diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/suggestions/MoreSuggestionsView.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/suggestions/MoreSuggestionsView.kt
index ffa11dd75..40c354291 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/suggestions/MoreSuggestionsView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/suggestions/MoreSuggestionsView.kt
@@ -7,14 +7,22 @@ package helium314.keyboard.latin.suggestions
 
 import android.content.Context
 import android.util.AttributeSet
+import android.view.GestureDetector
+import android.view.MotionEvent
+import android.view.View
+import android.view.ViewGroup
+import helium314.keyboard.accessibility.AccessibilityUtils
 import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.Key
 import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.Keyboard
 import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.KeyboardActionListener
+import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.MainKeyboardView
 import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.PopupKeysKeyboardView
+import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.PopupKeysPanel
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.R
-import helium314.keyboard.latin.SuggestedWords.SuggestedWordInfo
+import helium314.keyboard.latin.SuggestedWords
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.suggestions.MoreSuggestions.MoreSuggestionKey
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.utils.Log
+import kotlin.math.abs
 
 /**
  * A view that renders a virtual [MoreSuggestions]. It handles rendering of keys and detecting
@@ -24,12 +32,43 @@ class MoreSuggestionsView @JvmOverloads constructor(
     context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?,
     defStyle: Int = R.attr.popupKeysKeyboardViewStyle
 ) : PopupKeysKeyboardView(context, attrs, defStyle) {
-    abstract class MoreSuggestionsListener : KeyboardActionListener.Adapter() {
-        abstract fun onSuggestionSelected(wordInfo: SuggestedWordInfo)
+
+    private val moreSuggestionsListener = object : KeyboardActionListener.Adapter() {
+        override fun onCancelInput() {
+            dismissPopupKeysPanel()
+        }
     }
 
-    var isInModalMode = false
-        private set
+    private val moreSuggestionsController: PopupKeysPanel.Controller = object : PopupKeysPanel.Controller {
+        override fun onDismissPopupKeysPanel() {
+            mainKeyboardView.onDismissPopupKeysPanel()
+        }
+
+        override fun onShowPopupKeysPanel(panel: PopupKeysPanel) {
+            mainKeyboardView.onShowPopupKeysPanel(panel)
+        }
+
+        override fun onCancelPopupKeysPanel() {
+            dismissPopupKeysPanel()
+        }
+    }
+
+    lateinit var listener: SuggestionStripView.Listener
+    lateinit var mainKeyboardView: MainKeyboardView
+
+    private val moreSuggestionsModalTolerance = context.resources.getDimensionPixelOffset(R.dimen.config_more_suggestions_modal_tolerance)
+    private val moreSuggestionsBuilder by lazy { MoreSuggestions.Builder(context, this) }
+
+    lateinit var gestureDetector: GestureDetector
+    private var isInModalMode = false
+
+    // Working variables for onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent) and onTouchEvent(MotionEvent).
+    private var needsToTransformTouchEventToHoverEvent = false
+    private var isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions = false
+    private var lastX = 0
+    private var lastY = 0
+    private var originX = 0
+    private var originY = 0
 
     // TODO: Remove redundant override method.
     override fun setKeyboard(keyboard: Keyboard) {
@@ -50,9 +89,9 @@ class MoreSuggestionsView @JvmOverloads constructor(
         updateKeyDrawParams(keyHeight)
     }
 
-    fun setModalMode() {
+    private fun setModalMode() {
         isInModalMode = true
-        // Set vertical correction to zero (Reset popup keys keyboard sliding allowance R#dimen.config_popup_keys_keyboard_slide_allowance).
+        // Set vertical correction to zero (Reset popup keys keyboard sliding allowance R.dimen.config_popup_keys_keyboard_slide_allowance).
         mKeyDetector.setKeyboard(keyboard, -paddingLeft.toFloat(), -paddingTop.toFloat())
     }
 
