How to flick the keyboard to one hand keyboard (portrait view)? My way is to pinch out the keyboard horizontally but only 1 out of 20-40 times i get success . Am i doing it wrong or this feature is buggy in ICS as well as JB? Not to mention in landscape view switching between full size keyboard and thumb keyboard is as smooth as butter by doing the same procedure.
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Well, by doing the same thing i think i sorted out how to efficiently convert portrait keyboard to one hand keyboard. 1. Just put down the mobile onto something like bed or table.
2. Now here is the trick- using your index fingers of both hands just pinch out the keyboard horizontally as fast as u can.
3. Do it 2 times in each attempt, and be fast while doing so.
Now following this procedure i managed to flick the portrait keyboard just in nearabout 2 tires. :thumbup:
Bud plz do inform me if you've got any other better method.
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Hardeep_Singh said:
Well, by doing the same thing i think i sorted out how to efficiently convert portrait keyboard to one hand keyboard. 1. Just put down the mobile onto something like bed or table.
2. Now here is the trick- using your index fingers of both hands just pinch out the keyboard horizontally as fast as u can.
3. Do it 2 times in each attempt, and be fast while doing so.
Now following this procedure i managed to flick the portrait keyboard just in nearabout 2 tires. :thumbup:
Bud plz do inform me if you've got any other better method.
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The P769 model don't have that feature. Well we do but we have to edit the build.prop to enable it
No everyone's hands are the same. I don't use that feature, I prefer to swype.
Hardeep_Singh said:
Well, by doing the same thing i think i sorted out how to efficiently convert portrait keyboard to one hand keyboard. 1. Just put down the mobile onto something like bed or table.
2. Now here is the trick- using your index fingers of both hands just pinch out the keyboard horizontally as fast as u can.
3. Do it 2 times in each attempt, and be fast while doing so.
Now following this procedure i managed to flick the portrait keyboard just in nearabout 2 tires. :thumbup:
Bud plz do inform me if you've got any other better method.
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I was able to do this without laying the phone down.
No need to use two fingers as well.
Just use the top row of the keyboard.
Take your phone in your hand and use your thumb to slide along the top row quickly, either to the left or to the right.
The keyboard will switch to one had keyboard mode, and the side will depend on which side you are sliding.
Happy typing!
Wooo... gr8!! that works awesome, thanks. :thumbup:
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Well, Swiftkey X has lost its appeal to me.
What are some of the best keyboards out there that, as odd a request as it might seem, are also light on system resources?
I just like a snappy keyboard that doesn't take two seconds to pop up or disappear, and doesn't 'stumble' when typing (no input for a sec, then all of a sudden puts in your last 3 strokes).
I don't need much in terms of theming, but the one thing I found with Swiftkey that I REALLY fell in love with was the ability to change the long key press time threshold...for example, I decreased it from like 500ms to 250ms...it makes typing for me a whole lot faster. Are there any other keyboards with that?
Thanks for your input fellas.
My swipe pops up right away. However, I HATE typing passwords or usernames with it. I know that doesn't really help, as I cna't find any keyboards I like... I can't stand swiftkey, especially with the browser, as that .com is ALWAYS in the way when I try to search. For general use, I like the stock keyboard actually... its less laggy than the froyo one was, but it still is a bit laggy...
i used for a while go keyboard, but now i'm using thumb keyboard 4 and it's highly customizable, fast no lags, perfect for my big fingers
KeRmiT80 said:
i used for a while go keyboard, but now i'm using thumb keyboard 4 and it's highly customizable, fast no lags, perfect for my big fingers
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I've been eyeing that one and think I'll check out the free demo/trial they have.
Unfortunately, Mgamerz, I kinda don't like any swype keyboards. I actually tried going back to it for a while when Swiftkey started fading and still couldn't get into it.
Thanks for the input guys.
I'm using thumb keyboard and its pretty good. Really like the portrait layout, making it soeasy to type.
It would be much better if it let me customize every single keys so I can make my own layout or keys that I use often.
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Go keyboard is best for me. You have swipe, you can adjust intensity of vibration you have everything.
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vp294 said:
I'm using thumb keyboard and its pretty good. Really like the portrait layout, making it soeasy to type.
It would be much better if it let me customize every single keys so I can make my own layout or keys that I use often.
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Well I was mistaken, there is no demo.
