diff --git a/app/src/main/java/be/scri/services/GeneralKeyboardIME.kt b/app/src/main/java/be/scri/services/GeneralKeyboardIME.kt
index 0ea42e73..8bab7da6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/be/scri/services/GeneralKeyboardIME.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/be/scri/services/GeneralKeyboardIME.kt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ abstract class GeneralKeyboardIME(
     var autosuggestEmojis: MutableList<String>? = null
     var nounTypeSuggestion: MutableList<String>? = null
     private var currentEnterKeyType: Int? = null
+    private val commandChar = "⎜"
     // abstract var keyboardViewKeyboardBinding : KeyboardViewKeyboardBinding
 
     protected var currentState: ScribeState = ScribeState.IDLE
@@ -689,6 +690,27 @@ abstract class GeneralKeyboardIME(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun handleCommandBarDelete(binding: KeyboardViewKeyboardBinding?) {
+        binding?.commandBar?.let { commandBar ->
+            var newText = ""
+            if (commandBar.text.length <= 2) {
+                binding.promptTextBorder?.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+                binding.commandBar.setPadding(
+                    binding.commandBar.paddingRight,
+                    binding.commandBar.paddingTop,
+                    binding.commandBar.paddingRight,
+                    binding.commandBar.paddingBottom,
+                )
+                if (language == "German" && this.currentState == ScribeState.PLURAL) {
+                    keyboard?.mShiftState = SHIFT_ON_ONE_CHAR
+                }
+            } else {
+                newText = "${commandBar.text.trim().dropLast(2)}$commandChar"
+            }
+            commandBar.text = newText
+        }
+    }
+
     fun handleDelete(
         currentState: Boolean? = false,
         binding: KeyboardViewKeyboardBinding? = null,
@@ -700,10 +722,7 @@ abstract class GeneralKeyboardIME(
         }
 
         if (currentState == true) {
-            binding?.commandBar?.let { commandBar ->
-                val newText = "${commandBar.text.trim().dropLast(1)}"
-                commandBar.text = newText
-            }
+            handleCommandBarDelete(binding)
         } else {
             val selectedText = inputConnection.getSelectedText(0)
             if (TextUtils.isEmpty(selectedText)) {
@@ -743,7 +762,16 @@ abstract class GeneralKeyboardIME(
 
         if (commandBarState) {
             binding?.commandBar?.let { commandBar ->
-                val newText = "${commandBar.text}$codeChar"
+                if (commandBar.text.isEmpty()) {
+                    binding.promptTextBorder?.visibility = View.GONE
+                    binding.commandBar.setPadding(
+                        0,
+                        binding.commandBar.paddingTop,
+                        binding.commandBar.paddingRight,
+                        binding.commandBar.paddingBottom,
+                    )
+                }
+                val newText = "${commandBar.text.trim().dropLast(1)}$codeChar$commandChar"
                 commandBar.text = newText
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/keyboard_view_keyboard.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/keyboard_view_keyboard.xml
index c8c51cdb..b672541b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/keyboard_view_keyboard.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/keyboard_view_keyboard.xml
@@ -53,16 +53,19 @@
             app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/scribe_key"
             app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/command_field" />
 
-        <View
+        <TextView
             android:id="@+id/prompt_text_border"
-            android:layout_width="1.5dp"
+            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="0dp"
-            android:background="@android:color/black"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/prompt_text"
+            android:background="@drawable/cmd_bar_prompt_background"
+            android:text="⎜"
+            android:textFontWeight="500"
+            android:textSize="16sp"
+            app:layout_constraintBaseline_toBaselineOf="@+id/command_bar"
             app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/prompt_text"
-            app:layout_constraintHeight_percent="0.5"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@+id/prompt_text"
-            app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1.0" />
+            app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/command_bar"
+            app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/prompt_text"
+            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/prompt_text" />
 
 
         <Button