Is it possible to modify the switch between potrait and landscape counter-clockwise instead of clockwise?
Maybe with some kind of registry setting, but default is not possible.
The device will remember the last change you made on Settings > System > TouchScreen.
So whatever you chosse there once, the toggle will switch between portrait and that sellection.
Cheers, s.
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Is it possible to modify the switch between potrait and landscape counter-clockwise instead of clockwise?
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Hi there,
Just got the new Polaris. Is this possible at all? I am sure it is. May be some registry entry to edit. Please post if someone knows. Thanks
Yep, reg-setting, bugged me awhile back so i went searching in the reg: /HLM/System/GDI/Rotation
If i'm not mistaken (i didn't write it down ) you should have LandscapeFixed set to "1". Put it to "0" and in the usual controlpanel app you should be able to select left/right rotation. (you'll have 3 options instead of 2)
I noticed something weird with this today..
I wanted to map the voice command button to rotate the screen
So i did so via the System->Buttons and i noticed it rotated it the opposite direction as the Launcher from HTC home does...
I'm about to check out the reg setting, cause that annoys me :-\
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I think I am going mad so forgive me.
Can someone help me to rotate the screen to landscape with the keyboard closed? IE. manually rotate the screen.
I can't seem to find the function anywhere.
or have I missed something?
Thanks.
Just rotate the device?!
This only works in certain apps, like picture etc.
I want the Home screen, and TT7 in Landscape when in the car, and turning the screen doesn't do anything.
Any help?
The Apps themselves need to support the Rotation of the phone by implementing a hook into the Accelerometer/G-Sensor.
Like said above, TouchFlo3D Pictures and Opera do this, but most other apps do not! Just need to wait for later versions or change to landscape mode manually - if supported!
Should be (although HTC may have removed it) in Start->Settings->System (tab)->Screen, and then change the orientation. It's possible HTC removed this functionality though...
I'm guessing that Mortscript will still work on the Touch.
You could use this to rotate the screen then call the app in question?
Then when you quit the app it'll rotate back.
I forgot the name of the app, but it allowed you to rotate the Diamond for any app or any situation in the phone. It should also be able to work on the Touch Pro then.
Its called GSen it works on diamond and probably it should work for this and if its not working just wait for new release.
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Should be (although HTC may have removed it) in Start->Settings->System (tab)->Screen, and then change the orientation. It's possible HTC removed this functionality though...
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They have removed this option, but you can bring it back with Schap's advanced config 3.0! I haven't tried it, but I've seen the option there!
Reg Edit to set Talk key to rotate screen manually
Here's a reg hack to manually rotate your screen, only when desired.
In Settings/Buttons/ one used to be able to assign a button to <Rotate Screen>. This feature is hidden on the Touch Pro.
To get it back:
Using a Registry editor, go to:
HKeyLocalMachine/System/GDI/Rotation
Change the "HideOrientationUI" from 1 to 0
Now you can remap the talk key to do this on long press.
Pocketpowermanager puts a little icon at the bottom of the Today screen which rotates the screen (and an icon for power off, and another for soft reset). It's a great application.
Hi there
Both Gens and Gyrator work well on the Touch Pro.
Just Bing them (at bing.com).
David
You can get an application called gyrator 2 which will allow you to rotate without sliding out the keyboard in any screen, so like you can use it in the start menu or anywhere else, http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=6068
Hey everyone,
If I have Opera open on my HTC Touch Pro with the hardware keyboard slid out, it still shows the onscreen keyboard (and it's annoying having to keep closing it all the time). Any idea how to fix this?
I too would like to know the solution for this. I have a feeling that this is kind of a feature from Opera and can't be disabled but it's very annoying for users with hardware keyboard.
I have this issue on my kaiser too
Daniel1515 said:
Hey everyone,
If I have Opera open on my HTC Touch Pro with the hardware keyboard slid out, it still shows the onscreen keyboard (and it's annoying having to keep closing it all the time). Any idea how to fix this?
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip>:
Create or change DWORD TurnOffAutoDeploy from 0 to 1
Restart your device!
its a bug with opera...
