Modifying your LG keyboard characteristics

Tap the Home button > touch and hold the Recent apps button > Settings > Language & input > LG Keyboard > Keyboard height and layout.

The QWERTY layout setting allows you to select the default buttons on either side of the Space button.
The Extended keyboard switch allows you to display the numeric buttons on the top row of the keyboard.
The Keyboard height setting allows you to change the size ratio between the keyboard (including the size of its buttons) and the screen.
The Keyboard type in landscape setting allows you to set the keyboard to be expanded or compressed when the phone is in landscape mode.
The Split keyboard switch allows you to split the keyboard in half by spreading two fingers horizontally on the landscape keyboard. This makes it easier to type using your thumbs.
The One-handed operation switch allows you to swipe the keyboard left or right to adjust the position of the LG keyboard (portrait mode only) to use just one hand to type.

Typing tips

Enter other characters

Tap the Numbers/Symbols button to display its keyboard. Tap the Arrow buttons on the left side of the keyboard to view additional symbols. From the Numbers/Symbols keyboard, you can also tap the Graphics button to enter graphics into your text. To enter foreign characters, touch and hold the associated button to display a pop-up of character choices (e.g., the “a” button also includes an accent mark “á”), drag your finger to the character you want, then lift your finger.

Enter one capital letter

Tap the Shift button to capitalize the next letter. The button changes to .

Enter all capital letters

Double-tap the Shift button to set caps lock. The button changes to . Tap again to revert to lowercase.

Highlight text

Double-tap a word to highlight it. To highlight a range of text, double-tap a word, then drag the highlight markers to highlight the text you want.

Using highlighted

Highlight the desired text, then tap CUT or COPY in the pop-up menu above the highlighted text.

Tap the Options icon in the pop-up menu to access SHARE or CLIPTRAY.

Paste cut or copied text

Tap the location where you want to paste the text, then tap the marker . Tap PASTE in the action box that appears (or tap CLIP TRAY to paste text you copied from other places).

Delete a character

Tap the Delete button .

Accessing the Clip Tray and keyboard settings

Touch and hold the Voice input button , then drag your finger to the Clip Tray icon or the Settings icon (in the pop-up that appears).

Path input text entry

Swipe your finger through all of the letters of the word you want to automatically enter it (instead of tapping each letter separately).

NOTE	Enable the Path input setting to use this feature.

Text input settings

To change your text input settings and see the dictionary of terms you’ve used, tap the Home button > touch and hold the Recent apps button > Settings > Language & input. From this menu you can change the language for your phone's software, set your keyboard input (including setting multiple languages and how it reacts), set Google voice settings, set your voice search and text-to-speech output preferences, as well as the set the pointer reaction time and more. See the Settings section for more information about the keyboard settings.