anybody know how to type one? my email address has some in it and the only way i can do it at the moment it to close the phone so the soft keyboard comes up and find it in the menu then reopen it again, anybody know if its possible and if so where it can be found?
edit: oops i mean on mini pro
You're serious right?
Press the Sym/àü button on the bottom right... A screen will pop up with all possible other characters.
it does nothing on my phone, i press it and the cursor changes to the same one as when i press the blue button to get numbers, i have got slideit keyboard installed, could it be sometthing to do with that?
I had this issue. Either a: You turned off the option for it in the settings or b: there is a losse connection between the keyboard and motherboard (My problem was the latter). If this is the case, refer to your service centre for repair. (Or strip the phone apart, re-seat the ribbon and reassemble, which is what *I* did, but then again, I do know how to follow warrenty service guidelines so as not to void my warrenty...)
That sym key only works when you have the default input activated. Since you have SlideIt installed, you'll have to long-press on the text area, select 'Input method', choose 'Default', insert the underscore using the sym button, and then reactivate SlideIt. A little bit long winded but that's the only way when you're not using the default input all the time.
That is correct. No third party input application takes into account the sym/au button. I have given the debug log files aswell as the keyid (found in the layout files of the keyboard) of that button to the author of smartkeyboard pro. He has it on his to-do list. Hopefully he can whip up something to fix the problem.
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i have made my own fix, i added my email address to a slideit keyboard shortcut, now i just type "LJC" and my email addy comes up
cheers for the help though, i thought i was going mad
I am afraid I already know the answer to this but hopefully there is a way. I was doing some stuff on the web and one of the pages was a registration form. The field for state was a dropdown box. The list item I needed was at the bottom so I needed to scroll down the list but there was no way to do so. Is there a way to do this?
Have u tried the dpad on the keyboard? Just a thought idk if that works just haven't run into that issue yet
I can't get the keyboard to come up. Once I leave the field for City, the keyboard goes away.
ElAguila said:
I can't get the keyboard to come up. Once I leave the field for City, the keyboard goes away.
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Long press on the menu button always brings the keyboard back...
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On all Android devices, there are long press shortcuts and key-combination shortcuts.
There are the actual Android shortcuts, and some vendors such as Archos install their own.
I have never found any vendor that gives a full description of their devices shortcuts so I always either search Google (in the case of key-combination shortcuts) for any, other users have found, and long press every button on my device (front and keyboard in all applications...) to find out whats there.
Still working on this new device but seems to be limited to basic Android at mo.
I tried the long press. Maybe it is that web page's design. I have found that long pressing only lets you get to the keyboard in apps that require some kind of typing input. When I long press on that field, the keyboard never comes up.
ElAguila said:
I tried the long press. Maybe it is that web page's design. I have found that long pressing only lets you get to the keyboard in apps that require some kind of typing input. When I long press on that field, the keyboard never comes up.
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Yeah, there are plenty of places where long press does not work.
hi people
was just typing an email earlier and i realised that the @ button is in the wrong place. when i press [email protected] i get a " instead, these two keys seem to be in the wrong position. i was just wondering if this is same on all the keyboards and if it can be corrected.
thanks
markshaw200 said:
hi people
was just typing an email earlier and i realised that the @ button is in the wrong place. when i press [email protected] i get a " instead, these two keys seem to be in the wrong position. i was just wondering if this is same on all the keyboards and if it can be corrected.
thanks
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...that's just the british keyboard layout lol.
Go into settings, select language and input, then double check everything is set correctly to your local language.
This issue occurs if you have the incorrect language setup, for instance in the UK if you set it to 'English (United States)" then you get the @ when you press shift 2 instead of getting a ".
Also make sure you actually select the ASUS keyboard as the current one.
If you select a different keyboard (like Thumbkeyboard or Swype) the virtual keylayout will reset to en_US.
See my thread here for a permanent fix for this issue.
Diamondback said:
Also make sure you actually select the ASUS keyboard as the current one.
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This is actually the solution for your "problem".
Cheers
This is my first real bit of development work. I just wanted to post a mod I put together, and how to install it. It's simple enough that someone else may have done it before me.
PROBLEM
Do you like ALT more than SEARCH? Do you often press SEARCH-TAB when what you really wanted was ALT-TAB? Do you realize that ICS has a perfect little Alt-Tab interface? Well! I have a perfect mod for you!
