I was wondering how it's possible to mouse over links in the Android browser (our, more specifically, Dolphin browser...but whatever...)? I did a little research and found this:
http://nitendra.com/blog/2010/05/mouseover-hover-tootltipin-android-browser/
...but that says it requires a track ball which, for some stupid unknown reason, the US Galaxy S phones don't have. Is there another way?
Also, is there a way to do keyboard shortcuts using the onscreen keyboard?
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I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a keyboard layout that has the letters in their "normal" places. I've tried a number of keyboard apps and none of them are laid out like a real keyboard.
While I'm at it, is there anyway to disable what I can only presume is "error correcting" that sometimes doesn't type a letter I press? I'll be typing a word like "well" and it will pop up the little preview on the keyboard as I type w and e, but only e will show up, presumably because it assumed that the w was a mi****. I've disabled all the obvious settings under keyboards in Settings. Perhaps it's a touchscreen thing, however, I'll look into it.
Also, with VEGAn 5.1, it's no longer acting correctly when connected to the PC via USB. It will appear to act correctly until I try to transfer a file at which point the PC hangs up and the connection is severed and the button on the gtab returns to "Turn On File Sharing". Not a deal breaker, but a bit annoying since now I have to transfer files via my micro sd card.
What is a normal keyboard for you ?
Where are you located, in US ?
You know that keyboard layout changes from country to country !
It changes minimally for most countries using roman characters. But yes, a US or UK keyboard would do the trick. I don't care if backspace or shift or whatever are in odd places, that I can get used to, but I can't seem to find a keyboard that has the three main rows of keys offset in the standard manner. I realize this is undoubtedly a side effect of android 2.2/.3 being a phone OS on a tablet, but I would hope that there would be a real keyboard somewhere. Maybe I'll need to look into what's involved in making a keyboard app.
xdzt,
I suggest you keep trying with the Tnt Western keyboard that is stock on it.
I had never used a touch keyboard before and used the stock kb for the first
time. Since then, I have used a few others that got installed in place of the
stock kb.
I like the spread out letters and the split let's my long thumb also do the "thumb"
thing. I also like the .com and @ and other extra things it automagically brings
up when you need them.
Who knows? It may grow on you!!!
Rev
Does anyone know if the stock TnT Western Keyboard is available as an apk? I would really like to run this keyboard under CM7.
Thanks,
JD
JD,
Not an expert on this, but yes, I'm pretty sure there is. You might search in the
forums -- this is not the first time someone has asked this. And yes, you might
also use Root Explorer or one of the other file managers to find it on the G-Tablet.
Rev
Anyone know of a good ssh/telnet app that works properly with the keyboard dock on the Prime?
I have tried ConnectBot but the shift-number keys don't work, as well as other keys on the keyboard.
Telnet isn't as important as ssh, so an ssh only app would be good.
Willing to pay a few quid/dollars/euros/camels too.
V3ng said:
Anyone know of a good ssh/telnet app that works properly with the keyboard dock on the Prime?
I have tried ConnectBot but the shift-number keys don't work, as well as other keys on the keyboard.
Telnet isn't as important as ssh, so an ssh only app would be good.
Willing to pay a few quid/dollars/euros/camels too.
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I'm using a custom apk for connectbot that can be found here : http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/wiki/KeyboardShortcuts
Look at the comments, there's two links from two different guys and it works perfectly with the dock!
V3ng said:
Anyone know of a good ssh/telnet app that works properly with the keyboard dock on the Prime?
I have tried ConnectBot but the shift-number keys don't work, as well as other keys on the keyboard.
Telnet isn't as important as ssh, so an ssh only app would be good.
Willing to pay a few quid/dollars/euros/camels too.
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Better Terminal Emulator Pro is worth a look, although I am also going to check out the connectbot mentioned above.
BTEP does not support encrypted keys which is a big problem for me
-Barry
That custom apk is great thanks Anthony.
Do you know if you can disable the function key thing so I can enter a "!" ?
Indeed, thank you for the keyboard-capable APK.
My only gripe is that connectbot won't SSH1, which is necessary for my situation.
I agree, btep is the next best solution after connectbot.
anthonyalberto said:
I'm using a custom apk for connectbot that can be found here : http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/wiki/KeyboardShortcuts
Look at the comments, there's two links from two different guys and it works perfectly with the dock!
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Thanks for this, even better than the BTEP I have been using, and free to boot!
I still can't get the "!" key working, which I need for vi!
Any ideas?
That's weird, I have no issue using the ! symbol
Maybe try to go to settings, Directory shortcutcs => Use right side keys, that's the only thing I can think of
I use BTEP for the dock support, although I guess Terminal Emulator can do that well enough now. BTEP like many apps, uses Dropbear for SSH: which is good but kinda limited.
I generally use OpenSSH in a Debian chroot, running in BTEP+tmux; tmux is a program like gnu screen.
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Resurrecting a dead thread....
Sorry for ressurecting, but after going through the ringer on exactly this, had to comment.
