Is there a way with android that I can switch the behavior of my menu button on my home screen? right now when I short press it the menu will come up, when I long press it will go to search. It'd like it to go to search when I short press, is this possible?
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I dont think so.
But its possible the other way around.
But then again, why would you want to replace the menu button function?
Its like the home button on an iOS Device
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You can Edit system/usr/keylayout/sec_key.kl to change the key behaviour.
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Is there anyway I can remove the thing when I press the home button the preview of my pages show? Just don't like it and it lags. Thankss.
Go into settings, where it asks what pressing home actions are, something like that, select do nothing. It is not the one that brings you to home screen, just what hitting home does when you are already there.
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DaleV said:
Go into settings, where it asks what pressing home actions are, something like that, select do nothing. It is not the one that brings you to home screen, just what hitting home does when you are already there.
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Of course I checked that already. Miui does not have that option
Does anyone have a tweak or MOD that allows you to hold the menu button and something come up? As Sony Ericsson devices don't have a search button, I would really like to hold the Menu button to search.
Currently, on stock ROM, holding the menu button brings up keyboard(on LWW and others with onscreen keyboard).
Ah, I see you have Mini Pro.
I read about the remapping keys by long press and according to me, it was not possible yet on Xperia's. I am not sure right now, if I see/hear something, I will let you know.
On mini Pro just open the (HW) keyboard on the home screen and start typing. These are the search keys.
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it would be better if holding the menu button task manger/task switcher will appear
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it would be better if holding the menu button task manger/task switcher will appear
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If you hold the home button, recent apps will appear. Not sure if you already knew that, tough
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gijs46 said:
If you hold the home button, recent apps will appear. Not sure if you already knew that, tough
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Of course I know that. Duh it's just that holding the home button to open recent apps is not comfortable, the button is too hard to press. Maybe its just me though
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Hey, is there any rom/mod allowing remapping of GSIII button keys?
I'd love to get Recent Apps open by using the left Menu Button instead of double clickin' on the Home Button (a sort of Nexus style, whose Recent App button was the soft key on the right). To be honest, I'd like to swap them (double click Home Button for menu, tap left button for Recent Apps).
Thanks!
I remember cm10 has this feature.
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I'd like the power buttonto be a shutter button when in camera mode
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Any easy way to change functions of things like home/menu buttons, if for example I want to quickly pull up task manager without having to long press home. I find that to be tedious.
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Here is an app that can launch apps by pressing home button twice.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eikatou0.appspot.home2shortcut
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r1_2fast4u said:
Here is an app that can launch apps by pressing home button twice.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eikatou0.appspot.home2shortcut
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Meh, I'd rather a single press for task manager, or better yet.. menu key and then hold for menu. I don't need hold menu for search.
Nova launcher lets you do what you please with menu and home buttons, for long and short press
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Thanks for that recommendation, I'm using that nova as my default launcher. But it still doesn't really do what I'm looking for. It only works while on desktop and doesn't have a tap menu feature. I need something global. Hope I'm not being too picky lol
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If you're rooted, you can edit the function of the home button pretty easily.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032123
If you use that tutorial above, you'll see the properties of the keys. I enabled the on screen keys, disabled the capacitive keys, and remapped the home button to launch the camera instead of being a home button.
is anyone know if you can remap the hard buttons on stock rom. I like to be able to press the home button and bring up the Google now menu
You can press and hold and it will bring up 3 options one of them being google.
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You can press and hold and it will bring up 3 options one of them being google.
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HA! never saw those 3 options in the months of using that button to bring up the task manager
thanks.
No problem :thumbup:
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You can also get "home2 shortcut" which will allow you to use double tap to open any app. I use it to make google now my voice search
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you can also edit what the buttons do if you are rooted just edit /system/urs/keylayout/generic.kl AND /system/usr/keylayout/gpiokeys.kl to have the buttons be whatever you like the main buttons are 139 menu 158 back and 172 home. Make sure you dont erase the wake or wake_dropped if you want them to work like before. You can erase it if you want the home button to not wake up the phone.
You can also bring up the on screen keys like a tablet with one line to build.prop if you want. Just add "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0" to the end of build.prop and the on screen keys will appear on reboot
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