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.
Advanced Voice Typing
Enable Advanced Voice Typing with automatic punctuation, and separately enable automatic punctuation for Traditional Chinese voice typing, which does not support Advanced Voice Typing.
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:
Long-Press Editing Shortcuts
Add Select all, Undo, Copy, Cut, Paste, and Redo long-press shortcuts to English QWERTY and Zhuyin.
Custom Symbols
Adds a dedicated symbols tab and a quick access entry from the comma long-press popup.
Swipeable Custom Top Row
Lets you swipe the keyboard top row horizontally to open customizable text and JavaScript slots.
Emojis, stickers & GIFs Tab Order
Customize the bottom tab order in Gboard's Emojis, stickers & GIFs panel with drag-and-drop reordering.
English QWERTY Up-Flick Uppercase
Flick up on the English QWERTY keyboard to toggle uppercase and lowercase.
Enable Inline Autofill Suggestions
Enables inline autofill suggestions in supported contexts.
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.
Latin Globe Key Ignore Interval
Add an independent English globe key ignore interval override for post-typing language-switch delay.
Use Bluetooth Microphone
Enables the Voice typing > Use Bluetooth microphone setting and its related rollout gate.
Settings Homepage Override
Lets you switch between the new and legacy Gboard settings homepage styles.
Developer options
Enable Developer options and the Flag Editor, allowing you to modify flag values.
Package Rename
Renames the patched package so it can be installed alongside the official Gboard app.
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.
Zhuyin Bottom Row Key Sizes
Adjusts the seven bottom-row slot sizes on the Zhuyin keyboard, including ?123, ，, the globe key, space, ㄦ, backspace, and the IME action key.
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.