WHAT YOU NEED
TF201 (TF101 version coming soon!)
Keyboard Dock
Root (Does *not* require unlocking)
File replacement tool: Terminal Emulator, a Root File Manager of your choice, or ADB
STEP 1
(Root your TF201 if you haven't already.) Download my modded asusdec.kl below. You'll need to extract it. For the purposes of commands I use below, put the extracted asusdec.kl in:
/sdcard/download
STEP 2
navigate to: /system/usr/keylayout
STEP 3
Back up your asusdec.kl. I've provided a backup of mine, from .21, which should work in the event of a problem.
STEP 4
Replace your asusdec.kl with my modded one. You can do that any way you like, but I prefer doing it in a Terminal session. You may need to remount /system as RW. Terminal Commands are:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
Code:
mv -f /sdcard/download/asusdec.kl /system/usr/keylayout/asusdec.kl
STEP 5
Reboot! After that, you're all done.
RESULTS
If the mod has been performed correctly, your Search key will now perform ALT_LEFT instead, which allows you to use ALT commands where they would apply (Alt-Tab being the biggest one). To make up for this, your ALT_RIGHT key has been remapped to SEARCH. You've lost no functionality
FILES MODDED
/system/usr/keylayout/asusdec.kl
DOWNLOAD
ORIGINAL
MODDED
Awesome! Thanks!
Added to the ROM/Kernel and Tweak Directory.
Nice work
pbrauer said:
Added to the ROM/Kernel and Tweak Directory.
Nice work
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Thanks! I'm looking forward to doing more in the future. I have all the files I need to do the same mod for TF101, but I don't have a rooted TF101 to test it on. I don't like posting unverified files, but if i can find a tester, I can wrap up that version ASAP.
I also intend to do a couple of mods for specific bluetooth keyboards.
This looks cool! Is there any way to physically swap the buttons too?
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Great, I was waiting for this since ages ...
Just one issu is that in France the keyboard layout is different and the right Alt is used for Alt Gr which allow to type some characters such as @, ^ [] #~ ...
It's a bit annoying not to be able to type these letters now ...
Anyway, great work
Moist said:
This looks cool! Is there any way to physically swap the buttons too?
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Yes you can! You have to do it manually though, there is no software that can do that
The way to do it, is to put your nail under the key on either top or bottom and just flip it out. After you've done that, you can just put it back by pressing it down untill you hear a nice 'click'.
I have done so myself and I must say I'm quite comfortable with the result
Btw, nice work Pandages!
I don't suppose the keyboard layout hack here could be adapted to add or change the shortcut keys? Like launching a different browser, or changing the lock key to do something else? My guess is that's baked into the Android OS, but had to ask.
Been searching for an app or hack to allow me to map my own keyboard shortcuts to whatever I want ( Ctrl + ` for terminal perhaps ) but haven't found anything that comes close.
Has anyone gotten this to work with Virtuous? I have the Modded file in there (checked file size) and it's not happening for me, even after a few reboots.
Moist said:
This looks cool! Is there any way to physically swap the buttons too?
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Possibly! It looks like someone else already answered this one, above me.
polo2503 said:
Great, I was waiting for this since ages ...
Just one issue is that in France the keyboard layout is different and the right Alt is used for Alt Gr which allow to type some characters such as @, ^ [] #~ ...
It's a bit annoying not to be able to type these letters now ...
Anyway, great work
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If you'd like to work with me, I could make a version that would do specifically what you need. I'm happy to help.
RubenRybnik said:
I don't suppose the keyboard layout hack here could be adapted to add or change the shortcut keys? Like launching a different browser, or changing the lock key to do something else? My guess is that's baked into the Android OS, but had to ask.
Been searching for an app or hack to allow me to map my own keyboard shortcuts to whatever I want ( Ctrl + ` for terminal perhaps ) but haven't found anything that comes close.
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Actually yes. It would be super easy to make the Lock key do something else, but most of the types of keystrokes you're looking for are baked into the framework. Most of them can launch your default app for a given function, rather than the stock app, but some are stock-app-specific. I like the idea of Ctrl+` to get a terminal, but I think that's outside of the scope of what I can do with .kl hacks.
