diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
index 61d3874..b7bee34 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.StaticInnerHandlerWrapper;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.StringUtils;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.define.ProductionFlag;
 import com.android.inputmethod.research.ResearchLogger;
 
@@ -870,9 +871,9 @@
         mPreviewPlacerView.dismissSlidingKeyInputPreview();
     }
 
-    public void showGestureFloatingPreviewText(final String gestureFloatingPreviewText) {
+    public void showGestureFloatingPreviewText(final SuggestedWords suggestedWords) {
         locatePreviewPlacerView();
-        mPreviewPlacerView.setGestureFloatingPreviewText(gestureFloatingPreviewText);
+        mPreviewPlacerView.setGestureFloatingPreviewText(suggestedWords);
     }
 
     public void dismissGestureFloatingPreviewText() {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/AbstractDrawingPreview.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/AbstractDrawingPreview.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a3f064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/AbstractDrawingPreview.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal;
+
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.PointerTracker;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract base class for previews that are drawn on PreviewPlacerView, e.g.,
+ * GestureFloatingPrevewText, GestureTrail, and SlidingKeyInputPreview.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractDrawingPreview {
+    private boolean mPreviewEnabled;
+
+    public void setPreviewEnabled(final boolean enabled) {
+        mPreviewEnabled = enabled;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isPreviewEnabled() {
+        return mPreviewEnabled;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Draws the preview
+     * @param canvas The canvas where the preview is drawn.
+     */
+    public abstract void onDraw(final Canvas canvas);
+
+    /**
+     * Set the position of the preview.
+     * @param pt The new location of the preview is based on the points in PointerTracker pt.
+     */
+    public abstract void setPreviewPosition(final PointerTracker pt);
+}
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/GestureFloatingPreviewText.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/GestureFloatingPreviewText.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84cfb38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/GestureFloatingPreviewText.java
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
+import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.graphics.Paint;
+import android.graphics.Paint.Align;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.graphics.RectF;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.PointerTracker;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CoordinateUtils;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.ResizableIntArray;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords;
+
+/**
+ * The class for single gesture preview text. The class for multiple gesture preview text will be
+ * derived from it.
+ */
+public class GestureFloatingPreviewText extends AbstractDrawingPreview {
+    private static final class GesturePreviewTextParams {
+        public final int mGesturePreviewTextSize;
+        public final int mGesturePreviewTextColor;
+        public final int mGesturePreviewTextDimmedColor;
+        public final int mGesturePreviewTextOffset;
+        public final int mGesturePreviewTextHeight;
+        public final int mGesturePreviewColor;
+        public final float mGesturePreviewHorizontalPadding;
+        public final float mGesturePreviewVerticalPadding;
+        public final float mGesturePreviewRoundRadius;
+        public final Paint mTextPaint;
+
+        private static final char[] TEXT_HEIGHT_REFERENCE_CHAR = { 'M' };
+
+        public GesturePreviewTextParams(final TypedArray keyboardViewAttr) {
+            mGesturePreviewTextSize = keyboardViewAttr.getDimensionPixelSize(
+                    R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewTextSize, 0);
+            mGesturePreviewTextColor = keyboardViewAttr.getColor(
+                    R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewTextColor, 0);
+            mGesturePreviewTextOffset = keyboardViewAttr.getDimensionPixelOffset(
+                    R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewTextOffset, 0);
+            mGesturePreviewColor = keyboardViewAttr.getColor(
+                    R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewColor, 0);
+            mGesturePreviewHorizontalPadding = keyboardViewAttr.getDimension(
+                    R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewHorizontalPadding, 0.0f);
+            mGesturePreviewVerticalPadding = keyboardViewAttr.getDimension(
+                    R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewVerticalPadding, 0.0f);
+            mGesturePreviewRoundRadius = keyboardViewAttr.getDimension(
+                    R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewRoundRadius, 0.0f);
+            mGesturePreviewTextDimmedColor = Color.GRAY;
+
+            final Paint textPaint = new Paint();
+            textPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
+            textPaint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER);
+            textPaint.setTextSize(mGesturePreviewTextSize);
