Selection Tool - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, Does anyone know how to get the selection tool during text input? I am using BETA4 and looks like its not linked to the keyboard im using. However i remember that while using stock ROM and SE keyboard i was able to move cursor (actually moving the text and cursor was in the middle )
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michalcieslik said:
Hello, Does anyone know how to get the selection tool during text input? I am using BETA4 and looks like its not linked to the keyboard im using. However i remember that while using stock ROM and SE keyboard i was able to move cursor (actually moving the text and cursor was in the middle )
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Long tap on the text->select text?

I am after a better way of moving/controlling the cursor itself. Like time pointer in new Youtube App. I know Samsung S got sth like this.
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Maybe some keyboards have that option, haven't found it yet.

use swype It has cursor keys etc built in for editing and selection etc

+1. You need to swype from the swype key (bottom left) to the sym key to pop up the direction controls.
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[Q] Remove the language bar?

Has anybody worked out how to remove the language bar which pops up when texting yet? If I have the sudden urge to switch to Catalan half way through a text I will do it long-hand, that bar takes up too much of the already small screen!
Could you post a photo of what you mean,cost I don't get any language bar come up
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I cant post a pic of it at the moment, but let me try to explain it better. When i go to enter text using the hardware keyboard a blue bar appears at the bottom of the screen (taking up approx 1/5 of the screen) with "Eng" on the left and an icon to show the status of the Caps lock on the right, along with a close button. This annoys the hell out of me as often when filling in passwords etc it covers up the "Ok" button.
Only way I found on mini pro is
Settings - Locale & Text
Uncheck the default input tick box
This works well on mini pro but stops you using virtual keyboard
l00k said:
This works well on mini pro but stops you using virtual keyboard
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Is a good intermediate solution but someone knows a way to get rid of this bar without losing the virtual keyboard?
It's build in built-in keyboard and I think it could not be removed (not easily without root hacks). The half-solution without root is to use another software keyboard.
Yeah installing third party keyboard software gets rid of the blue language bar.
I'm using SlideIt Keyboard which changes the virtual keyboard to a funky Swype-like keyboard but removes the language bar when using the hardware keyboard.
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Can anyone recomend a decent keyboard replacement.
Also, i've asked this before (didn't get much of a reposnse) but is there a way to get spell check with the hardware keyboard?
spence91 said:
Can anyone recomend a decent keyboard replacement.
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I use AnySoftKeyboard, which is free and provides a reasonably good keyboard for when I don't want to open the hardware keyboard.
Also, i've asked this before (didn't get much of a reposnse) but is there a way to get spell check with the hardware keyboard?
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Currently there doesn't appear to be one.
I have ended up installing AnySoft keyboard too. Its ok, but removes the function where you could long-press a key to access the blue alternate option on it. It has removed the language bar though so its good enough for me!

Swype cursor, who knew?

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...

[Q] P509 Back Arrow (For Text)

Is there a way to move the text cursor back (without deleting text) when typing? My last phone had a trackball which let you do this, but the Optimus T (P509) lacks this useful button. Is there a back arrow on either the android or swype keyboard that I'm overlooking?
Thanks,
-Adam
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11742179#post11742179
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The lg keyboard has cursor keys on the t9 layout. It would be nice to have a way to enable cursor keys in qwertz layout. Any ideas?
Omnichron said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11742179#post11742179
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Thanks. I don't use the swype keypad; I like the android one. Is there a way to move the cursor with that?
-Adam
You can click on the area on the textbox to move the cursor, which is incredibly difficult. I haven't seen other keyboards that have arrow keys on them, though.
kpbotbot said:
You can click on the area on the textbox to move the cursor, which is incredibly difficult..
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Hence my post!

Deleting word or text to right of the cursor...

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

Keyboard Disappears when clicking on cursor in internet

Hi guys,
I have looked online everywhere and cannot find anything! When on the internet and trying to move the cursor to edit text by clicking on the cursor, the keyboard disappears. Any solutions ? It doesnt happen in the address bar or while texting. Only when on an internet page and clicking on the cursor to move across to the text.
daflex86 said:
Hi guys,
I have looked online everywhere and cannot find anything! When on the internet and trying to move the cursor to edit text by clicking on the cursor, the keyboard disappears. Any solutions ? It doesnt happen in the address bar or while texting. Only when on an internet page and clicking on the cursor to move across to the text.
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I have the same problem.. just got used to using the arrow keys on swiftkey keyboard. (happens to me on maxthon and google chrome)
javelar said:
I have the same problem.. just got used to using the arrow keys on swiftkey keyboard. (happens to me on maxthon and google chrome)
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It didn't happen when I was with the orange stock rom as far as I remember. Doesnt happen to my cousin whose on the vodafone stock rom. Only happened when i reflashed with an unbranded official samsung rom. I cant find any fix on the internet!!!! Surely there must be something! Not worth spending money to buy the swift keyboard if it doesn't fix the issue. Very annoying!
This started happening to me as well in the stock browser after I updated to JB from ICS using the official update method, so I'm currently using Chrome or Opera instead until it's fixed...

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