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its a bug with opera...
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Actually, it's not Opera. It's Raphael itself. HTC should have made it in such a way that if the keyboard is out, the SIP should not be displayed.
To prove that it is not Opera, try creating a new SMS. Do this in portrait mode first. Try hiding the SIP and change field (To or Message). You'll see that the SIP is displayed every time you change field. Now slide out the keyboard. Try changing field and you'll see that the SIP is also displayed.
As far as I understand (from another post somwhere on the forum) it's not technically a bug...
It's a requirement of Windows mobile that the SIP is deployed whenever text is entered into a field. Seems rather daft when you have a hardware keyboard on your phone though...
I've had that registry tweak above work for me, the same tweak is implemented in Advanced Config 3.3 as well. There's another fix that *should* work throughout Windows Mobile, for text fields.
It's called nullkb, and installs an option into the SIP menu that gives you a null keyboard option, and any attempt to bring up the SIP brings up nothing. I installed it, and it appeared to work, but after a reset, it defaulted back to the normal keybaord, so you have to select the null keyboard everytime you reset the device.
I'd love to find a way to simply disable auto deployment of the SIP in ALL circumstances. NullKB forces you to go into the SIP menu and select another keyboard should you want to use symbols, for example. The registry fix only seems to (sometimes) work for opera.
I just want the SIP to stay hidden until I want it, and a single click on the keyboard icon should bring the selected keyboard up.
I have no idea how to go around getting this working, I'm more of an end user than a developer...
e: there's also this reg key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip\AllowChange=1
Change that to 0 and it disables the SIP entirely. I'm thinking this fix and judicious use of PQzII (once I figure out how the hell to set it up...) to set up hardware keys for lots of symbols (where the hell is "\" on the keyboard? On a WM phone I would've thought a \ key would be mandatory...) might be the way forward, though it's a fair amount of work to get everything set up.
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip>:
Create or change DWORD TurnOffAutoDeploy from 0 to 1
Restart your device!
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That doesn't work, at least not on my CDMA Touch Pro.
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e: there's also this reg key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip\AllowChange=1
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Doesn't work on my CDMA Touch Pro That regedit makes the keyboard appear on screen all the time, with no way to minimize it.
it is a bug in opera...
it is well documented as one
you can see if you disable autodeploy of keybaord (use advanced config) and youll see it still appears in opera. the only work around is to download nullkb and select it as your input while using opera
I had the problem with nullkb that it wouldn't stay as the default SIP after a soft reset. Loading PQzII and setting a link to PQzII in the startup folder fixed this, as within PQzII you can select which SIP should be displayed in portrait *and* landscape individually.
This still means a couple of clicks to get a keyboard up in landscape for entering symbols, but if in portrait the SIP will display normally.
I still can't get the "\" to work properly through PQzII though... it displays odd characters whenever I enter it into any of the PQzII configuration options. I suspect \ is used extensively in the code or something, and this messes up what's going on inside PQzII.
i have couple of quick questions?
1) how can I make the menus rotate without having to open the keyboard.
2) when the phone goes in standby, i have to open the keyboard to make it come back, none of the buttons work. is there a way around this.
thanks please help
1) I dont think there is a way to just rotate menus without rotating the entire screen
2) according to the pithiness of the previous question I would ask - which buttons did you try?
Kentoplaya
Take a look at a program called Gyrator. I think it will rotate various screens as you were seeking. I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds like what you are looking for. Here is a link:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-gyrator.html
you could also do it via a button which i like because gyrator rotates sometimes when you dont want it to. If you are willing to go through the registry than you can go to HKLM/System/GDI/Rotation and change "HideOrientationUI" to 1 (decimal). and after you do that go to Settings->personal->Buttons and it should say <Rotate Screen>
Edit: Change it to 0. It should be 1 by default.
have mine set to rotate to left with one key press (Long Send)
Setting -> Buttons -> Button 1(Hold) : <Rotate Screen>
You can also set the Short & Long press of PPT button to go into the Screen:General tab, but then you still would have to make your selection and then press ok.