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Has anyone gotten this to work with Virtuous? I have the Modded file in there (checked file size) and it's not happening for me, even after a few reboots.
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I haven't used that ROM, as my TF201 remains locked. However, if you can provide me the *.kl files from the relevant directory, I can probably whip something up for you.
Very interesting ... looking at the layout file. You're right, would be easy to switch out what keys to what( Even the page up fn+arrow up combo ). I wonder where those key definitions like " MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE" are actually defined? If it's just a constant to a function definition in some apk then maybe we could decompile it and change the const definition to make any keys "Special function" do something new. Hell, maybe the keyboard recognizes fn+t or any other key with fn as a new numeric key id, then we could add new ones off the function key. Going to delve into some of the system apks to see what I can ferret out.
Not too hopeful here, seems much to easy, but its a start.
RubenRybnik said:
Very interesting ... looking at the layout file. You're right, would be easy to switch out what keys to what( Even the page up fn+arrow up combo ). I wonder where those key definitions like " MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE" are actually defined? If it's just a constant to a function definition in some apk then maybe we could decompile it and change the const definition to make any keys "Special function" do something new. Hell, maybe the keyboard recognizes fn+t or any other key with fn as a new numeric key id, then we could add new ones off the function key. Going to delve into some of the system apks to see what I can ferret out.
Not too hopeful here, seems much to easy, but its a start.
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The special buttons are defined in /system/app/Keyboard.apk
There was a mod created which changed the browser button to use your default rather than be hard-coded to the stock Brower app
Original thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497624
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Pandages said:
Do you like ALT more than SEARCH? Do you often press SEARCH-TAB when what you really wanted was ALT-TAB? Do you realize that ICS has a perfect little Alt-Tab interface? Well! I have a perfect mod for you!
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Yes but I also like ESC more than the Back Button. Mind cooking up another one with ESC modded in? I dont know if esc is hard coded to cause back in android.
Im always hitting back on accident when using splashtop, It registers the left alt now tho!
Is there any way to type unicode with alt codes? I'm really sick of not being able to triforce while on my tab.
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Before jumping to downgrade and root my .21, is it possible to push such files through ADB (without root)? That would be awesome =)
Does this still work on .28 update?
Or does it need to be updated?
Crap. I should of just done the mod without trying to switch the keys.
I think I pried the alt key off to hard and now it won't sit back flush on the key again.
Wonder if I can RMA the keyboard for a faulty key =\
The mod will persist through the upgrade from .21 to .28, no real possibility of problems. Still works great for me.
As for making a version with ESC instead of Back, yeah, that could probably be done pretty quickly. Only thing is, how are various applications going to interpret ESC? Most android keyboards don't provide ESC, so many apps just interpret Back as ESC (terminal emulators, etc.)
clockwork58 said:
Crap. I should of just done the mod without trying to switch the keys.
I think I pried the alt key off to hard and now it won't sit back flush on the key again.
Wonder if I can RMA the keyboard for a faulty key =\
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happened to me too. check the pins underneath the keyboard to make sure they're all open and you can put the "stick" part of the keyboard back into that part of the key.
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Pandages said:
The mod will persist through the upgrade from .21 to .28, no real possibility of problems. Still works great for me.
As for making a version with ESC instead of Back, yeah, that could probably be done pretty quickly. Only thing is, how are various applications going to interpret ESC? Most android keyboards don't provide ESC, so many apps just interpret Back as ESC (terminal emulators, etc.)
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any ideas on how to make the sleep button a true delete button, not just an extra backspace button?
nhshah7 said:
happened to me too. check the pins underneath the keyboard to make sure they're all open and you can put the "stick" part of the keyboard back into that part of the key.
thanks. when i took out the alt key i took the white part with it. And only took off the cap part from the search key. once i seperated it and put the white part back on, the top of the key went on smoothly. Now to actually DO the mod.
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I just got my nexus 9 lte (yeah) and am trying to figure out how to use it with the $$$ keyboard folio
What does the search button do? When I press it it just turns off the screen :? Is it just meant to be a helper key like CTRL or ALT?
On a related note, using Fenix, can anyone search for things using the enter key? For example, I click search, type something to search for, and click enter... nothing happens. I was going to ask in the Feinx thread, but wanted to start here first. Works fine with the on screen keyboard.