iPhone Developer KennyTM has released another jailbreak app for iPhone users, called 5-Row QWERTY Keyboard. Can you guess what it does? Naturally, it adds a 5th row to iPhone's virtual keyboard. KennyTM is the developer of hClipboard, one of the best (if not the best) copy-paste solutions for jailbroken iPhone users.

Available now on Cydia, “5 Row QWERTY is a QWERTY keyboard with the row of numbers, just like a standard QWERTY keyboard found in your computer,” Kenny says. “The symbols are also arranged to look like that of a computer keyboard, instead of the custom arrangement in the iPhone. It also features some commonly used functional keys and a NumPad ... Internally, 5 Row QWERTY is a demonstration of the advanced features of layout.plist and how to mix layout.plist with custom layout.”

“All functional keys are depicted with ISO-9995:7 symbols which are also used in Mac OS X. If you are unfamiliar with the symbols you can tap on it to see the textual description,” according to the developer. Once it is enabled, users can switch to the 5 Row Qwerty keyboard by tapping on the Globe button.

The keys available in 5-Row QWERTY are:

←, ↑, →, ↓: Directional keys. Move the cursor left, up, right and downwards. Hold the key to move repeatedly.

⇥: Tab. Inserts a tab (\t) character.

⎋: Escape. Causes the current input field to lose the focus, and usually hides the keyboard as a result.

⌦: Forward delete, otherwise known as Delete. Remove the character immediately after the cursor. Hold the key to keep deleting.

↖, ↘: Home, End. Move the cursor to the beginning or end of text field.

⇞, ⇟: Page up, Page down. Move the cursor one page up or down.



5-RowQWERTY Keyboard screenshots
Credits: KennyTM

There is one known issue with some keys. Particularly, the ↑, ↓, ⇞ and ⇟ keys do not work in UIWebView (Safari).

According to the folks at iPhone Hacks, the keys are adjusted to fit the additional row in the available space. As such, the keys become quite cramped, making it a tad inconvenient for users with thick fingers.

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