But you like it? Never ran into any lag? I see a review here and there that says it lags but it was literally only like 2, and one of them was using the LG optimus (the little crappy one T-mobile has, I think)
@knjigo: You're right...I don't like swyping though. Plus, I'm actually referring not to the length of the vibration feedback, but to how long it takes for, say, when I press a letter at the top with a number mapped "under" it for the long keypress, I could actually change how long I had to wait while pressing the letter to get the number to pop up.
I like it. Using it since alien rom and now I'm using cm7. I have experienced NO lag at all on this beast.
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Any of you know a good keyboard that doesn't take up the whole space in landscape? I love swype, but hate the fact that it takes up the whole space -__-
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I like it. Using it since alien rom and now I'm using cm7. I have experienced NO lag at all on this beast.
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Awesome. Glad to hear.
Can anybody offer a comparison between Thumb Keyboard and another keyboard called Perfect Keyboard?
i got Smart Keyboard can change sizes and nice theme. and i tested all the keyboards and thats the only one i like if u want it msg me and ill get u apk for it.
I use FlexT9 - It works great - even in browsers and typing usernames/passwords (just type like a regular keyboard) and its a "swype" style keyboard.
jgc121 said:
I use FlexT9 - It works great - even in browsers and typing usernames/passwords (just type like a regular keyboard) and its a "swype" style keyboard.
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+1 for flexT9
Keyboard from Android 2.3 in the market (Steven Lin) I have the paid ver, but you can also try the light ver. It's the lightest and fastest for me
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ai type keyboard beta with windows 7 theme. no lag at all. i was using go but this is like freaking amazing!!!
I have used multiling keyboard after testing a bunch in the beginning. I think it doesn't get enough attention. No lag, and highly customizable....including the length of long press!
Also doesn't take full screen in landscape.
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+1 for Smart Keyboard...nice themes and pretty light weight.
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I have used multiling keyboard after testing a bunch in the beginning. I think it doesn't get enough attention. No lag, and highly customizable....including the length of long press!
Also doesn't take full screen in landscape.
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Indeed, multiling keyboard is nice too, I have it installed it to use it with the thai characters, it's also free.
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perfect keyboard well its just perfect and totally customizable
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ltdanno360 said:
perfect keyboard well its just perfect and totally customizable
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+1 for perfect keyboard
I keep hearing people say Swype and for the life of me I have tried it, but it just seems to make top many mistakes
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i use this one and it works great
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...yLDEsImNvbS52bGx3cC5pbnB1dG1ldGhvZC5sYXRpbiJd
Dillsnik said:
I keep hearing people say Swype and for the life of me I have tried it, but it just seems to make top many mistakes
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Lol. What keyboard are you using? If you typed that with Swype (timely typo), then maybe try to adjust the sensitivity and maybe checkout the tutorial. I was having issues too until I played around with it. Now it's my go to keyboard. Good luck
I use perfect keyboard. I find that swiping a single finger can't possibly touch the speed of two thumbs. Plus I like the split keyboard in landscape as without it is a bitbof a stretch.
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Thumb keyboard
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I use ics keyboard from market. If you look around in the setting menu you will found some nice themeing options. Cool ones...free
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Another one for Thumb Keyboard here. I've tried just about everything out there and always come back to it, the best one available in my opinion.
Smart keyboard here.
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Better keyboard 8! Only available on the Amazon market now, but best ever!
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I use Swype and sometimes Swiftkey X
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I used to use Better Keyboard before it was taken off the Market, but now I use ICS keyboard previously mentioned. If I ever used landscape to type, I'd grab a thumb keyboard.
Just picked up Swift Key X for. 49!
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I switch between swype and thumb keyboard.
+1 for SwiftkeyX. And yep.. its on sale! Grab it before the price returns to normal.
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LOVE better keyboard.
+1 for the ICS keyboard in the market. Great keyboard. I've got swiftkey but I just found it kind of meh.
I use Swype and I have a terrible time going back to any keyboard that doesn't have some sort of swiping interaction.
I have pretty large hands and I can reach all the way across the screen with my thumb, so I can hold and use the keyboard with the same hand. I don't think I'd be able to do that without a swiping keyboard.
I use swiftkey tablet X but there is one thing that annoys me to not end. The little area to the left of the "a" I seem to always hit vibrates when you click it but results in no "a".
