diff --git a/plasmoid/contents/ui/CustomMicIndicator.qml b/plasmoid/contents/ui/CustomMicIndicator.qml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plasmoid/contents/ui/CustomMicIndicator.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import QtQuick 2.9
+import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
+
+Item {
+    anchors.fill: parent
+
+    Rectangle {
+         id: innerCircleSurround
+         anchors.centerIn: parent
+         color: "#404682b4"
+         border.color: "#00000000"
+         border.width: units.gridUnit * 0.2
+         radius: 100
+         implicitWidth: units.gridUnit * 2.7
+         implicitHeight: units.gridUnit * 2.7
+        }
+
+    Rectangle {
+         id: innerCircleSurroundOutterRing
+         anchors.centerIn: parent
+         color: "#00000000"
+         border.color: "lightblue"
+         border.width: units.gridUnit * 0.2
+         radius: 100
+         implicitWidth: units.gridUnit * 2.7
+         implicitHeight: units.gridUnit * 2.7
+        }
+
+    Rectangle {
+         id: innerCircleIn
+         anchors.centerIn: parent
+         color: "lightblue"
+         border.color: "steelblue"
+         border.width: units.gridUnit * 0.1
+         radius: 100
+         implicitWidth: units.gridUnit * 1.7
+         implicitHeight: units.gridUnit * 1.7
+        }
+
+    Rectangle {
+         id: innerCircleInMic
+         anchors.centerIn: parent
+         color: "#00000000"
+         border.color: "#00000000"
+         border.width: units.gridUnit * 0.1
+         radius: 100
+         implicitWidth: units.gridUnit * 1.7
+         implicitHeight: units.gridUnit * 1.7
+
+         PlasmaComponents.ToolButton {
+            id: innerImgInnerCirc
+            anchors.centerIn: parent
+            iconSource: "audio-input-microphone"
+            width: units.gridUnit * 2
+            height: units.gridUnit * 2
+            
+            onClicked: {
+                var socketmessage = {};
+                socketmessage.type = "mycroft.mic.listen";
+                socketmessage.data = {};
+                socketmessage.data.utterances = [];
+                socket.sendTextMessage(JSON.stringify(socketmessage));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    ScaleAnimator {
+        target: innerCircleSurround
+        running: true
+        from: 1.2
+        to: 0.8
+        duration: 3600
+        loops: Animation.Infinite
+        }
+
+    ScaleAnimator {
+        target: innerCircleSurroundOutterRing
+        running: true
+        from: 1
+        to: 0.9
+        duration: 3600
+        loops: Animation.Infinite
+        }
+
+    ScaleAnimator {
+        target: innerCircleIn
+        running: true
+        from: 0.8
+        to: 1
+        duration: 3600
+        loops: Animation.Infinite
+        }
+}
diff --git a/plasmoid/contents/ui/main.qml b/plasmoid/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/plasmoid/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/plasmoid/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -85,6 +85,23 @@
         }
     }
     
+    function toggleInputMethod(selection){
+        switch(selection){
+        case "KeyboardSetActive":
+            qinput.visible = true
+            suggestionbottombox.visible = true
+            customMicIndicator.visible = false
+            keybindic.color = "green"
+            break
+        case "KeyboardSetDisable":
+            qinput.visible = false
+            suggestionbottombox.visible = false
+            customMicIndicator.visible = true
+            keybindic.color = theme.textColor
+            break
+        }
+   }
+    
     function retryConn(){
         socket.active = true
         if (socket.active = false){
@@ -1152,7 +1169,7 @@
     
     PlasmaComponents.TextField {
         id: qinput
-        anchors.left: parent.left
+        anchors.left: keyboardactivaterect.right
         anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
         anchors.right: parent.right
         placeholderText: i18n("Enter Query or Say 'Hey Mycroft'")
@@ -1179,6 +1196,12 @@
         }
     }
     
+    CustomMicIndicator {
+        id: customMicIndicator
+        anchors.centerIn: parent
+        visible: false
+    }
+    
     AutocompleteBox {
         id: suggestionsBox
         model: completionItems