Hey this works pretty well. I think some programs may display funny, but a cool tip. thx.
Hi everyone!
I searched over the forum to find a way to keep the previous screen orientation when I push the power on button. It's useful when I cradle my Uni in the car...
Seems that I may stop the service "MIS1" but it has several side effects: it's hard to start again (requires registry modifications) and once stopped it doesn't make the screen to rotate anymore.
So, how can I make the screen to remain in landscape when I turned off my Uni in landscape mode?
Thank you for reading...
A solution may be hardware rather than software, if you ok to do such a thing.
Add slider button or similar to disable the internal switch.
Too much invasive for the device...
Since it seems to be a software function to reset to portrait mode every time the device wakes up, maybe there's a way to stop it, or to add a software button to enable/disable this feature...
On MSDN it's explained how to access the screen rotation features but I have no idea on how to do it...
Sound strange that nobody felt the need of such a trick before... Or not in the same way as me...
Thx...
try with mortscript.
use df task manager and configure that script in wake-up notification event.
Thank you for the suggestion, Tomal!
I partially did it.
When I'm driving in my car, I put the screen in landscape because of the cradle and I need the device to stay in landscape mode only in this case.
So I put in SPB Mobile Shell today a link to a script (using a renamed autorun.exe to make it appear in the programs list) that switches between landscape and portrait and writes on a file the status.
Then I added a link in the notifications list using DF's task manager to another script that reads the previous state from the file and flips the screen to landscape only if the file says that the device was in landscape.
Unfortunately WM6 seems to override the script and the screen barely returns to portrait on wake up.
I partially fixed it adding in the "notificated" script a 6 seconds wait time.
Doing this the screen rotate to portrait for a little time then returns, as it was supposed to, to landscape.
I need some more tests to ensure that the wait time doesn't create conflicts with other functions like phone or reminders.
One first upgrade would be to find a way to write on the file the screen status when the device goes to sleep, but I don't know how to do it.
The second, and most important, upgrade would be to understand why WM overrides the rotate function.
Another thought: I made a script that writes on a file the screen status on woke up. If I turn off the device while in portrait mode and I turn it back on, the script writes in the file that the screen is in portrait mode. Seems that when the notification starts the script reads the status wanted by Windows even if the screen appears in landscape for few seconds, then it rotates.
According to this, I supposed that the seconds needed to rotate weren't influent and Windows thought to be in portrait mode. But the other script won't work without a 6 seconds delay...
Any idea?
Sorry for the lenght...
You do not need to write on file, just write on registry.
Create a new reg key and add/remove all your values are there. It's the most reliable way.
just my two cents.
Auzman, don't know if you have found your solution. I was dwelling on iGo (NavNGo), that it sticks to landscape (when set, and I turn off/on Uni). However I think it's sneaky in that it isn't real landscape, but actually changes its images to suit the orientation you choose (in iGo) and totally ignores the PPC's (WM/Uni) orientation. But hey, it does mean I was still thinking of you ha!
Hi guys
I have 2 questions about the Navipanel.
First the easier one. (I think for devs this might be easy)
When I start the Navipanel on my HD2 it's forced to go in Landscape.
When return to the start menu and back to the navipanel it is in Portrait Mode, but only for 2 sec. and then it returns to Landscape.
Now is it possible to run the navipanel in Portrait without it change again in Landscape?
I already tryed with the BsB Tweak where you can select Apps whitch have to rotait. But dosent work
Second
The second question is more for the "Hardcore Developers"
Whould it be possible to change the shourtcuts so that it would work like on go pilot? Because now it's not important which button I press it only opens Navigon. But it dosen't go directly to my House (for Example.)
Thanks for Respons and bye all
SAME REQUEST ....SEEMS NOONE CAN MANAGE TO CHANGE THIS NAVIPANEL.which in case is totally useless without any solution and the fact tha cant be used with igo8 which is far more better program than copilot.
Try to set inside "navigon/settings/general/orientation" the auto orientation; in this case, the navi panel will start always to portrait. If you need the landscape, set the orientation 90° to the left or to the right (in the same way like above).
Cheers.