Google Input Tools for macOS

A cloud input method that uses Google Input Tools as engine for macOS.

How to use

1. Install Xcode 12.5.0+.

2. Clone and build the project.

git clone https://github.com/lennylxx/google-input-tools-macos
cd google-input-tools-macos
./build.sh

The output will be ~/Library/Input\ Methods/GoogleInputTools.app

3. Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources, click + to add a new input method, choose Chinese, Simplified -> Google Input Tools.

4. If you want to remove it, simply run below command.

rm -rf ~/Library/Input\ Methods/GoogleInputTools.app
rm -rf ~/Library/Input\ Methods/GoogleInputTools.swiftmodule

Screenshot

Progress

• [x] Basic input handling logic
  • [x] Space key to commit current highlighted candidate
  • [x] Return key to ignore candidate and commit input string
  • [x] Number keys (1-9) to select candidate and commit
  • [x] Continue to show new candidates after partial matched candidate is selected and committed
  • [x] Backspace key to remove last composing letter
  • [x] Esc key to cancel composing
  • [ ] - and = keys to page up and page down candidate list respectively
• [x] System UI
• [x] Basic custom UI
  • [x] Numbered candidates
  • [x] Highlight current selected candidate
  • [ ] Arrow keys to switch between highlighted candidate
  • [ ] Group candidates into multiple pages, each page with at most 10 candidates
  • [ ] Page up and page down button
  • [ ] Draggable candidate window
• [ ] Advanced custom UI
  • [ ] Display tokenized input string and candidates
  • [ ] Settings for font name, font size, color, etc.
  • [ ] Skin display
  • [ ] Skin manager
• [x] Cloud engine
  • [ ] Cancel previous unnecessary web requests to speed up
• [ ] Chinese/English mode toggle
• [ ] Fullwidth form of punctuation in Chinese mode
• [ ] Input tool switching, such as Pinyin, Shuangpin, Wubi, etc.
• [ ] Allow to use HTTP/SOCKS proxy