+            mTextPaint = textPaint;
+            final Rect textRect = new Rect();
+            textPaint.getTextBounds(TEXT_HEIGHT_REFERENCE_CHAR, 0, 1, textRect);
+            mGesturePreviewTextHeight = textRect.height();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected final GesturePreviewTextParams mParams;
+    protected int mPreviewWordNum;
+    protected final RectF mGesturePreviewRectangle = new RectF();
+    protected int mHighlightedWordIndex;
+
+    private static final int PREVIEW_TEXT_ARRAY_CAPACITY = 10;
+    // These variables store the positions of preview words. In multi-preview mode, the gesture
+    // floating preview at most shows PREVIEW_TEXT_ARRAY_CAPACITY words.
+    protected final ResizableIntArray mPreviewTextXArray = new ResizableIntArray(
+            PREVIEW_TEXT_ARRAY_CAPACITY);
+    protected final ResizableIntArray mPreviewTextYArray = new ResizableIntArray(
+            PREVIEW_TEXT_ARRAY_CAPACITY);
+
+    protected SuggestedWords mSuggestedWords = SuggestedWords.EMPTY;
+    protected final Context mContext;
+    public final int[] mLastPointerCoords = CoordinateUtils.newInstance();
+
+    public GestureFloatingPreviewText(final TypedArray typedArray, final Context context) {
+        mParams = new GesturePreviewTextParams(typedArray);
+        mHighlightedWordIndex = 0;
+        mContext = context;
+    }
+
+    public void setSuggetedWords(final SuggestedWords suggestedWords) {
+        if (suggestedWords == null) {
+            mSuggestedWords = SuggestedWords.EMPTY;
+        } else {
+            mSuggestedWords = suggestedWords;
+        }
+        updatePreviewPosition();
+    }
+
+    protected void drawText(final Canvas canvas, final String text, final float textX,
+            final float textY, final int color) {
+        final Paint paint = mParams.mTextPaint;
+        paint.setColor(color);
+        canvas.drawText(text, textX, textY, paint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPreviewPosition(final PointerTracker pt) {
+        pt.getLastCoordinates(mLastPointerCoords);
+        updatePreviewPosition();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Draws gesture preview text
+     * @param canvas The canvas where preview text is drawn.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void onDraw(final Canvas canvas) {
+        if (!isPreviewEnabled() || mSuggestedWords.isEmpty()
+                || TextUtils.isEmpty(mSuggestedWords.getWord(0))) {
+            return;
+        }
+        final Paint paint = mParams.mTextPaint;
+        paint.setColor(mParams.mGesturePreviewColor);
+        final float round = mParams.mGesturePreviewRoundRadius;
+        canvas.drawRoundRect(mGesturePreviewRectangle, round, round, paint);
+        final String text = mSuggestedWords.getWord(0);
+        final int textX = mPreviewTextXArray.get(0);
+        final int textY = mPreviewTextYArray.get(0);
+        drawText(canvas, text, textX, textY, mParams.mGesturePreviewTextColor);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates gesture preview text position based on mLastPointerCoords.
+     */
+    protected void updatePreviewPosition() {
+        if (mSuggestedWords.isEmpty() || TextUtils.isEmpty(mSuggestedWords.getWord(0))) {
+            return;
+        }
+        final String text = mSuggestedWords.getWord(0);
+
+        final Paint paint = mParams.mTextPaint;
+        final RectF rectangle = mGesturePreviewRectangle;
+
+        final int textHeight = mParams.mGesturePreviewTextHeight;
+        final float textWidth = paint.measureText(text);
+        final float hPad = mParams.mGesturePreviewHorizontalPadding;
+        final float vPad = mParams.mGesturePreviewVerticalPadding;
+        final float rectWidth = textWidth + hPad * 2.0f;
+        final float rectHeight = textHeight + vPad * 2.0f;
+
+        final int displayWidth = mContext.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().widthPixels;
+        final float rectX = Math.min(
+                Math.max(CoordinateUtils.x(mLastPointerCoords) - rectWidth / 2.0f, 0.0f),
+                displayWidth - rectWidth);
+        final float rectY = CoordinateUtils.y(mLastPointerCoords)
+                - mParams.mGesturePreviewTextOffset - rectHeight;
+        rectangle.set(rectX, rectY, rectX + rectWidth, rectY + rectHeight);
+
+        final int textX = (int)(rectX + hPad + textWidth / 2.0f);
+        final int textY = (int)(rectY + vPad) + textHeight;
+        mPreviewTextXArray.add(0, textX);
+        mPreviewTextYArray.add(0, textY);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/PreviewPlacerView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/PreviewPlacerView.java
index bc734b0..a005dc9 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/PreviewPlacerView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/PreviewPlacerView.java
@@ -22,13 +22,10 @@
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
-import android.graphics.Paint.Align;
 import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
 import android.graphics.PorterDuffXfermode;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
-import android.graphics.RectF;
 import android.os.Message;
-import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
@@ -39,15 +36,9 @@
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CoordinateUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.StaticInnerHandlerWrapper;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords;
 
