Ctrl Z, Ctrl Y, Find Replace on Android

September 9, 2015, by Santiago Comment

My problem is that I have to erase text and back down over and over again while writing. I would like to be endowed with the ability to write brilliantly jerk.

I’m glad Windows is imperfect-proof: it allows me to easily undo and redo all the changes I make to the text constantly, with a couple of keyboard shortcuts – I just have to press the Ctrl + Z keys to undo a change and Ctrl + And to redo it.

Android does not come with something like that, but you can have something similar to those Windows keyboard shortcuts on your mobile: the answer is Inputting+ «Universal Undo Redo». The requirement is that your phone must have Android 5 or higher version.

This application offers you these Undo and Redo text options by means of a small bubble that appears at the edge of the screen, in any application where you are writing (except in web view: for example, within the Google Chrome browser). This bubble appears automatically when you start typing and disappears in the same way when you finish.

Tapping on it will display a floating window where you can undo or redo the changes to the text. You also have the option to Find and Replace text: yes, it basically allows you to replace one word or phrase with another, no matter how many times it is repeated within a text. Once you make the changes you need, you save them and continue writing in the application that you were.

All of the above is available in the free version of Inputting +, but the paid version (which can be purchased within the application) offers as a benefit the integration of Inputting + with the ClipStack multiple clipboard.

Inputting + is the only application that offers something similar to Windows Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y on Android. Something is better than nothing, true, but the app definitely needs to improve. It is not optimal to open an alternate window to make any desired changes to the text. These options should appear immediately when you tap on the Inputting + bubble. Hopefully this issue will be improved when the final version of the application is released (it is currently in the testing or “beta” phase)

Note: To use the application, you must give it permission to read all the text you write on the screen (Settings> Accessibility), permission that will be requested after opening it. This may be alarming, but you should rest assured that your data is not going anywhere: this is a local application, that is, it does not connect to the internet. The application also does not read password fields (default setting) and even allows disabling it in certain applications. Just as a precaution, you can disable it in the Play Store and other applications where you have the need to write sensitive data.

Descargar: Inputting+ (Google Play, Gratis, Android 5 o superior)