'send' 'save as draft' 'delete' bar

[wittenac]

i have purchased several keyboards from my droid inc2 and no matter which one of them I use other then the default keyboard I get the Send, Save as Draft, Delete menu bar at the bottom of the message window. This is a major problem because it means I can no longer see the message body due to the size of the buttons.

Any thoughts? I have seen a few postings around that say this is an email client problem but is anyone aware of an alternative solution other then using a different email client? I am trying to use either Gingerbread or Better Keyboard 8.

 

[Astrodroid]

A few things. Firstly it sounds like you're using the default HTC mail app. When I use that, I see the bar you're talking about.

Are you using it in landscape orientation? Because when I do that, and I use Better Keyboard 8 and Gingerbread and some others, it does block out the message body window. If you type in portrait orientation in any of those, you still have half of the message window to work with.

If you're using the default HTC mail app to access gmail, you might consider using the gmail app directly instead - it doesn't do that bar thing. If you're accessing something other than gmail, you might try using another mail client such as K-9 or something. I just use native gmail so I can't speak for other clients. But the default HTC mail app sounds like the culprit.

If you stay with the default HTC mail app, Better Keyboard 8 has a key height adjustment you could try. It'll make the keyboard shorter on the whole, which would free up more real estate. Maybe enough and maybe not.

Also I just tried it out using the SwiftKey X keyboard. When I use that one in landscape in the default HTC mail app, it does not have the bar while you're typing. It only appears when you hit "done." At that point the keyboard disappears and all you have is the message window and the bar down at the bottom. So you might try that one.