 public final class PreviewPlacerView extends RelativeLayout {
-    private final int mGestureFloatingPreviewTextColor;
-    private final int mGestureFloatingPreviewTextOffset;
-    private final int mGestureFloatingPreviewColor;
-    private final float mGestureFloatingPreviewHorizontalPadding;
-    private final float mGestureFloatingPreviewVerticalPadding;
-    private final float mGestureFloatingPreviewRoundRadius;
-
     private final int[] mKeyboardViewOrigin = CoordinateUtils.newInstance();
 
     private final SparseArray<GesturePreviewTrail> mGesturePreviewTrails =
@@ -62,16 +53,7 @@
     private final Canvas mOffscreenCanvas = new Canvas();
     private final Rect mOffscreenDirtyRect = new Rect();
     private final Rect mGesturePreviewTrailBoundsRect = new Rect(); // per trail
-
-    private final Paint mTextPaint;
-    private String mGestureFloatingPreviewText;
-    private final int mGestureFloatingPreviewTextHeight;
-    // {@link RectF} is needed for {@link Canvas#drawRoundRect(RectF, float, float, Paint)}.
-    private final RectF mGestureFloatingPreviewRectangle = new RectF();
-    private final int[] mLastPointerCoords = CoordinateUtils.newInstance();
-    private static final char[] TEXT_HEIGHT_REFERENCE_CHAR = { 'M' };
-    private boolean mDrawsGestureFloatingPreviewText;
-
+    private final GestureFloatingPreviewText mGestureFloatingPreviewText;
     private boolean mShowSlidingKeyInputPreview;
     private final int[] mRubberBandFrom = CoordinateUtils.newInstance();
     private final int[] mRubberBandTo = CoordinateUtils.newInstance();
@@ -130,22 +112,11 @@
 
