ == '__main__':
	AddButtonsToPythonistaKeyboard() ```

[cvp]

@Enez-Houad Good job. I let real Python specialists like @ccc, @mikael and other ones advice you about Python it-self, they are far ahead of me

For those who want to see the keyboard

And even horizontally scroll this first row, whaaaa

[Enez Houad]

@cvp I learn a lot adapting your scripts to my needs !
You will find after this message my/your script to add a keyboard icon in the titlebar to call my script to add my special key row to the keyboard.
The system is rather practical, but to make the handling as transparent as possible : when I add my key row, I hide the keyboard with tv.endEditing(True), and I would like to make it reappear with my special key row : but I’ve not found a command as simple as tv.startEditing 🙁 ; it’s perharps possible to simulate a touch in the TextView, but I neither can’t find a solution to do it 🥶
After several hours of searching, I throw in the towel and ask for help…🥵

from objc_util import *
import ui
from ui3.sfsymbol import *

w = ObjCClass('UIApplication').sharedApplication().keyWindow()
main_view = w.rootViewController().view()

def get_toolbar(view):
	# get main editor toolbar, by recursively walking the view
	sv = view.subviews()
	for v in sv:
		if v._get_objc_classname().startswith(b'OMTabViewToolbar'):
			return v
		tb = get_toolbar(v)
		if tb:
			return tb
			
# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

def keyboard_btn_action(sender):
	
	def run_script(scriptPath):
		import os
		from objc_util import ObjCInstance,ObjCClass
	
		dir = os.path.expanduser(scriptPath)
		I3=ObjCClass('PYK3Interpreter').sharedInterpreter()
		I3.runScriptAtPath_argv_resetEnvironment_(dir, [''], True)

	iCloudPath = "/private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~omz-software~Pythonista3/Documents/"
	iPadPath = '~/Documents/'
	scriptPath = 'PROJETS/KEYBOARD/my_special_key_row.py'
	run_script(iCloudPath + scriptPath)
			
# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

def create_keyboard_button(action,index=0):
	global __persistent_views
	
	assert(callable(action))
	tb = get_toolbar(main_view)
		
	try:
		__persistent_views
	except NameError:
		__persistent_views={}
		
	#check for existing button in this index and delete if needed
	remove_toolbar_button(index)	
	btn = ui.Button()
	btn.frame = (110, 24, 40, 40)
	
	if ui.get_ui_style() == 'dark':
		btn.tint_color = 'white' 
	else:
		btn.tint_color = '#0D89B5' 
	btn.image = SymbolImage('keyboard', point_size=14, weight=THIN, scale=SMALL)
	btn.image = btn.image.with_rendering_mode(ui.RENDERING_MODE_AUTOMATIC)
			
	btn.action=action
	btn_obj=ObjCInstance(btn)
	__persistent_views[index]=(btn,action)
	tb.superview().superview().addSubview_(btn_obj) # in front of all buttons
	
	return btn
	
# ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
	
def remove_toolbar_button(index):
	global __persistent_views
	
	try:
		btn,action = __persistent_views.pop(index)
		btn.action= None
		ObjCInstance(btn).removeFromSuperview()
	except KeyError:
		pass

# ===================================================================

#if __name__=='__main__': # if imported by pythonista startup	
		
create_keyboard_button(keyboard_btn_action)	
		
create_keyboard_button(keyboard_btn_action)

[cvp]

@Enez-Houad try

def keyboard_btn_action(sender):
    
    def run_script(scriptPath):
        import os
        from objc_util import ObjCInstance,ObjCClass
    
        dir = os.path.expanduser(scriptPath)
        I3=ObjCClass('PYK3Interpreter').sharedInterpreter()
        I3.runScriptAtPath_argv_resetEnvironment_(dir, [''], True)

    iCloudPath = "/private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~omz-software~Pythonista3/Documents/"
    iPadPath = '~/Documents/'
    scriptPath = 'PROJETS/KEYBOARD/my_special_key_row.py'
    run_script(iCloudPath + scriptPath)
    
    @on_main_thread
    def disp_kbd():
      from editor import _get_editor_tab
      tab = _get_editor_tab()
      if tab:
        tab.editorView().textView().becomeFirstResponder()
    disp_kbd()

[cvp]

@Enez-Houad said:

my/your script to add a keyboard icon in the titlebar

I must admit with humulity that the most complex part of this code comes from @JonB 🤫