Is there a keyboard remapping program that could allow me to add the characters "<" and ">" into "Fn + N" and "Fn + M"? I hope that's not confusing. I happen to use shifty eyes a lot, and it's a lot handier than having to enter the symbol menu all the time.
Look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534543
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I do a bit of text editing on my Palm and don't like having to take the stylus out of its silo when I'm using the keyboard, just to move text.
So how do I select text using the keyboard?
The Treo manual says:
Highlighting text
You can use the 5-way or the stylus to
highlight text on the screen:
• 5-way: Press and hold Shift ( or
) while pressing Right , Left ,
Up , or Down to extend the
highlight in that direction.
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I must be doing something wrong, but I can't get that to work.
Hi,
The 5 way button moves you round a text (email, SMS etc) the same way your cursor keys do on your pc.
If you hold the shift key on your treo the 5 way button will highlight: > next character, < preceding character, v line below, ^ line above.
Multiple presses while still holding shift allow you to select large blocks of text easily.
Cheers
Angus
If you hold the shift key on your treo the 5 way button will highlight
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Yes, that's what the manual says. My point is that it doesn't work. Not for me. Not on my device.
The Shift key works. Pressing it (either the left or right one) displays the "up arrow" icon. The 5-way button works - I can move the cursor. Pressing and holding the shift while using the 5-way button doesn't do anything (i.e. I just move the cursor around the text without selecting anything).
Just goes to prove - should have checked it, it doesn't do what the manual says at all - although it does work on my old treo 600. What a pain!
yes, i have been email to palm, and also call up to palm. they say it is a mistake from palm company, and will update the rom soon!! OMG!!! That`s Suck!!!
on my kaiser, if i pressed n, then function and space bar, the n turned to ñ. how do i get this character on the fuze?
eric b
e-dub said:
on my kaiser, if i pressed n, then function and space bar, the n turned to ñ. how do i get this character on the fuze?
eric b
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There may be a shortcut, I don't know, but the only way I can see to enter this is to press FN and the space bar, then hit the "more" at the lower left of the screen twice. It's the second from the left in the second row.
Press the blue FN plus the SPACE BAR that when pressed togeter is SYM = SYMBOLS and there you go...
I'm happily running Ubuntu on my TF-101 now. Thanks to lilstevie and everyone else who helped make that possible!
However I'd like to make the search key on the dock act as an alt key. I know how to remap modifier keys using xmadmap, but xev doesn't seem to report any X events when pressing the search key so I can't get its code . The home key next to it is reported as "keycode 180 (keysym 0x1008ff18, XF86HomePage)", but absolutely nothing for the search key.
When you press the search key a "search for files" window pops up, so the key press is being recognised somewhere in the system, but I guess whatever that is then suppresses the normal X KeyPress event.
Anyone have any ideas about how to fix this? I guess in the meantime I'll try using the home key instead.
Ah, just figured it out. First disable the system-wide usage of the search key:
Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts
Scroll down to the Desktop section and click on "Search"
Press backspace to disable any shortcut for that function
Then xev reports the keypress as "keycode 225 (keysym 0x1008ff1b, XF86Search)" so the following command will make it act as an Alt key:
xmodmap -e "add mod1 = XF86Search"
Hope someone finds this as useful as I do - it's nice having the keys in the right place!
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Having recently discovered these myself, and seeing that others aren't aware of them, we need a list here.
The majority of these shortcuts require a hardware keyboard to function - and make having one that much more valuable beyond the other obvious benefits.
These will make your life a whole lot easier - no longer will you have to do things the hard way through the touch interface.
Let's start:
Holding the hardware menu button and pressing other characters does stuff.
First of all, you can find out menu shortcuts on your own. Hit menu once to open it, then hold it and it will show them on the menu options.
General Android:
In a text field:
Menu + X: Cut
Menu + C: Copy
Menu + V: Paste
Menu + A: Select All
Also:
Alt + Trackpad Up: Top of page
Alt + Trackpad Down: Bottom of page
Alt + Trackpad Left: Beginning of line
Alt + Trackpad Right: End of line
(when the keyboard is slid out, the trackpad orientation changes to be proper for the way you are holding it, so left really is left and so forth)
Holding shift and using the trackpad to scroll around highlights from where the cursor is when you start.