         final TypedArray keyboardViewAttr = context.obtainStyledAttributes(
                 attrs, R.styleable.KeyboardView, defStyle, R.style.KeyboardView);
-        final int gestureFloatingPreviewTextSize = keyboardViewAttr.getDimensionPixelSize(
-                R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewTextSize, 0);
-        mGestureFloatingPreviewTextColor = keyboardViewAttr.getColor(
-                R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewTextColor, 0);
-        mGestureFloatingPreviewTextOffset = keyboardViewAttr.getDimensionPixelOffset(
-                R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewTextOffset, 0);
-        mGestureFloatingPreviewColor = keyboardViewAttr.getColor(
-                R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewColor, 0);
-        mGestureFloatingPreviewHorizontalPadding = keyboardViewAttr.getDimension(
-                R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewHorizontalPadding, 0.0f);
-        mGestureFloatingPreviewVerticalPadding = keyboardViewAttr.getDimension(
-                R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewVerticalPadding, 0.0f);
-        mGestureFloatingPreviewRoundRadius = keyboardViewAttr.getDimension(
-                R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewRoundRadius, 0.0f);
         final int gestureFloatingPreviewTextLingerTimeout = keyboardViewAttr.getInt(
                 R.styleable.KeyboardView_gestureFloatingPreviewTextLingerTimeout, 0);
+        // TODO: mGestureFloatingPreviewText could be an instance of GestureFloatingPreviewText or
+        // MultiGesturePreviewText, depending on the user's choice in the settings.
+        mGestureFloatingPreviewText = new GestureFloatingPreviewText(keyboardViewAttr, context);
         mGesturePreviewTrailParams = new Params(keyboardViewAttr);
         keyboardViewAttr.recycle();
 
@@ -157,15 +128,6 @@
         gesturePaint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.SRC));
         mGesturePaint = gesturePaint;
 
-        final Paint textPaint = new Paint();
-        textPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
-        textPaint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER);
-        textPaint.setTextSize(gestureFloatingPreviewTextSize);
-        mTextPaint = textPaint;
-        final Rect textRect = new Rect();
-        textPaint.getTextBounds(TEXT_HEIGHT_REFERENCE_CHAR, 0, 1, textRect);
-        mGestureFloatingPreviewTextHeight = textRect.height();
-
         final Paint layerPaint = new Paint();
         layerPaint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_OVER));
         setLayerType(LAYER_TYPE_HARDWARE, layerPaint);
@@ -181,14 +143,14 @@
     public void setGesturePreviewMode(final boolean drawsGesturePreviewTrail,
             final boolean drawsGestureFloatingPreviewText) {
         mDrawsGesturePreviewTrail = drawsGesturePreviewTrail;
-        mDrawsGestureFloatingPreviewText = drawsGestureFloatingPreviewText;
+        mGestureFloatingPreviewText.setPreviewEnabled(drawsGestureFloatingPreviewText);
     }
 
     public void invalidatePointer(final PointerTracker tracker, final boolean isOldestTracker) {
         final boolean needsToUpdateLastPointer =
-                isOldestTracker && mDrawsGestureFloatingPreviewText;
+                isOldestTracker && mGestureFloatingPreviewText.isPreviewEnabled();
         if (needsToUpdateLastPointer) {
-            tracker.getLastCoordinates(mLastPointerCoords);
+            mGestureFloatingPreviewText.setPreviewPosition(tracker);
         }
 
         if (mDrawsGesturePreviewTrail) {
@@ -252,6 +214,7 @@
         super.onDraw(canvas);
         final int originX = CoordinateUtils.x(mKeyboardViewOrigin);
         final int originY = CoordinateUtils.y(mKeyboardViewOrigin);
+        canvas.translate(originX, originY);
         if (mDrawsGesturePreviewTrail) {
             mayAllocateOffscreenBuffer();
             // Draw gesture trails to offscreen buffer.
@@ -259,11 +222,10 @@
                     mOffscreenCanvas, mGesturePaint, mOffscreenDirtyRect);
             // Transfer offscreen buffer to screen.
             if (!mOffscreenDirtyRect.isEmpty()) {
-                final int offsetY = originY - mOffscreenOffsetY;
-                canvas.translate(originX, offsetY);
+                canvas.translate(0, - mOffscreenOffsetY);
                 canvas.drawBitmap(mOffscreenBuffer, mOffscreenDirtyRect, mOffscreenDirtyRect,
                         mGesturePaint);
-                canvas.translate(-originX, -offsetY);
+                canvas.translate(0, mOffscreenOffsetY);
                 // Note: Defer clearing the dirty rectangle here because we will get cleared
                 // rectangle on the canvas.
             }
@@ -271,16 +233,11 @@
                 mDrawingHandler.postUpdateGestureTrailPreview();
             }
         }
-        if (mDrawsGestureFloatingPreviewText) {
-            canvas.translate(originX, originY);
-            drawGestureFloatingPreviewText(canvas, mGestureFloatingPreviewText);
-            canvas.translate(-originX, -originY);
-        }
+        mGestureFloatingPreviewText.onDraw(canvas);
         if (mShowSlidingKeyInputPreview) {
-            canvas.translate(originX, originY);
             drawSlidingKeyInputPreview(canvas);
-            canvas.translate(-originX, -originY);
         }
+        canvas.translate(-originX, -originY);
     }
 
