diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/KeyboardParams.java b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/KeyboardParams.java
index 2a1db5c8..fe456eb1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/KeyboardParams.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/KeyboardParams.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public class KeyboardParams {
     public boolean mAllowRedundantPopupKeys;
     @NonNull
     public LocaleKeyboardInfos mLocaleKeyboardInfos;
+    public boolean setTabletExtraKeys;
 
     public int mMostCommonKeyHeight = 0;
     public int mMostCommonKeyWidth = 0;
@@ -284,5 +285,6 @@ public class KeyboardParams {
             keyAttr.recycle();
             keyboardAttr.recycle();
         }
+        setTabletExtraKeys = Settings.getInstance().isTablet() && !mId.mSubtype.isCustom();
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/KeyboardParser.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/KeyboardParser.kt
index 1b0a870f..5f328676 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/KeyboardParser.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/KeyboardParser.kt
@@ -108,11 +108,8 @@ class KeyboardParser(private val params: KeyboardParams, private val context: Co
 
         val functionalKeys = mutableListOf<Pair<List<KeyParams>, List<KeyParams>>>()
         val baseKeyParams = baseKeys.mapIndexed { i, it ->
-            val row: List<KeyData> = if (params.mId.isAlphaOrSymbolKeyboard && i == baseKeys.lastIndex - 1 && Settings.getInstance().isTablet) {
+            val row: List<KeyData> = if (params.mId.isAlphaOrSymbolKeyboard && i == baseKeys.lastIndex - 1 && params.setTabletExtraKeys) {
                 // add bottom row extra keys
-                // todo (later): this can make very customized layouts look awkward
-                //  decide when to (not) add it
-                //  when not adding, consider that punctuation popup keys should not remove those keys!
                 val tabletExtraKeys = params.mLocaleKeyboardInfos.getTabletExtraKeys(params.mId.mElementId)
                 tabletExtraKeys.first + it + tabletExtraKeys.second
             } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/LocaleKeyboardInfos.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/LocaleKeyboardInfos.kt
index b71df684..bd7f8064 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/LocaleKeyboardInfos.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/LocaleKeyboardInfos.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ class LocaleKeyboardInfos(dataStream: InputStream?, locale: Locale) {
     }
 
     /** Pair(extraKeysLeft, extraKeysRight) */
-    // todo: they should be optional, or will unexpectedly appear on custom layouts
     fun getTabletExtraKeys(elementId: Int): Pair<List<KeyData>, List<KeyData>> {
         val flags = Key.LABEL_FLAGS_FONT_DEFAULT
         return when (elementId) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/floris/TextKeyData.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/floris/TextKeyData.kt
index 6688797d..0388fc6e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/floris/TextKeyData.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/floris/TextKeyData.kt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ sealed interface KeyData : AbstractKeyData {
                 for (i in popupKeys.indices)
                     popupKeys[i] = popupKeys[i].rtlLabel(params) // for parentheses
             }
-            if (Settings.getInstance().isTablet && popupKeys.contains("!") && popupKeys.contains("?")) {
+            if (params.setTabletExtraKeys && popupKeys.contains("!") && popupKeys.contains("?")) {
                 // remove ! and ? keys and reduce number in autoColumnOrder
                 // this makes use of removal of empty popupKeys in PopupKeySpec.insertAdditionalPopupKeys
                 popupKeys[popupKeys.indexOf("!")] = ""