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Dashboard button to enable/disable the hardware keyboard (⌘⇧K) #141

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@youchi1

Thanks for serve-sim, I use it to drive the iOS simulator from my phone (Termius + the dashboard over Tailscale) while my Mac runs the sims.

Here's the gap for me: I like the hardware keyboard connected by default on my laptop so I can type into fields with my real keyboard. But when I'm on my phone using the dashboard, that same setting means the on-screen keyboard never shows up, so I can't type by tapping.

In the Simulator this is just the ⌘⇧K "Connect Hardware Keyboard" toggle, but there's no way to fire it from the dashboard, so from my phone I can't switch it. The only workaround I've found is running AppleScript on the Mac (sending ⌘⇧K to Simulator.app), which I can't reach from the phone unless I SSH in.

Feature request: a small button in the dashboard that enables/disables the hardware keyboard for the focused sim (⌘⇧K), ideally per-sim with the current state shown on the button.

Use case: hardware keyboard on by default for sims running on the laptop, with the option to turn it off from the phone/dashboard when I'm remote, so the on-screen keyboard appears and I can tap to type.

Happy to help test. Thanks!

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