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Use Quick Access

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Quick Access opens over the app you're typing in and lists your Text Snippets, Clipboard, and Actions. Use it when you don't remember a Keyword, or when typing a Keyword doesn't work in an app.

Quick Access requires the new accessibility service.

To insert text or run an Action, tap the text field in the other app before you open Quick Access.

Open Quick Access

Choose any of these ways:

  • Notification: open the notification drawer and tap the Quick Access notification. To show it, turn on Show Quick Access in the notification drawer in the Notifications and vibration section of Settings, and allow notifications.
  • Quick Settings tile: add the Quick Access tile in Android's Quick Settings editor, then tap it.
  • App icon: touch and hold the Typing Hero icon, then tap Quick Access.
  • Action Premium: type ,qa in a text field.

Find an item

Quick Access has three tabs: Text Snippets, labeled Text, Clipboard Premium, and Actions Premium.

Without Premium, the Text Snippets tab lists only the Text Snippets you can use for free.

  1. Tap a tab.
  2. Scroll the list, or type at least 2 characters in the search field.

Tap Show more (Show more) on an item to read all of it.

To use an item, see Copy, Insert, or Run from Quick Access.

Download Typing Hero

Scan with your Android phone to open Google Play.

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