Gboard It's one of the most widely used keyboards on Android phones. Thanks to its popularity, the keyboard is also available for iPhone users. It offers users more features than Apple's stock keyboard and comes with a wealth of customization options. In fact, you'll be surprised to learn that some of these options are available on Gboard For iOS, but not for Android. One such feature is the ability to customize every aspect of the keyboard. You can use different backgrounds in Gboard On Android, you can customize your Gboard with custom colors or images. On iOS, you can take it a step further and set individual themes for keys, keystrokes, borders, gesture paths, and more. This level of fine-grained customization lets you make your keyboard look just the way you want it. Here's how to customize Gboard, its design, and change themes on your iPhone to its full potential.
How is Gboard customization different on iPhone compared to Android?
On Android, Gboard gives you the ability to choose a background color for your keyboard. With recent updates, you can also let it choose a color based on your wallpaper thanks to Material youYou can also set a custom image from your gallery as wallpaper.
While the same options are available on Gboard for iPhone, you can take things a step further using the small edit icon at the bottom of each theme. You can set separate colors for the background, keys, text within keys, borders, pop-up window, and more. If you love customization, you'll love this feature!
How to change theme and background on Gboard
As mentioned earlier, there are many aspects of Gboard you can customize on iOS devices. This is the basic option for each of them.
Step 1: Open Gboard app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Click on Features to reach Customization features.
Step 3: Scroll through Different theme options From default, landscape, light gradient, dark gradient.
Step 4: Choose what you want to use for your keyboard. If you don't like any of the themes, go back and tap Thumbnail “+” Bottom of the option "Custom".
Step 5: Browse your photos in Photos application Choose the image you want to use as your background.
Step 6: Set your image to use as your wallpaper. Once finished, tap Selection.
This will be set as a theme on Gboard. However, this is just the basic theme without any customization. Here's how to change and modify other aspects of your keyboard.
How to change the main, text, border, pop-up, and swipe colors on the keyboard
Now that you've decided on the basic look of your keyboard, it's time for more fine-grained customization.
Step 1: Choose Main topic Which you want to continue by following the steps above.
Step 2: Once Determine appearance , tap on small edit icon In the bottom right of the thumbnail.
Step 3: This is where you will see all the Customization Options Your keyboard preview is displayed in the lower half of the screen so you can see the changes in real time.
Change background colors
Click on a color of your choice under the Background Color option and see the effect on your keyboard below. You can try clicking on all the options until you decide on the one you like.
Change the colors of keys, text, and borders
Scroll down to the Keys section. Here, you can choose to disable the background for the keys entirely by turning off the toggle next to Enable background on keysYou can also turn off Enable background on non-text keys For a more balanced look.
If you want to leave the background enabled, you can change the background color by choosing from a range of colors.
Choosing a light background color means you'll need a dark text color. You can also choose this under the Text Color option.
At this point, you can also choose to enable an additional border around each key by toggling to Enable borders around keys option.Then choose a suitable color for the border.
If you've enabled backgrounds for non-text keys, you can now change the color. These keys include Backspace, Shift, Enter, and so on.
You can also enable the toggle next to Enable borders around non-text keysTo add borders to additional keys for a more consistent look, select a color below Border Color to apply it.
Change pop-up key colors
Scroll down to Key pop-ups section. Here, you can select the background color for the main pop-up windows. Select a color and then try pressing a key on your keyboard to get an idea of what it will look like.
You can also change the color of the text within the pop-up window. Again, press a key to test how it looks.
Change Swipe Trail Colors for Swipe Typing
When you type using swipe gestures on the keyboard, Swipe Trail It's what you get. You can customize how it appears using the color palette below the swipe trail color.
Select the color you want and then swipe on the keyboard to see it in action.
You can also use the slider to increase Scroll path thickness Or reduce it.
Enabling the last toggle at the end titled Swipe trail sparkles To Add Google logos Multiple flies from all sides on the keyboard while typing.
Save custom keyboard
Once you have selected and changed all the required settings, click Done button In the upper right corner of Gboard appThis will lead to Save keyboard layout.
Enjoy your newly customized keyboard.
With a wide range of themes and customization options, choose what you like and personalize your keyboard. These options remain consistent across all apps on your phone. You can also create multiple themes and switch between them for a fresh look from time to time.