@@ -72,11 +111,96 @@ class MoreSuggestionsView @JvmOverloads constructor(
             Log.e(TAG, "Selected suggestion has an illegal index: $index")
             return
         }
-        if (mListener !is MoreSuggestionsListener) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "Expected mListener is MoreSuggestionsListener, but found " + mListener.javaClass.name)
+        listener.pickSuggestionManually(suggestedWords.getInfo(index))
+        dismissPopupKeysPanel()
+    }
+
+    internal fun show(
+        suggestedWords: SuggestedWords, fromIndex: Int, container: View,
+        layoutHelper: SuggestionStripLayoutHelper, parentView: View
+    ): Boolean {
+        val maxWidth = parentView.width - container.paddingLeft - container.paddingRight
+        val parentKeyboard = mainKeyboardView.keyboard ?: return false
+        val keyboard = moreSuggestionsBuilder.layout(
+            suggestedWords, fromIndex, maxWidth,
+            (maxWidth * layoutHelper.mMinMoreSuggestionsWidth).toInt(),
+            layoutHelper.maxMoreSuggestionsRow, parentKeyboard
+        ).build()
+        setKeyboard(keyboard)
+        container.measure(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)
+
+        val pointX = parentView.width / 2
+        val pointY = -layoutHelper.mMoreSuggestionsBottomGap
+        showPopupKeysPanel(parentView, moreSuggestionsController, pointX, pointY, moreSuggestionsListener)
+        originX = lastX
+        originY = lastY
+        return true
+    }
+
+    fun shouldInterceptTouchEvent(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
+        if (!isShowingInParent) {
+            lastX = motionEvent.x.toInt()
+            lastY = motionEvent.y.toInt()
+            return gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(motionEvent)
+        }
+        if (isInModalMode) {
+            return false
+        }
+
+        val index = motionEvent.actionIndex
+        if (abs((motionEvent.getX(index).toInt() - originX).toDouble()) >= moreSuggestionsModalTolerance
+            || originY - motionEvent.getY(index).toInt() >= moreSuggestionsModalTolerance
+        ) {
+            // Decided to be in the sliding suggestion mode only when the touch point has been moved
+            // upward. Further MotionEvents will be delivered to SuggestionStripView.onTouchEvent.
+            needsToTransformTouchEventToHoverEvent = AccessibilityUtils.instance.isTouchExplorationEnabled
+            isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions = false
+            return true
+        }
+
+        if (motionEvent.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || motionEvent.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP) {
+            // Decided to be in the modal input mode.
+            setModalMode()
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+
+    fun touchEvent(motionEvent: MotionEvent) {
+        if (!isShowingInParent) {
+            return // Ignore any touch event while more suggestions panel hasn't been shown.
+        }
+        // In the sliding input mode. MotionEvent should be forwarded to MoreSuggestionsView.
+        val index = motionEvent.actionIndex
+        val x = translateX(motionEvent.getX(index).toInt())
+        val y = translateY(motionEvent.getY(index).toInt())
+        motionEvent.setLocation(x.toFloat(), y.toFloat())
+        if (!needsToTransformTouchEventToHoverEvent) {
+            onTouchEvent(motionEvent)
             return
         }
-        (mListener as MoreSuggestionsListener).onSuggestionSelected(suggestedWords.getInfo(index))
+        // In sliding suggestion mode with accessibility mode on, a touch event should be transformed to a hover event.
+        val onMoreSuggestions = x in 0..<width && y in 0..<height
+        if (!onMoreSuggestions && !isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions) {
+            // Just drop this touch event because dispatching hover event isn't started yet and
+            // the touch event isn't on MoreSuggestionsView.
+            return
+        }
+        val hoverAction: Int
+        if (onMoreSuggestions && !isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions) {
+            // Transform this touch event to a hover enter event and start dispatching a hover event to MoreSuggestionsView.
+            isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions = true
+            hoverAction = MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_ENTER
+        } else if (motionEvent.actionMasked == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
+            // Transform this touch event to a hover exit event and stop dispatching a hover event after this.
+            isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions = false
+            needsToTransformTouchEventToHoverEvent = false
+            hoverAction = MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_EXIT
+        } else {
+            // Transform this touch event to a hover move event.
+            hoverAction = MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_MOVE
+        }
+        motionEvent.action = hoverAction
+        onHoverEvent(motionEvent)
     }
 
     companion object {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.kt
index 5cfcd10c8..51d00a064 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.kt
@@ -28,11 +28,8 @@ import android.widget.LinearLayout
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout
 import android.widget.TextView
 import androidx.core.view.isVisible
-import helium314.keyboard.accessibility.AccessibilityUtils
 import helium314.keyboard.compat.isDeviceLocked
 import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.KeyboardSwitcher
-import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.MainKeyboardView
-import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.PopupKeysPanel
 import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.internal.KeyboardIconsSet
 import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.internal.keyboard_parser.floris.KeyCode
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.AudioAndHapticFeedbackManager
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ import helium314.keyboard.latin.define.DebugFlags
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.settings.DebugSettings
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.settings.Defaults
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.settings.Settings
-import helium314.keyboard.latin.suggestions.MoreSuggestionsView.MoreSuggestionsListener
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.utils.Log
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.utils.ToolbarKey
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.utils.ToolbarMode
@@ -62,7 +58,6 @@ import helium314.keyboard.latin.utils.removeFirst
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.utils.removePinnedKey
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.utils.setToolbarButtonsActivatedStateOnPrefChange
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
-import kotlin.math.abs
 import kotlin.math.min
 
 class SuggestionStripView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyle: Int) :
@@ -170,57 +165,22 @@ class SuggestionStripView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyle: Int)
         updateKeys()
     }
 
