Minor Annoyance - Keyboard image in notification bar

[MikeLip]

OK, since ICS there is a keyboard in my notification bar. I pull the bar down and hit the notification and it say select input method. I already did that - it's Swype. So I back out of that and the notification goes away for a few hours, them comes back. It also keeps coming back if I simply clear it. What the heck?

 

[nsharper]

This is a feature of ICS. That icon should be there anytime the keyboard is being used. It's the new shortcut to input method, rather than long pressing the text box.
It shouldn't be there all the time though.

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[MikeLip]

This is a feature of ICS. That icon should be there anytime the keyboard is being used. It's the new shortcut to input method, rather than long pressing the text box.
It shouldn't be there all the time though.

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OK, that's neat. I see that when I open an app with a text field that the notifier appears. But sometimes it's doesn't go away when I exit the app.

 

[burt64]

I did not see the usefulness at first, but am glad its there. The reason is that I use slide it keyboard, but often times want to switch to google voice typing. The icon allows me to switch to google voice typing easily whenever dictating a long email or text message, but leave slide it as my default keyboard at all other times. Great feature

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