Spacebar works as page down in a document (or browser)
Shift + Spacebar works as page up in the same fashion.
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On your home screen:
Menu + W: Select Wallpaper
Menu + P: Personalize Menu
Menu + N: Show Quicklaunch
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Long press of the Search button brings up a menu of apps you have installed that can use it. The genius button replaced the search button on this device, so you will have to remap the key to use this functionality.
See this thread for remapping the genius to search:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285244
If you do not have more then one app that uses this long-press search shortcut menu, it will default to the only one that can (google voice - or nothing if none are installed)
The ability to use this menu has to be programmed into the individual app itself - so it's a crapshoot if you can find any to do so. Soundhound is one, QR Droid Private 3 is another - and i'm sure you will find more.
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Launch Apps
Search + A: (User Selectable)
All the way down to...
Search + Z: (User Selectable)
...are keys you can pick the apps that pressing the key combo launches.
Search + any letter from A to Z is user selectable in settings. Go to:
Settings -> Applications -> Quick Launch.
This will allow you to launch any app you set by using the hotkey combination assigned to it.
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Individual apps may have their own shortcuts that override or change what the standard ones are depending on the app you are in.
They may change or ignore some of these shortcuts, so you may have to experiment on a per app basis.
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Stock Apps:
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Stock Browser App:
Menu + I: Zoom in
Menu + J: Back
Menu + K: Forward
Menu + A: Add bookmarks
Menu + B: Open bookmarks
Menu + T: Windows
Menu + Space: Home
Menu + F: Find on page
Menu + E: Select Text
Menu + G: Page info
Menu + S: Share Page
Menu + D: Downloads
Menu + H: History
Menu + R: Print
Menu + P: Settings
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Stock Calendar App:
Menu + T: Today
Menu + S: Refresh
Menu + G: Go To
Menu + P: Settings
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Google Gmail App:
Alt + Trackpad Up: Scroll To Top (In message)
Alt + Trackpad Down: Scroll To Bottom (In message)
Menu + S: Add Star (In message)
Menu + F: Forward (In message)
Menu + R: Reply (In message)
Menu + A: Reply-all (In message)
Menu + Y: Archive message (In message | Inbox)
Menu + U: Refresh (Inbox)
Menu + C: Compose (Inbox)
Enter | Press trackpad: Open Selected (Inbox)
Alt + Trackpad Up: Go To Top (Inbox)
Alt + Trackpad Down: Go To Bottom (Inbox)
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Stock Quick Lookup App:
Google Search & YouTube:
Menu + J: Back
Menu + K: Forward
Wikipedia & Google Dictionary:
Menu + J: Back
Menu + K: Forward
Menu + L: Language
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Google Maps:
Alt + Trackpad Up: Go To Top (In lists)
Alt + Trackpad Down: Go To Bottom (In lists)
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Note: Menu + (whatever) shortcuts will NOT work with a soft keyboard, you must have the physical keys to press to make it happen. If a device does not have a hardware keyboard, you cannot use the menu shortcuts.
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Dialer Codes
Dialer codes are a sequence of characters you enter in to the phone app on your device, just like you were dialing a number to call.
Dialer Codes:
Code:
*#06# - imei number
*#61# - Call forwarding status
##002# - Erase forwarding number
*43# - Activate call waiting
#43# - Deactivate call waiting
*#*#4636#*#* - Testing Menu
*#*#8255#*#* - Gtalk
( If anyone has found any others please share. Thanks! )
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If anyone finds any post them below and i'll copy them up to the top.
Blue6IX said:
Having recently discovered these myself, and seeing that others aren't aware of them, we need a list here.
The majority of these shortcuts require a hardware keyboard to function - and make having one that much more valuable beyond the other obvious benefits.
These will make your life a whole lot easier - no longer will you have to do things the hard way through the touch interface.
Let's start:
Holding the hardware menu button and pressing other characters does stuff.
First of all, you can find out menu shortcuts on your own. Hit menu once to open it, then hold it and it will show them on the menu options.