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Swype, but I use it like a standard keyboard (no 'swyping'). I use it because it has a hidden keyboard which makes cursor movement and other editing keys available. I came from a phone that had a mini joystick which made cursor movements around a text box very easy.
If you are wondering, to bring up the hidden keyboard you swype from the swype button to the right to the EN/'World' button.
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Swype, but I use it like a standard keyboard (no 'swyping'). I use it because it has a hidden keyboard which makes cursor movement and other editing keys available. I came from a phone that had a mini joystick which made cursor movements around a text box very easy.
If you are wondering, to bring up the hidden keyboard you swype from the swype button to the right to the EN/'World' button.
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Quite a few keyboards in the market have hidden cursors. Perfect keyboard and Gingerbread keyboard (by Stephen Lin I think) have hold, slide up space bar to get cursors.
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Don't get me wrong...love my note....but the keyboard is just too wi6de for comfort! The keys by the edges of the screen aren't the most accessible. If the entire keyboard could be indented by about a cm on each side....things would be perfect! Anyone know of such a solution?
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If you're rooted, and like Swype, uninstall the stock one, go to beta.swype.com get the installer and run it, it should install a smaller one instead.
fmllc said:
Don't get me wrong...love my note....but the keyboard is just too wi6de for comfort! The keys by the edges of the screen aren't the most accessible. If the entire keyboard could be indented by about a cm on each side....things would be perfect! Anyone know of such a solution?
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Take a look at Swiftkey or Thumb keyboards. The are both very configurable and might provide the functionality you are looking for. I have been using Swiftkey exclusively, both for its split keyboard setting which is great for the GNotes wide landscape format, and for its freakaly accurate word prediction software. Swiftkey will learn your typing style and gets better at its corrections with use. Both the Thumb and the Swiftkey keyboards allow you to reconfigure the height and the width of the board keys; a functionality which seems to at address your stated interest, if i am understanding you.
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So, the stock keyboard seems to absolutely suck.
Most of the text predictions seem to be proper nouns from a long dead Eastern European language and every time I look for an "m" I trigger the delete key.
I can't always have 2 hands free to operate this behemoth, so I need a keyboard set up on the right hand side. Do any of them do it other than the retarded stock ap?
Google Works.
Try Kii Keyboard
DrunkUncas said:
So, the stock keyboard seems to absolutely suck.
Most of the text predictions seem to be proper nouns from a long dead Eastern European language and every time I look for an "m" I trigger the delete key.
I can't always have 2 hands free to operate this behemoth, so I need a keyboard set up on the right hand side. Do any of them do it other than the retarded stock ap?
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Try the Kii Keyboard in the market, i like it and bought the pro version, it is the most customizable keyboard i have ever used.
I made a page here of a few Android Keyboards.
Just to give peeps some more ideas.
I'll be updating all of the pages in time..
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I made a page here of a few Android Keyboards.
Just to give peeps some more ideas.
I'll be updating all of the pages in time..
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That's a nice list but it still doesn't answer the question regarding which ones are resizeable for one handed operation on this phone. So far I've found that Kii and SlideIT are acceptable alternatives but Kii keyboard is not moveable from one side to the other. I still like the stock Samsung keyboard better if it just had auto correct.
Sometimes changing the DPI on the keyboard will move it over, but personally I like Swype. I use it normal, but what really helps the one handed use across the whole device is my Flygrip. Best accessory I've ever bought.
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sleevasteve said:
Sometimes changing the DPI on the keyboard will move it over, but personally I like Swype. I use it normal, but what really helps the one handed use across the whole device is my Flygrip. Best accessory I've ever bought.
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I just checked out the flygrip it is really cool I may have to get one Thanks
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That's a nice list but it still doesn't answer the question regarding which ones are resizeable for one handed operation on this phone. So far I've found that Kii and SlideIT are acceptable alternatives but Kii keyboard is not moveable from one side to the other. I still like the stock Samsung keyboard better if it just had auto correct.
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You can move kii keyboard to the left side of the screen or the right. Look at the keyboard padding option
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I wonder if SwiftKey would be willing to implement this. I think I'll shoot them an email and see as it would be handy.
