Hey all,
I love my Prime and i appreciate the work Asus is doing to provide the best possible end user experience. But there is one issue with the keyboard dock which keeps me bugging ever since i got the first model of the Transformer.
Most of us prefer their own onscreen keyboard choice over the "Asus Keyboard". For example i love and use the default android keyboard and thus i am required to switch to "Asus German keyboard" everytime i dock my Prime, else important keys like Y/Z or Ä/Ö/Ü will not be mapped correctly.
I suggest adding the following option to the "Asus customised settings":
- Automatically switch to last selected "Asus Keyboard" when docked and return to previously chosen input method on undock
There is an app available for rooted users which kinda does the job, and demonstrates that it is possible to automatically switch input methods: Keyboard Manager But i think the auto switch feature is essential to non-root users too.
How do you guys think about that? Should we forward this request to Asus?
mrlocus
I am confused. My Prime does that already.
Using Thumb Keyboard. When docked, it asks to switch to ASUS keyboard. Undocked and back on Thumb.
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Using the default android keyboard undocked. As soon as i dock the tablet i just get a message saying "change to asus keyboard to keep consistency". But it does not switch automatically.
If you got an US (QWERTY) dock, you may not notice the difference because the keys are mapped the same anyways. For example in Germany Z and Y are inverted, and they will not be mapped correctly unless the Asus Keyboard is active.
I am on version .11, you?
Yes, US keyboard.
On .14
When docking, it asks to switch to ASUS keyboard. There is a check box so it won't ask again. When undocked, Thumb Keyboard is back.
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If you have root, get KM Launcher - it'll let you set the docked and un-docked keyboard. I'm using swiftkey X tablet with the t'former standard for un-docked and docked respectively.
krisblucher said:
if you have root, get km launcher - it'll let you set the docked and un-docked keyboard. I'm using swiftkey x tablet with the t'former standard for un-docked and docked respectively.
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mrlocus said:
but i think the auto switch feature is essential to non-root users too.
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krisblucher said:
If you have root, get KM Launcher - it'll let you set the docked and un-docked keyboard. I'm using swiftkey X tablet with the t'former standard for un-docked and docked respectively.
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this works great, thanks for the suggestion!
I found it last week or so. It is amazing - thought I'd share the love.
Now I just need to sort out my stylus touchscreentune settings to work out if I'll but it for a fiver haha
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Hi,
When I first got the prime, i noticed very quickly that I couldn't type on the onscreen keyboard nearly as fast as on the ipad.
I then noticed the reason was because if I hit the black bar at the bottom of the tablet instead of space by accident, it would close the keyboard.
However if you use the default google keyboard instead of the asus one, hitting the black bar results in a space making typing a LOT easier and faster.
Does anyone know of a way to fix this? I would rather use the asus one as I like the numbers available at the top.
Has anyone had problems with the dock keyboard too? I find sometimes some of the letters don't respond no matter what i try.
Thanks
Kevin
It's called use or make a different one that more closely matches your tastes/needs. I use Hacker's, and sometimes SwiftKey.
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One nice thing about Android's openness, you are not confined to any particular on screen keyboard. When I'm not docked, I'll use the thumbs keyboard (I forget the exact name). But when I'm using ConnectBot, its easier for me to use the hackers keyboard. Mostly, however I use my dock because I touch type the best that way (used to certain feedback a physical keyboard provides).
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Thumb Keyboard FTW
Down load swype and fly though your typing!!!
Yeah I have thumb keyboard too and yeah it's good. Has everyone else noticed that prob with the main keyboard then? Such an oversight. Most other keyboards actually ignore when you hit the bottom bar which doesn't help either and that includes thumb and hackers. The google one is the only one I feel that gets it right, I.e. making the bottom bar a space bar as well.
Does anyone else have a problem with the docked keyboard when sometimes certain letters just won't work?
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So I recently bought the keyboard for my prime. I love it, but you have to set the IME to the stock android or the asus keyboard for it to work well. Neither of those have a split keyboard so when I take the keyboard dock off and just use the tablet I have to go manually switch IME keyboards to a split keyboard (thumb keyboard).
It would be awesome if someone could make an app for the TP that would set the keyboard depending on if it were docked or not would be awesome.
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I too use Thumb Keyboard but it doesn't seem to affect it when I dock my prime. The icon in the tray with the 2 lines, down arrow and wide U shows up when I dock and the keyboard functions normally. When I undock, my last used IME is there (in this case, Thumb Keyboard). I just assumed it auto-switched the IME when you docked it.
What you are looking for exists already App called keyboard manager. Must have app for this thing if you have the dock.
Haro912 said:
What you are looking for exists already App called keyboard manager. Must have app for this thing if you have the dock.
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Agreed. It just works.