Home/end keys don't work in nano/vi for BTEP. Commented this in the existing BTEP bug for TPrime keyboards: http://littlegreenbugs.com/bugs/view/165/
BTEP also doesn't properly do screen wipes in curses applications. Again, see here: http://littlegreenbugs.com/bugs/view/191/
Connectbot standard has effectively no support for the hardware keyboard.
vxconnectbot works awesome, as long as all your modifier keys (shift, ctrl, etc.) aren't pressed at the same time as the keys. Press, release, then press+release the key to modify. Not at all like a real keyboard.
irssi connectbot actually supports the keyboard, which is incredible. There's some other (rendering) issues with irssi connectbot, but compared to the others it's even better support than BTEP. Note, this doesn't actually run irssi, it adds support for actually using things like your modifier keys from a hardware keyboard, so that you could use irssi if you want to. Thus the name.
ConnectBot
I am still a fan of using the modified ConnectBot, it is just sadly really quite ridiculous to find... Best working version I have found is from http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=459#c72. In comment #72 4WayneD links to a ConnectBot-debug.apk on his website. I have been using this modified version on the Prime for a couple months now. Things I have checked myself:
* Number keys work correctly
* Ctrl keys work (this was key for me as I use screen a *LOT*)
* Search key functions as Alt
* Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys work
Another thing to note, this is a modified older version as I do not like the new "tablet" version of ConnectBot as it sacrifices way too much screen real estate.
I like Terminal IDE, works fine with the dock.
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Hi,
Is it just me or does ICS spell checker not work with any word processor, with or without the keyboard?
Has anyone got an alternative?
From my experience it has worked with some apps and of course the web browser.
But as far as word processing goes, I just attempt a test in the bundled Polaris Office on the Transformer Prime and there is no spell check option, nor an auto detect spell check.
Tried pretty much every office app on the android market, still no support for ICS spell check!
I'm surprised other people aren't fussed about spell check, and that no one has found a way to use spell check.
I was reading about the no spell check in office apps and people where saying that because the keyboards auto-correct for you it would be redundant to have the office app to spell check for you. The only problem with this is hardware keyboards, like ours, don't have auto-correct built in so we notice the lack of spell check more than other people. This argument is still kinda strange to me since spell check is not the same as auto-correct in my opinion.
Have you guys tried OnLive Desktop? It's what I'm using now and full-Word works amazingly well. With a mouse and keyboard you'd literally think you were in native Word on a PC. It also autosaves which has bitten me in the ass more times than I can count in Android office products. Any files you create on the device are saved in their cloud and accessible via a browser on any other device. It's pretty cool.
BarryH_GEG said:
Have you guys tried OnLive Desktop? It's what I'm using now and full-Word works amazingly well. With a mouse and keyboard you'd literally think you were in native Word on a PC. It also autosaves which has bitten me in the ass more times than I can count in Android office products. Any files you create on the device are saved in their cloud and accessible via a browser on any other device. It's pretty cool.
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Well I'm in the UK, so that wouldn't work anyway.
I use Splashtop if I have internet access and can use Word, Visual Studio etc on the move, but for the times when I don't have internet it would be super handy for me to be able to write documents with spell check!
I'm in the UK too and no problems accessing On live. There is a thread in the apps section with a link to the apk, and just sign up on their website. Its a great service.
But I do also understand the need for offline spell check it would be useful in Polaris
trex3491 said:
I'm in the UK too and no problems accessing On live. There is a thread in the apps section with a link to the apk, and just sign up on their website. Its a great service.
But I do also understand the need for offline spell check it would be useful in Polaris
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Hmm, just tried On Live desktop, hardware keyboard doesn't seem to work, Splashtops remote mouse cursor follows the primes (meaning you are able to hover over items, which comes in handy) and supports right click.
Hey Guys,
Does anyone know how to or which keyboards offer word shortcuts? Like for instance on my iPhone when I type "omc" and then space i get the "On my way".
Same way I've setup the word "eid" so whenever i type eid i automatically get my email address inserted.
Cant find any info on this and i refuse to believe that IOS offers this and android doesn't.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Basically this is what i am looking for but for android
http://lifehacker.com/5849229/how-to-configure-ios-5s-awesome-built+in-text-expansion
Smart keyboard pro. I've just downloaded on play store & have got all my old apple shortcuts saved
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zl.inputmethod.latin&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS56bC5pbnB1dG1ldGhvZC5sYXRpbiJd
This is what you're looking for. Just installed it today. Keyboard shortcuts, and gesture typing!
hello
Have checked the forums and found nothing.
But windows phone keyboard has this great feature, after writing your text or message. You can then go back through the whole message just tapping on misspelt words once and it will highlight the whole word and give you suggestions that you can pick from.
Its such a great feature, I've looked for a keyboard that replicates it but have found none. they only give suggestions as you type and not after you've finished writing, which breaks your train of thoughts.
Does anyone know of a keyboard that does this.
Which Android version are you on? The stock android keyboard of 4.1 does the exact same thing.
I'm on 2.2 froyo, which is old.
I've downloaded the jellybean keyboard off of google play store, but it only offers suggestion as i type. Not after i have finished typing and when i look back i realise I've misspelt words.
Better keyboard does this also. The reason you don't see it is that it needs to be built into the system for 3rd party apps to use it. If it is not there then no app will do it.
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