Swype has always frustrated me, when you need to move forwards and backwards much in a text field, it is difficult to do with your finger and I could not find anything to help in swype.
All I had to do was hit the bottom left swype button and then slide to the symbol key right next to it. BAM, there it is. It's probably most helpful for copy and paste and some other situations where you just can't move the cursor with your finger.
Just an fyi, and also wondering if this was already common knowledge?
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I wouldn't call it common knowledge, but it's been known for a while. I found out about it in a tips and tricks thread somewhere.
Also, try the same thing, but slide to "f" instead of "sym" to pull up a number pad
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Are there more shortcuts?
-swype key then symbol key
-swype key then f
...more?
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also, in 2.2, in text entry fields, if you tap the field a movable cursor shows up that you can slide left and right.
A lot of tips like these are in the General Sticky....
that said, I do not know if its a shortcut, but I love going from the apostrophe to "s".... I can type words like "what" and then with that gesture quickly make is "what's"
also, if "bump" from one letter to the next it helps swype identify the letter you are really going for (ie, you go across a row and there could be a few correct letters).
I take it that none of you had ever done the tutorial with swype on your phone...
GenTsoChkn said:
I take it that none of you had ever done the tutorial with swype on your phone...
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Some of these aren't on the tutorial.
xriderx66 said:
Some of these aren't on the tutorial.
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Swype > F is the only one from this thread that is not on there.. and that is not all that much needed from using the other number pad.
Swype -> q switches it to AZERTY. It doesn't switch it back. Pretty useless.
These Swype shortcuts are all on the Swype website lol
quadratic said:
Swype -> q switches it to AZERTY. It doesn't switch it back. Pretty useless.
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To switch back, press and hold the top-left button (where Q used to be) and choose U.S. English. If you've picked Korean by accident, press and hold where the A button was to switch back to English.
jimmynguyen91 said:
These Swype shortcuts are all on the Swype website lol
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True. And somewhere else on the Internet someone else is talking about every other thread on xda...
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So I have had 4 android phones now and all of them being htc and all of them having a track ball or sensor mouse. I can only say that going to the vibrant is can be a pain in the ass when needing to correct a error in a long tex form. I have seen on IPhones where when you need to pick out a point in a tex the is a bubble that pops up with a spot indicator where you can drag your finger and see where the marker is going to be placed... it there a app or some way to get this on a vibrant?
rynomadman said:
So I have had 4 android phones now and all of them being htc and all of them having a track ball or sensor mouse. I can only say that going to the vibrant is can be a pain in the ass when needing to correct a error in a long tex form. I have seen on IPhones where when you need to pick out a point in a tex the is a bubble that pops up with a spot indicator where you can drag your finger and see where the marker is going to be placed... it there a app or some way to get this on a vibrant?
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For what it's worth, I've never had a problem just tapping where I want to put the cursor and editing anything.
If you're using Swype, glide from info => SYM buttons to get D pad.
On Samsung keyboard hold down the "?123" button.
zenmatt said:
If you're using Swype, glide from info => SYM buttons to get D pad.
On Samsung keyboard hold down the "?123" button.
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You my friend have just made my day... been on this phone for months and never figured that out Thanks a million!!
the dpad on the phone has been misserable to me, it switches text fields instead of just moving the cursor >=/
If you're using swype, just tap the incorrect word then tap the swype key. Swype will list alternate words but at the same time the word is highlighted so you can tap backspace to delete.
Ok Getting tired of this.. I Hate HTC keyboard, but I love Gingerbreads.. However I hate the Fact that when I text someone or type its looks like this :
hello.this.is.a.test to. see what.happens
The Perioid is in the way or the spacebar needs to be bigger I cant decide? Anyone else have this issue?
I Tried using swype but I dont have the Patients for it. Its a great concept just not for me? Any Solutions out there?
Is there anyway to get the OG Droids soft keyboard layout on the Tbolt?
I don't know what's wrong with your keyboard but I'm typing this on gingerbread keyboard and its working fine. I don't have any issues with it. I have also used Swype but for some reason, lately it doesn't seem to figure out what I'm trying to swype so I switched to this keyboard and have been quite happy.
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Download the gingerbread keyboard from the market. That's what I finally had to do. I had the same issues. Just the way I use the keyboard i guess.
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I'm the same way. The only respite I've found is from using other keyboards from the market. Just look around and try some different ones, and find out which works best for you.
I found that if I make the settings key always hide and move the mic key to the symbols page it makes the spacebar a bit longer and easier to hit w/o touching the period. might be worth a shot for you guys.
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I found that if I make the settings key always hide and move the mic key to the symbols page it makes the spacebar a bit longer and easier to hit w/o touching the period. might be worth a shot for you guys.