In a text field:
Menu + X = cut
Menu + C = copy
Menu + V = paste
Menu + A = select all
Also:
Alt + trackpad up = top of page
Alt + trackpad down = bottom of page
Alt + trackpad left = beginning of line
Alt + trackpad right = end of line
(when the keyboard is slid out, the trackpad orientation changes to be proper for the way you are holding it, so left really is left and so forth)
Holding shift and using the trackpad to scroll around highlights from where the cursor is when you start.
Spacebar works as page down in a document (or browser)
Shift + Spacebar works as page up in the same fashion.
----
Long press of the Search button brings up a menu of apps you have installed that can use it. The genius button replaced the search button on this device, so you will have to remap the key to use this functionality.
See this thread for remapping the genius to search:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285244
If you do not have more then one app that uses this long-press search shortcut menu, it will default to the only one that can (google voice - or nothing if none are installed)
The ability to use this menu has to be programmed into the individual app itself - so it's a crapshoot if you can find any to do so. Soundhound is one, QR Droid Private 3 is another - and i'm sure you will find more.
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Also, pressing Search + (key) will open apps and whatnot - these shortcuts are configurable in settings.
Settings -> applications -> quick launch.
Search + (key) shortcuts are quick launch shortcuts.
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Individual apps may have their own shortcuts that override or change what the standard ones are depending on the app you are in.
Gmail, the browser, jota text editor, and etcetera will change or ignore some of these shortcuts, so you may have to experiment on a per app basis.
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I don't have the time on hand to post the whole list of shortcuts, i'm logging in from a terminal where i'm working today, but wanted to get this started.
I'll definitely add more later - but I encourage others to post here with shortcuts they know or discover.
Let's really get the most out of our device, and not using the keyboard shortcuts is ignoring one of the greatest benefits of a hardware keyboard.
Note: Menu + (whatever) shortcuts will NOT work with a soft keyboard, you must have the physical keys to press to make it happen. If a device does not have a hardware keyboard, you cannot use the menu shortcuts.
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So cool gonna play with this now
I rooted my mt4gs (unlock via htcdev which leaves S-ON, then CWM and SU) in order to kill off some bloatware and remap the genius button to search. I'm using the 1.63.531.2 710RD (stock) ROM.
Now that I have a search button, I'd really like to get access to the search+letter Quick Launch mappings like I had on my stock G2.
But Settings -> Applications has no submenu for Quick Launch (I guess they stripped it out because of the genius button). Quick Launch itself works, I believe, since search+g launches the Gmail app.
How can I enable the Quick Launch settings screen?
Or is there a flat file I can edit to enable all the search+[whatever] mappings that I like?
Beg pardon if this is addressed in another thread -- couldn't find.
Hi, T-Mobile G2 user here. These shortcuts are avaliable for all Android phones that run gingerbread and below. Unfortunately I've heard that they have been completely removed in Ice Cream Sandwich for some very odd reason. Additionally, in Gingerbread some of these shortcuts are broken.
In my case, I'm running 2.3 (CM 7.0.3) and I've noticed that the cut/copy/paste shortcuts have been completely made broken because of the new "text selection" system that they added in gingerbread.
Additionally, some of the shortcuts mentioned don't work for me. Shift Space for example doesn't scroll up in the browser for example.
I hope Google brings them back. This is one of the main reasons why I stick to Android phones that have a fully QWERTY keyboard.
Anyways here's a shortcut I recently discovered, at least on the G2.
In the browser, if you hold the menu button and tap on a link, the link gets open in a new tab (in the background for me). This is a really awesome feature in my opinion, though it only works in the keyboard menu button, and not the "portrait" menu button.
Thanks for the useful information!!
Change/Switch Language
Also....
Alt + Space ==> change the language of the keyboard (i.e. English <--> Hebrew).
(I tried Googling it with no success, so I guess this shortcut in less familiar, hence worth mentioning) :victory:
My single largest complain is the stock keyboard.
I was able to get the voice input key showing, but the need to keep the period key pressed to find the question or exclamation point seems a bit convoluted to me.
The one I can't stand is the freaking smiley key taking over the New Line key in the SMS/Hangouts app. I have to press the CAPS lock to see the New Line key
I wish I could disable the smiley key or swap it to have the new line key as default in the lowercase keyboard...
Never mind... I found 8sms app and it does exactly what I wanted, plus I like it better than the hangouts for SMS... :good: