An optimized virtual keyboard panel with full contrl keys will help tablet users quickly gain all the convenience and power of more complex operations such as bezier curve tools, color picking, straight-line brush, etc.
Maybe a customizable keyboard panel will let users choose which keys or combinations to show in the panel.
I think i understand what you mean but having a full keyboard displayed in krita on a tablet sounds like would make the screen even smaller than it already is. I also don’t think just showing some keys on a docker would be helpful.
Right now, we have the touch docker that has some buttons that are shortcuts to functions, i think this could be a better approach. Instead of showing the the keyboard buttons show buttons for the functions you want shortcuts for.
May seem the same but i don’t see a point in having the keyboard shortcuts being the button labels. The functions would be much more intuitive.
I don’t know how customizable the touch docker is , but maybe some improvements on it might help in this request.
Yes, I know it would take some space on tablet. If the ctrl,alt,shift,straight line(V),etc keys can be placed in touch docker, it will help a lot.
I would buy a small Bluetooth keyboard and be good.
Michelist
Yes, that’s a quick solution for this. But there’s some problem when I use bluetooth keyboard, the virtual keyboard of android system will showup all the time.
i think for these keys there are other problems. the way they work is while they are being held down their function is active, different from shortcuts like / or e that you press just once. I dont know how that would work in the touch docker, i doubt that holding down the key and continue drawing will work with things like palm rejection, so a toggle would need to be simulated. In a scenario like this the bluetooth keyboard would be better.
thats an android configuration if i am not mistaken you should be able to disable that in the system configuration.
As far as I remember, it is/you can.
Michelist
Autodesk skethbook can do the trick on Android devices. Holding the function button on left and slide it up/down, you can pick brush/color/layers on right side.
As for the android configuration, I’ll try it later.
You mean provide a virtual button panel in krita with customizable virtual buttons?
For example, set the virtual button to Ctrl+Z, or the middle mouse button+Shift. (And they can be set without a real keyboard.)
They are then displayed in krita and we can trigger shortcuts by clicking on these virtual buttons.
The number of these virtual buttons can be increased or decreased according to user needs, which can avoid taking up too much screen.
These virtual buttons can also be placed horizontally or vertically in a waiting manner.
I also wish krita could have it.
In beta android builds ( krita 5.1) we have tons of customizable gesture actions ( plus s-pen air actions ) with these you can set up workflow even faster than a standard pc keyboard setup.
The virtual buttons would come in handy indeed because not all SPens are supported for the air actions because of the need to turn off the inbuilt air actions of the system. (The info on the SPen actions in Krita says it only works for the note 10, and tab S6 tablet – I use an S7 tablet)
Nicely summarised. I imagine most users running Krita on an Andriod tablet would vote to have this feature implemented.
What is your preferred method of enabling and executing multi-select on an Android tablet without accessing the software keyboard? In my case, I am using the Samsung S6 Lite.
For example, if I would like to join two nodes on separate paths I understand that I would usually select one by tapping on it with the pen and then select the other node using SHIFT+tap and then tap on the merge button in the node tool options. What would you do/map to accomplish this without a keyboard?
Thanks in advance!
Hi @clf did you ever find a solution to this? I spent so long researching which tablet to buy and which program I would use on it. NONE of the MANY reviews and videos I looked at said anything about needing a keyboard. Krita is virtually useless without one and so I spent £100s on a Samsung tablet and have barely touched it since. Gutted doesn’t even cover it and every time I try to figure a work around I hit a brick wall.
I also can’t connect a physical keyboard or keypad because it messes with the onscreen one somehow like you mentioned and can’t find any settings to turn this off. It’s an S9 fe+ which is also not supported for buying it air gestures) if that’s any help to anyone else reading this that thinks they might be able to help. Fingers crossed!
I’m also seriously annoyed that the other program I looked at was a one time payment on desktops but only available as a subscription for Android. Seems to be the case with all apps. I understand why but that is so rotten.
Should have just spent some stupid amount on an iPad and used my adobe subscription… Which is also not available on flipping android!!! Uuuuurgh!!!
@Shrugs what are your most used keyboard shortcuts in Krita? I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 tablet and I don’t use keyboard shortcuts. I use my Spen and tap on any menu item I need. I also just use Krita to paint (with very few layers) and I don’t do much else… I hope you find what you need. 
Hi @Shrugs
I use Krita Android on 2 different devices without a keyboard. There definitely are limitations, especially when one is used to the desktop version (like me - I mainly use Windows 11).
Modifying the toolbars has helped me immeasurably. If you tell us specifically what you need, perhaps one of us can help you.
Krita has many Android users.
Keyboard shortcuts are the reason I’m reluctant to upgrade to a larger tablet. My 15" XP-Pen has 8 programable keys on the side of it, plus a wheel I use for zooming in and out. Most of the larger tablets don’t have built-in shortcut keys. I have a Surface Pro and a small keypad for plein air painting, but I find annoying because it’s keypad is a different layout than I’m used to. First world problems, I know. 
Some actions that are very easy to do with a keyboard (and is usually multiple annoying clicks away with mobile) that comes to my mind are:
I think a comment above summarized it really well but a docker (much like touch docker) with most common keys (Ctrl - Alt - Shift - etc…) and modifiable Function buttons (which amount probably can be defined by the user?) would be perfect. I already think 5.3.0 dockers that can be set to pop up palette is a great QoL, with something like this I’d assume most of simplifying for a mobile mode would be done, at least in practice.
S pen functions are good but functionality can be limited since you have to move away from your screen to make use of them and dependence on it for frequent functions can easily get annoying.
