Gboard-patches
Gboard Patches
Morphe patches for Gboard with a mix of global improvements and Taiwan-focused enhancements.
Gboard Patches is a public Morphe source for a curated set of Gboard enhancements, including both global usability improvements and Taiwan-focused features for local input habits and day-to-day use.
Included Patches
Global Users
AI Writing Tools
Enables the Text correction > Writing tools setting with support for all languages.
Package Rename
Renames the patched package so it can be installed alongside the official Gboard app.
Custom Symbols
Adds a dedicated symbols tab and a quick access entry from the comma long-press popup.
English QWERTY Up-Flick Uppercase
On the English QWERTY keyboard, flick up to toggle letters between uppercase and lowercase without switching layers.
Enable Undo/Redo feature
Enables Gboard's Undo and Redo entry points.
Clipboard Enhancements
Lets you enhance clipboard retention time, item count limits, preview lines, countdown and creation-time labels, order index, and grid columns.
Web Clipboard
Hosts a phone-powered Web Clipboard portal that lets desktop browsers sync with Gboard over the same LAN, with a pairing code gate and an optional Quick Settings Tile.
Preview:
Clipboard Entity Extraction
Enables Clipboard settings that show information extracted from recently copied text, such as addresses, phone numbers, and similar items.
Clipboard Item Edit
Enables the Edit action when long-pressing a clipboard item, subject to Gboard's remaining stock item gates.
Grammar Checker
Enables the Text correction > Grammar check setting and its related rollout gate.
Inline Suggestions
Enables the Text correction > Smart Compose setting and its related rollout gate.
Key Shape Selection
Enables the Key shape option inside theme details without forcing rounded keys by default.
Settings Homepage Override
Lets you switch between the new and legacy Gboard settings homepage styles.
Taiwan Users
Zhuyin Slide Input
On the Zhuyin keyboard, swipe up or down to enter English letters without switching to another keyboard layout.
Zhuyin Quick Traditional/Simplified Toggle
Swipe up on the Zhuyin ㄥ key to quickly toggle between Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Chinese Online Voice Input
Forces Gboard to use the built-in Chinese voice input flow.
Install
Add this repository as a Morphe source:
- Open in Morphe
- Or manually add
https://github.com/jasonwu1994/Gboard-patches
Build
Before running Gradle locally, authenticate to Morphe's GitHub Packages registry with either:
gpr.userandgpr.keyin~/.gradle/gradle.propertiesGITHUB_ACTORandGITHUB_TOKENas environment variables
Build the Android patch bundle:
.\gradlew.bat :patches:buildAndroid
Regenerate patch metadata:
.\gradlew.bat generatePatchesList
Generated outputs:
patches/build/libs/*.mpppatches-list.jsonpatches-bundle.json
License
Released under the GNU General Public License v3.0.
