Option for number row to turn into symbols with shift

[K4sum1]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When typing, I like to use symbols sometimes. I do have the long press keys for symbols option enabled, but it's more confusing when I can just press Shift on Gboard and just have symbols in the layout of any standard PC keyboard replace the numbers.

Describe the solution you'd like
An option that I can enable that enables this. You would have to be careful in implementing it though. Gboard is smart enough to not switch the number row at the beginning of a sentence where it's capitalized by default. It has to be only when the user presses Shift.

Use case
If I'm typing percentages like 90%, (doing this), @'ing someone, typing dollar amounts like $70, or really using any commonly used symbols, it's more convenient.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I do have the show hints option enabled, but if I want to type a percentage, I know from well over a decade of using computer keyboards that it's Shift and 5. Gboard works similarly, press Shift, and 5 becomes %. HeliBoard, if I press shift, I still have numbers. I could look at the hints and long press q, or go to the symbols keyboard, but that takes longer and doesn't match already established computer keyboards.

Additional context
HeliBoard:

Gboard:

[Helium314]

You can do this yourself now (next release) by customizing the number row layout, and using a json layout with a shift_state_selector, e.g.

    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "1" }
    }

[K4sum1]

You can do this yourself now (next release) by customizing the number row layout, and using a json layout with a shift_state_selector, e.g.

    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "1" }
    }

So I upgraded to 2.3 now and I'm not sure how to do this.
I make like a sihft_state_selector.json I assume, but is it just that for every key? I'm also not sure how to import it.

[Helium314]

I did not test, but it should work if you edit the number row and add something like

[[
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "1" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "1" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "2" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "3" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "4" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "5" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "6" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "7" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "8" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "9" }
    },
    { "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "0" }
    }
]]

So it's one shift_state_selector per key. Also the double [[ are required as far as I remember, because the parser expects multiple rows.

[EduRGB]

So I upgraded to 2.3 now and I'm not sure how to do this. I make like a sihft_state_selector.json I assume, but is it just that for every key? I'm also not sure how to import it.

Just go the settings: Advanced>Customize symbols and number layouts>Number row.
And paste this:

[
  [
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { "label": "1" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "@" },
      "default": { "label": "2" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "#" },
      "default": { "label": "3" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "$" },
      "default": { "label": "4" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "%" },
      "default": { "label": "5" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "^" },
      "default": { "label": "6" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "&" },
      "default": { "label": "7" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "*" },
      "default": { "label": "8" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "(" },
      "default": { "label": "9" }
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": ")" },
      "default": { "label": "0" }
    }
  ]
]

[K4sum1]

I wonder if it would be possible to keep the long press items too. Pasting that below the default items doesn't work.

For convenience these are the defaults from before I did this.

1 ¹ ½ ⅓ ¼ ⅛
2 ² ⅔
3 ³ ¾ ⅜
4 ⁴
5 ⁵ ⅝
6 ⁶
7 ⁷ ⅞
8 ⁸
9 ⁹
0 ⁰ ⁿ ∅

[EduRGB]

Right, here it is with popups and shift-key functionality:

[
  [
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "!" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "1", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "¹" }, { "label": "½" }, { "label": "⅓" }, { "label": "¼" }, { "label": "⅛" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "@" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "2", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "²" }, { "label": "⅔" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "#" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "3", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "³" }, { "label": "¾" }, { "label": "⅜" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "$" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "4", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "⁴" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "%" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "5", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "⁵" }, { "label": "⅝" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "^" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "6", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "⁶" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "&" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "7", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "⁷" }, { "label": "⅞" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "*" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "8", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "⁸" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": "(" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "9", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "⁹" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    },
    {
      "$": "shift_state_selector",
      "manualOrLocked": { "label": ")" },
      "default": { 
        "label": "0", 
        "popup": { 
          "relevant": [ 
            { "label": "⁰" }, { "label": "ⁿ" }, { "label": "∅" } 
          ] 
        } 
      } 
    }
  ]
]

[K4sum1]

I was going through my emails and saw this. I just tried it and it works, thank you.