-    private val layoutHelper = SuggestionStripLayoutHelper(context, attrs, defStyle, wordViews, dividerViews, debugInfoViews)
     private lateinit var listener: Listener
-    private lateinit var mainKeyboardView: MainKeyboardView
     private var suggestedWords = SuggestedWords.getEmptyInstance()
     private var startIndexOfMoreSuggestions = 0
     private var direction = 1 // 1 if LTR, -1 if RTL
     private var isExternalSuggestionVisible = false // Required to disable the more suggestions if other suggestions are visible
-
-    // related to more suggestions
-    // todo: maybe put most of this in a separate class?
-    private val moreSuggestionsView: MoreSuggestionsView = moreSuggestionsContainer.findViewById(R.id.more_suggestions_view)
-    private val moreSuggestionsBuilder = MoreSuggestions.Builder(context, moreSuggestionsView) // todo: why actually here?
-    private val moreSuggestionsModalTolerance = context.resources.getDimensionPixelOffset(R.dimen.config_more_suggestions_modal_tolerance)
-    private val moreSuggestionsListener = object : MoreSuggestionsListener() {
-        override fun onSuggestionSelected(wordInfo: SuggestedWordInfo) {
-            listener.pickSuggestionManually(wordInfo)
-            dismissMoreSuggestionsPanel()
-        }
-
-        override fun onCancelInput() {
-            dismissMoreSuggestionsPanel()
-        }
-    }
-    private val moreSuggestionsSlidingListener = object : SimpleOnGestureListener() {
-        override fun onScroll(down: MotionEvent?, me: MotionEvent, deltaX: Float, deltaY: Float): Boolean {
-            if (down == null) return false
-            val dy = me.y - down.y
-            return if (toolbarContainer.visibility != VISIBLE && deltaY > 0 && dy < 0) showMoreSuggestions()
-            else false
-        }
-    }
-    private val moreSuggestionsSlidingDetector = GestureDetector(context, moreSuggestionsSlidingListener)
-    // Working variables for onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent) and onTouchEvent(MotionEvent).
-    private var lastX = 0
-    private var lastY = 0
-    private var originX = 0
-    private var originY = 0
-    private var needsToTransformTouchEventToHoverEvent = false
-    private var isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions = false
-    private val moreSuggestionsController: PopupKeysPanel.Controller = object : PopupKeysPanel.Controller {
-        override fun onDismissPopupKeysPanel() {
-            mainKeyboardView.onDismissPopupKeysPanel()
-        }
-
-        override fun onShowPopupKeysPanel(panel: PopupKeysPanel) {
-            mainKeyboardView.onShowPopupKeysPanel(panel)
-        }
-
-        override fun onCancelPopupKeysPanel() {
-            dismissMoreSuggestionsPanel()
+    private val layoutHelper = SuggestionStripLayoutHelper(context, attrs, defStyle, wordViews, dividerViews, debugInfoViews)
+    private val moreSuggestionsView = moreSuggestionsContainer.findViewById<MoreSuggestionsView>(R.id.more_suggestions_view).apply {
+        val slidingListener = object : SimpleOnGestureListener() {
+            override fun onScroll(down: MotionEvent?, me: MotionEvent, deltaX: Float, deltaY: Float): Boolean {
+                if (down == null) return false
+                val dy = me.y - down.y
+                return if (toolbarContainer.visibility != VISIBLE && deltaY > 0 && dy < 0) showMoreSuggestions()
+                else false
+            }
         }
+        gestureDetector = GestureDetector(context, slidingListener)
     }
 
     // public stuff
@@ -230,7 +190,8 @@ class SuggestionStripView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyle: Int)
     /** A connection back to the input method. */
     fun setListener(newListener: Listener, inputView: View) {
         listener = newListener
-        mainKeyboardView = inputView.findViewById(R.id.keyboard_view)
+        moreSuggestionsView.listener = newListener
+        moreSuggestionsView.mainKeyboardView = inputView.findViewById(R.id.keyboard_view)
     }
 
     fun setRtl(isRtlLanguage: Boolean) {
@@ -316,84 +277,18 @@ class SuggestionStripView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyle: Int)
         return true
     }
 
