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Microsoft "innovating":

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/12/11/sharing-files-between-your-iphone-and-windows-pc-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/

Meanwhile, KDE Connect be like:

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#Microsoft #windows

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social This blog post is about iPhone support but Microsoft has had this in Windows for a couple years now, especially in cooperation with Samsung. The Apple/Samsung #Sidecar feature in which you can use your computer keyboard to write on your phone or to drag & drop files is still not present in #KDEConnect (there is a input module in the plasmoid setting but I have never seen a button to actually use this; is this Wayland-only?).

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    @frumble@chaos.social @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
    You can drag & drop files on the popup from the KDE Connect tray icon to send to the phone.

    The popup opens either when clicking on the tray icon or when hovering over it while dragging a file.

    Keyboard to phone needs to be setup on the phone.
    When you open the app at the bottom it lists plugins that need permission to work.
    Follow the setup for "Receive remote keypresses" to add KDE Connect as an input method.

    Whenever KDE Connect is active as a keyboard, an input box appears in the KDE Connect popup on the desktop for you to type in.

    I'm pretty sure it's not wayland only. I can't see why it would be.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    @frumble @kde@lemmy.kde.social

    Long press the spacebar on the keyboard on your phone and chose the KDE Connect keyboard (see first picture).

    Then click on the KDE Connect plasmoid on your desktop, click in the text box (see second picture) and start typing.

    You can also use your phone and KDE Connect as a mouse and keyboard for your desktop.

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