Cool, thanks, that was what I searched for.
FYI all SwiftKey X tablet version works great with the dock hardware keyboard.
I think every on-screen keyboard will work with the dock as long as you are using a stalwart englisg QWERTY layout. The problems begin when you are using a qwertz layout with spezial letters like ä, ü, ö and ß and a non standart on-screen keyboard like thumb keyboard or swift keyand connect your dock.
the problem with most non-asus keyboards is not the 'normal' keys. Most will work using the dock. The problem starts when you want to use other keys like shift, alt en capslock. That's why some sort of automatic switching needs to be done when the dock is connected or disconnected. I've found an app for the original transformer that does exactly this but it doesn't seem to work so well for the transformer prime.
Hi all.
Is there a keyboard apk that has arrow keys, like for EVO phones, that can be used with Prime when it is not docked?
is it even possible with ICS?
It's nice to have them on physical keyboard, but when "screen" is alone, it's hard to type anything serious without them...
aprunic said:
Hi all.
Is there a keyboard apk that has arrow keys, like for EVO phones, that can be used with Prime when it is not docked?
is it even possible with ICS?
It's nice to have them on physical keyboard, but when "screen" is alone, it's hard to type anything serious without them...
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Try Hacker's Keyboard. Make sure to mess around with the settings to get the keyboard to your liking.
Thumb Keyboard FTW!
Installed Hackers keyboard and configured to take over as default, but ICS complained abot it being possibly incompatible with the physical dock's keyboard...although I didn't see any problems yet.
Anybody having a hint about this?
aprunic said:
Installed Hackers keyboard and configured to take over as default, but ICS complained abot it being possibly incompatible with the physical dock's keyboard...although I didn't see any problems yet.
Anybody having a hint about this?
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Ignore it. I believe the phrase says something like 'using a different keyboard may not be compatible with the dock experience'. Pfft. Who cares about a different 'experience '? That's why we want a different layout!
And I love thumb keyboard! I got it on sale a while ago but I would pay full price for it again since it is so useful.
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thumb and dock...
I have installed thumb keyboard....
i have to switch keyboards when using dock.
thumb is not compatible with the german dock.
(while still using german settings in thumb)
the dock keys are not only changed, when thumb is on - some keys still
have no effect.
any solution?
regards
schokibaerchen said:
I have installed thumb keyboard....
i have to switch keyboards when using dock.
thumb is not compatible with the german dock.
(while still using german settings in thumb)
the dock keys are not only changed, when thumb is on - some keys still
have no effect.
any solution?
regards
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If you are rooted, check out Keyboard Manager in the Market. It allows you to specify different keyboards in Portrait, Landscape and when docked.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ne0fhykLabs.android.utility.kmLauncher
Works a treat.
Personally I use either Hackers (great for terminal work) or TouchPal Keyboard when not docked.
Hope this helps.
soulctcher said:
Thumb Keyboard FTW!
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+1
Thumb keyboard works well for me.
barryflanagan said:
If you are rooted, check out Keyboard Manager in the Market. It allows you to specify different keyboards in Portrait, Landscape and when docked.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ne0fhykLabs.android.utility.kmLauncher
Works a treat.
Personally I use either Hackers (great for terminal work) or TouchPal Keyboard when not docked.
Hope this helps.
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Ahhh, thanks for that app recommendation, been looking for something like that forever!
im using tf300t and the original docking station keyboard from Asus. the keyboard is brand new but only the mousepad is working I cant type with the keyboard! its really annoying
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Make sure the "Physical Keyboard" Switch is turned "On" when you have the dock connected. If you open a e-mail/note or any field that supports text entry, you can click the keyboard icon on the lower right side of your screen (next to the time/wifi icons etc.) Alternatively, you can find the options via Settings -> Language & Input -> Keyboard & Input methods
Also make sure that it's set to "Asus English (US) Keyboard" (or whatever default language it is you use), but double check whether it's the Asus keyboard and not a custom one. If you have any custom keyboard apps/mods/skins/themes installed, try uninstalling those to figure out if any one of them may be causing the incompatibility.
Lastly, if all of this doesn't work, perhaps something's wrong with your dock or the connector. If reseating (disconnecting/reconnecting the dock) doesn't help, and possibly resetting the device to factory defaults or re-installing the ROM you're currently on, you might wanna get it checked out and possibly contact Asus for an RMA.
When I plug the tablet to the dock I see this popup where or how do I set this?
I use thumb keyboard which I've set to my default input device (when not docked) in Settings/Language & Input. When I first got my dock and docked the Prime it said that. I went into Language & Input and set the default input to the Asus keyboard thinking that the dock would not work properly. After getting frustrated using the Asus touchscreen keyboard I changed my default back to Thumb keyboard. Ever since I did that I've never seen that message again.