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You can move kii keyboard to the left side of the screen or the right. Look at the keyboard padding option
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Yes but that requires going into the settings every time you want to switch sides. I'm talking about the ability to switch sides quickly for using with either hand. SlideIT has a bar which can be pulled from side to side. I do like the top row numbers on the Kii keyboard though. I'd only used the samsung keyboard for about a week and was already accustomed to using the top row numbers.
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Yes but that requires going into the settings every time you want to switch sides. I'm talking about the ability to switch sides quickly for using with either hand. SlideIT has a bar which can be pulled from side to side. I do like the top row numbers on the Kii keyboard though. I'd only used the samsung keyboard for about a week and was already accustomed to using the top row numbers.
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Oh gotcha I didn't know that. Thats cool. Luckily for me ive got big hands. The top nunber row keeps me at kii tho for sure. Plus the fact that you can use any theme you find on the market. I bet if someone brought something like that up to those developers they would implement it. They are ALWAYS updating
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jellyhead said:
That's a nice list but it still doesn't answer the question regarding which ones are resizeable for one handed operation on this phone. So far I've found that Kii and SlideIT are acceptable alternatives but Kii keyboard is not moveable from one side to the other. I still like the stock Samsung keyboard better if it just had auto correct.
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Huh...from the linked page: "You can resize the keyboard by dragging the resize key!" A.I. Type Keyboard
TouchPal
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pgzerwer said:
TouchPal
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Thank you. Touch pal is awesome!
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The new Swiftkey beta slides to one side, resizes, and undocks
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The new Swiftkey beta slides to one side, resizes, and undocks
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I'm digging TouchPal. Have you compared the two? Instead of long pressing, TouchPal allows you to press on key and slide up to choose upper character (number),slide down for punctuation. You can also press delete button or slide from delete left to delete entire word. Finally, it suggests words that show up between the keys that can be selected by dragging then to space bar. I also forgot that you can slide space bar up to select emotions. I'm sure there's more... LOL
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If TouchPal had top row numbers it would be very close to the default Samsung keyboard. So close but not quite.
jellyhead said:
If TouchPal had top row numbers it would be very close to the default Samsung keyboard. So close but not quite.
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Really? Seems like TouchPal has quite a few add'l features.
TouchPal X is definitely the finest one.
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Yeah, I kinda stumbled into TouchPal Keyboard about a year ago since I have used TouchPal Dialer for years. Keyboard has proven more useful on my Note 2 than it did on my previous phones. And yeah, I went to the X version after official release (the beta was really flaky early in the development ).
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i've been using my HTC One for over a month now.
it's great, but the keyboard shows with an increasing delay.
currently when i try to type something, it takes 1-2 seconds for the keyboard to show.
everything else is fast and responsive.
is it because it's loading some dictionary on every show?
is there a way to reset it ?
I haven't had that issue at all. Very fast for me. What see you trying to use it in? Was there a specific app this happens in?
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sonic11 said:
i've been using my HTC One for over a month now.
it's great, but the keyboard shows with an increasing delay.
currently when i try to type something, it takes 1-2 seconds for the keyboard to show.
everything else is fast and responsive.
is it because it's loading some dictionary on every show?
is there a way to reset it ?
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This belongs in Q&A
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LudoGris said:
I haven't had that issue at all. Very fast for me. What see you trying to use it in? Was there a specific app this happens in?
happens in multiple apps. it sort of creeped up after 1.5 months of heavy use. actually it's about 2-3 seconds delay.. hope i don't have to reset my phone to get rid of it..
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The keyboard is not as good as the real Swype. It doesn't detect when your swiping is unintentionally off target. I had to download the real Swype keyboard to get comfortable again.
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That stinks. I haven't had it for more than a month yet. I hope this doesn't happen to me.
Hope you don't have to reset either!
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sp_1st_timer said:
The keyboard is not as good as the real Swype. It doesn't detect when your swiping is unintentionally off target. I had to download the real Swype keyboard to get comfortable again.
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not sure what you mean.. there is only one swype keyboard. i installed it from swype.com.
sonic11 said:
not sure what you mean.. there is only one swype keyboard. i installed it from swype.com.
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What I mean is, the stock keyboard also allows typing by simply sliding a finger from the first letter of a word to its last letter, just like Swype. But the stock keyboard is not as good in predicting the word you intend to type.
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You could try the Swype off the Play Store, I believe it's on sale for $1.
Or swiftkey, both are great
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