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how do you do that?
nm I Found it.. Thanks I will Try it out.
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I found that if I make the settings key always hide and move the mic key to the symbols page it makes the spacebar a bit longer and easier to hit w/o touching the period. might be worth a shot for you guys.
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That did the trick!!! Thanks It made the Spacebar just big enough so that I quit hitting the period Button.. What a Life saver!! +1 Thanks!
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how do you do that?
nm I Found it.. Thanks I will Try it out.
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Care to share? I'm not seeing it.
Settings > language & keyboard > gb keyboard > voice input
You also might want to try out swiftkey, as I haven't had any issues with it. It is leaps and bounds better than the stock keyboard.
is there a way to change the "done" button to "send" like in the regular froyo keyboard? annoying to have to press the "done" button and select "send" in the next screen.
UPDATE: Noticed this only happens in landscape mode. Regular view shows "send" key and "attachment key". what gives? is this a flaw in the app?
IISiDeK1CKII said:
You also might want to try out swiftkey, as I haven't had any issues with it. It is leaps and bounds better than the stock keyboard.
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Nothing beats Swiftkey. Most ingenious keyboard around and works as well as advertised. I just don't like that sometimes it lags as it pulls predictions from my history. Maybe because I have so many SMS?
The trick with the mic and settings key (set to always hide) worked! Thanks. I like the GB keyboard for a change of pace.
adamd1169 said:
Download the gingerbread keyboard from the market. That's what I finally had to do. I had the same issues. Just the way I use the keyboard i guess.
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This. And I hid the voice and settings buttons to make the spacebar bigger. But I am using swiftkey, its better in my opinion. The prediction engine is excellent and saves me from typing at all.
I'm having a weird issue where swype changes the language input to espanol automatically. It only happens sometimes. Anyone else experiencing this? if not, where do I sign up to learn espanish??
As far as I know, this cannot be changed.
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Your hitting the language button at the bottom by accident. This swype version sucks balls
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oh...emm...geee! i cant believe they put a quick button to switch between english and spanish.
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Your hitting the language button at the bottom by accident. This swype version sucks balls
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Oops yea I mean this too! What I meant is you can't remove the bloody button.
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Had the same issue. The Swype 3.0 beta is much better than what is on this build.
Ha, I have the same issue. I keep thinking the globe button is the @ button and press it by accident all the time.
no way to install 3.0 huh?
This has been driving me crazy. Thanks. And NO THANKS to Swype for putting that button there.
wrxlvr said:
This has been driving me crazy. Thanks. And NO THANKS to Swype for putting that button there.
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You and many others. It is not quite as bad as the old "hidden word" popup you couldn't disable, but it's close.
I mean honestly, do you REALLY need a quick toggle for that!?!? And beyond that, you can't do away with it? Somebody was not thinking.
1) Root
2) Wifi Tether
3) TB UNINSTALL THIS VERSION OF SWYPE
my wife hit the button the second day and almost broke her phone because it was typing in Spanish and she couldn't figure out why.
so,I always use swype, have on all the evos. this one, if you press the number/symbol button, you get a second page, and if you press again, you get a fancy arrow and edit page, but no page with keys on it. is the "number"page dead for good now, the one that arranged the numbers in a grid instead of just the top row across all horizontal?
I dont remember having the number page where they are all in a grid on my old evo. I was also running the latest version so maybe thats why?
When I hit the "number/symbol key" I get one page and there is a button to take me to the second page where its just symbols.
As for the fancy arrow and edit page, that is actually accessed by touching the "swype key" and sliding your finger to the right over the "number/symbol key"
the 3d evo had it. i know swype never updates from whats installed unless you sign up on their site though
wlpywd said:
the 3d evo had it. i know swype never updates from whats installed unless you sign up on their site though
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Yea I had the Swype beta from their website on my evo.
if anyone cares, i found the number keyboard. you have to 'guesture' swype from the swype key to the 't' (number 5) key in order to get it.
always read the help files or about app page *face palm*
OP, is this what you're referring to?
bingo
Long press on the key immediately to the right of the swype button (near bottom left)
well I'll be damned
Hi,
Is there any way where I can delete the text on the right of the cursor in android.
I tried holding shift + delete but it did not work.
Can you please through light on this functionality.
Regards,
Anoop.
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tap the text screen and the blue cursor arrow pops up, just move it and use back space
Hi,
Thanks for the revert mate.
That is the current mentod that I am also following up. But is there no solution, where word to the right of the cursor can be deleted?
Like you might have seen in Blackberry. And it works well on that platform.
Is that the petented technology and thats why not avaiable on Android?
Seniors - Plz advise/comment.
Regards,
Anoop
slaphead20 said:
tap the text screen and the blue cursor arrow pops up, just move it and use back space
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afaik there is no other choice