     private boolean drawGestureTrails(final Canvas offscreenCanvas, final Paint paint,
@@ -322,9 +279,9 @@
                 Math.min(out.bottom, bottom));
     }
 
-    public void setGestureFloatingPreviewText(final String gestureFloatingPreviewText) {
-        if (!mDrawsGestureFloatingPreviewText) return;
-        mGestureFloatingPreviewText = gestureFloatingPreviewText;
+    public void setGestureFloatingPreviewText(final SuggestedWords suggestedWords) {
+        if (!mGestureFloatingPreviewText.isPreviewEnabled()) return;
+        mGestureFloatingPreviewText.setSuggetedWords(suggestedWords);
         invalidate();
     }
 
@@ -332,39 +289,6 @@
         mDrawingHandler.dismissGestureFloatingPreviewText();
     }
 
-    private void drawGestureFloatingPreviewText(final Canvas canvas,
-            final String gestureFloatingPreviewText) {
-        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(gestureFloatingPreviewText)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        final Paint paint = mTextPaint;
-        final RectF rectangle = mGestureFloatingPreviewRectangle;
-
-        // Paint the round rectangle background.
-        final int textHeight = mGestureFloatingPreviewTextHeight;
-        final float textWidth = paint.measureText(gestureFloatingPreviewText);
-        final float hPad = mGestureFloatingPreviewHorizontalPadding;
-        final float vPad = mGestureFloatingPreviewVerticalPadding;
-        final float rectWidth = textWidth + hPad * 2.0f;
-        final float rectHeight = textHeight + vPad * 2.0f;
-        final int canvasWidth = canvas.getWidth();
-        final float rectX = Math.min(
-                Math.max(CoordinateUtils.x(mLastPointerCoords) - rectWidth / 2.0f, 0.0f),
-                canvasWidth - rectWidth);
-        final float rectY = CoordinateUtils.y(mLastPointerCoords)
-                - mGestureFloatingPreviewTextOffset - rectHeight;
-        rectangle.set(rectX, rectY, rectX + rectWidth, rectY + rectHeight);
-        final float round = mGestureFloatingPreviewRoundRadius;
-        paint.setColor(mGestureFloatingPreviewColor);
-        canvas.drawRoundRect(rectangle, round, round, paint);
-        // Paint the text preview
-        paint.setColor(mGestureFloatingPreviewTextColor);
-        final float textX = rectX + hPad + textWidth / 2.0f;
-        final float textY = rectY + vPad + textHeight;
-        canvas.drawText(gestureFloatingPreviewText, textX, textY, paint);
-    }
-
     private void drawSlidingKeyInputPreview(final Canvas canvas) {
         // TODO: Implement rubber band preview
     }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
index 9d16eb7..f65bbe4 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
@@ -1599,9 +1599,7 @@
         if (dismissGestureFloatingPreviewText) {
             mainKeyboardView.dismissGestureFloatingPreviewText();
         } else {
-            final String batchInputText = suggestedWords.isEmpty()
-                    ? null : suggestedWords.getWord(0);
-            mainKeyboardView.showGestureFloatingPreviewText(batchInputText);
+            mainKeyboardView.showGestureFloatingPreviewText(suggestedWords);
         }
     }