-    // this is only for moreSuggestionsView
     override fun onInterceptTouchEvent(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
         // Disable More Suggestions if external suggestions are visible
         if (isExternalSuggestionVisible) {
             return false
         }
-
         // Detecting sliding up finger to show MoreSuggestionsView.
-        if (!moreSuggestionsView.isShowingInParent) {
-            lastX = motionEvent.x.toInt()
-            lastY = motionEvent.y.toInt()
-            return moreSuggestionsSlidingDetector.onTouchEvent(motionEvent)
-        }
-        if (moreSuggestionsView.isInModalMode) {
-            return false
-        }
-
-        val index = motionEvent.actionIndex
-        if (abs((motionEvent.getX(index).toInt() - originX).toDouble()) >= moreSuggestionsModalTolerance
-            || originY - motionEvent.getY(index).toInt() >= moreSuggestionsModalTolerance
-        ) {
-            // Decided to be in the sliding suggestion mode only when the touch point has been moved
-            // upward. Further MotionEvents will be delivered to onTouchEvent(MotionEvent).
-            needsToTransformTouchEventToHoverEvent = AccessibilityUtils.instance.isTouchExplorationEnabled
-            isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions = false
-            return true
-        }
-
-        if (motionEvent.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || motionEvent.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP) {
-            // Decided to be in the modal input mode.
-            moreSuggestionsView.setModalMode()
-        }
-        return false
+        return moreSuggestionsView.shouldInterceptTouchEvent(motionEvent)
     }
 
-    // this is only for moreSuggestionsView
     @SuppressLint("ClickableViewAccessibility")
     override fun onTouchEvent(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
-        if (!moreSuggestionsView.isShowingInParent) {
-            // Ignore any touch event while more suggestions panel hasn't been shown.
-            return true
-        }
-        // In the sliding input mode. {@link MotionEvent} should be forwarded to
-        // {@link MoreSuggestionsView}.
-        val index = motionEvent.actionIndex
-        val x = moreSuggestionsView.translateX(motionEvent.getX(index).toInt())
-        val y = moreSuggestionsView.translateY(motionEvent.getY(index).toInt())
-        motionEvent.setLocation(x.toFloat(), y.toFloat())
-        if (!needsToTransformTouchEventToHoverEvent) {
-            moreSuggestionsView.onTouchEvent(motionEvent)
-            return true
-        }
-        // In sliding suggestion mode with accessibility mode on, a touch event should be
-        // transformed to a hover event.
-        val width = moreSuggestionsView.width
-        val height = moreSuggestionsView.height
-        val onMoreSuggestions = x in 0..<width && y in 0..<height
-        if (!onMoreSuggestions && !isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions) {
-            // Just drop this touch event because dispatching hover event isn't started yet and
-            // the touch event isn't on MoreSuggestionsView.
-            return true
-        }
-        val hoverAction: Int
-        if (onMoreSuggestions && !isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions) {
-            // Transform this touch event to a hover enter event and start dispatching a hover event to MoreSuggestionsView.
-            isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions = true
-            hoverAction = MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_ENTER
-        } else if (motionEvent.actionMasked == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
-            // Transform this touch event to a hover exit event and stop dispatching a hover event after this.
-            isDispatchingHoverEventToMoreSuggestions = false
-            needsToTransformTouchEventToHoverEvent = false
-            hoverAction = MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_EXIT
-        } else {
-            // Transform this touch event to a hover move event.
-            hoverAction = MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_MOVE
-        }
-        motionEvent.action = hoverAction
-        moreSuggestionsView.onHoverEvent(motionEvent)
+        moreSuggestionsView.touchEvent(motionEvent)
         return true
     }
 
@@ -503,25 +398,13 @@ class SuggestionStripView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyle: Int)
     }
 
     private fun showMoreSuggestions(): Boolean {
-        val parentKeyboard = mainKeyboardView.keyboard ?: return false
         if (suggestedWords.size() <= startIndexOfMoreSuggestions) {
             return false
         }
-        val container = moreSuggestionsContainer
-        val maxWidth = width - container.paddingLeft - container.paddingRight
-        val keyboard = moreSuggestionsBuilder.layout(
-            suggestedWords, startIndexOfMoreSuggestions, maxWidth,
-            (maxWidth * layoutHelper.mMinMoreSuggestionsWidth).toInt(),
-            layoutHelper.maxMoreSuggestionsRow, parentKeyboard
-        ).build()
-        moreSuggestionsView.setKeyboard(keyboard)
-        container.measure(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)
-
-        val pointX = width / 2
-        val pointY = -layoutHelper.mMoreSuggestionsBottomGap
-        moreSuggestionsView.showPopupKeysPanel(this, moreSuggestionsController, pointX, pointY, moreSuggestionsListener)
-        originX = lastX
-        originY = lastY
+        if (!moreSuggestionsView.show(
+                suggestedWords, startIndexOfMoreSuggestions, moreSuggestionsContainer, layoutHelper, this
+        ))
+            return false
         for (i in 0..<startIndexOfMoreSuggestions) {
             wordViews[i].isPressed = false
         }