Is there a setting, or an app that will automatically disable the dock's touchpad while typing? My thumbs hit it while I'm typing, and it sends the cursor (and the typed text) all over the place. Every laptop I've ever owned has automatically disabled the touchpad while the keyboard was in use to prevent this type of issue. I'm hoping there's a way to configure the prime to do the same.
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Yep there is a key on the keyboard dock right above the #3 that will disable it.
Thanks, but I was hoping for something that automatically disabled it while the keyboard was in use (and then re-enabled it a second or so after you stopped typing). The button works for now, but I hope that there is an automatic solution soon...
Dave
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As far as I know there is no setting for that.
The touch pad could use a couple of software settings that would make it much more usable, for instance a setting to disable tap to click would be amazing.
The second or so youd have to wait for the touchpad to reactivate surely is better spent actually pressing the trackpad enable/disable button??
My trackpad is permanently disabled as i find it much easier to navigate on screen rather than use the trackpad.
Danny-B- said:
The second or so youd have to wait for the touchpad to reactivate surely is better spent actually pressing the trackpad enable/disable button??
My trackpad is permanently disabled as i find it much easier to navigate on screen rather than use the trackpad.
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Same here.
Or you could do what I do and invest in a wireless USB mouse. I have it plugged in all the time because the receiver is so darn small it doesn't matter to me .
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I just leave the touchpad off all the time. Don't need it since I can just touch the screen.
rocer said:
I just leave the touchpad off all the time. Don't need it since I can just touch the screen.
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Same here lol
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rocer said:
I just leave the touchpad off all the time. Don't need it since I can just touch the screen.
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WHOA! WHOA! whoa! whoa, whoa....
i can... TOUCH, the SCREEN!? naw... naw man, naw.
rocer said:
I just leave the touchpad off all the time. Don't need it since I can just touch the screen.
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I see your logic, however the touchpad is a lot more accurate if you're trying to select a portion of text, or put the cursor in a specific spot. I use the TP for taking notes in meetings a lot, and the touchpad really helps there.
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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.
bretnj said:
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.
Hey all, I just got my dock today and it is awesome. Just had a few questions for you. Is there any way to wake the screen using the keyboard, or an app that will sense when the prime is docked, and leave the screen always on until the light sensor detects that you closed the tab/dock? Also, in the settings there is an option to set the middle button on the touchpad. Am i missing something? Where is this middle button?
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Sorry, wish I could help ya. I too have been asking for a list or link to any special key functions.
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21182119&postcount=1
Hello xda, is there such a thing as a keyboard that only occupies 1/4 of the screen so that i could type with only my right thumb while holding the tf201 with my right hand? swipe or alphanumeric keypad i think is best for this application....
spencer_manzon said:
Hello xda, is there such a thing as a keyboard that only occupies 1/4 of the screen so that i could type with only my right thumb while holding the tf201 with my right hand? swipe or alphanumeric keypad i think is best for this application....
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you said it...download swype's newest beta. tehy have a mode like this. also thumb keyboard lets you do this, but it still occupies both sides of the screen
luck
Wow, that was luck, I was referring to types of keyboard I am actually using it now thanks asus keyboard has this swiping thing but it does not go to that small mode
spencer_manzon said:
Wow, that was luck, I was referring to types of keyboard I am actually using it now thanks asus keyboard has this swiping thing but it does not go to that small mode
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i can't STAND the asus keyboard. its useless and dead to me.
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Is there an app that anyone is aware of for the dock that freezes the pointer where its at or stop it from jumping somewhere when u type like the program touchfreeze for laptops that does the same but for android. I mean its annoying when u start typing and then look up and see ur pointer jumped somewhere else as u were typing. I appreciate any input . Thanks
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Press the 4th button on the top left to toggle the trackpad arrow off and on.
thanks for replying but there is no 4th button on top left where do u see that at ?
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its on the keyboard dock itsself, position of where F4 would be on a normal keyboard, you will a picture of a rectangle and I think a cross, that locks the pad.
If you have the TFP docked, on the top row of keys the 4th one in from the left has a picture of a trackpad with a diagonal line from bottom right to top left. If you press this once it disables the trackpad. The button is directly above the small figure on the "3" key on the uk keyboard this is the £ sign (I think US layout is the same except for the " and @ keys)
Hope this helps
Andy
thank you for your replies . i been looking at the screen the whole time and it was on the keyboard the whole time lol. thanks everyone.
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I just got the dock and CAN NOT STAND the tap to click. The first thing I do when using a laptop is turn that off and I dont happen to see an option on the TF, does anyone know if this can be done? Thanks
Ive read you can only turn off the touchpad completely, supposedly from settings, but I can't find it: confused:
Godswrath said:
Ive read you can only turn off the touchpad completely, supposedly from settings, but I can't find it: confused:
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4. key on keyboard.:cyclops:
ejssje said:
4. key on keyboard.:cyclops:
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Yup, lol, pretty hard to miss that key.
ejssje said:
4. key on keyboard.:cyclops:
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haha, thx, never use any of those hotkeys
Nice thing about the option to turn it off, means that you can use a wireless mouse w/ the keyboard dock & it will recognize it as an input device. Right now I'm using the Logitech Anywhere MX Mouse instead of the touch pad.