Who would like to see an automatic switching of keyboard types when moving from portrait to landscape?
utcarbs said:
Who would like to see an automatic switching of keyboard types when moving from portrait to landscape?
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If it could happen FAST I suppose I might, but seems like there would be a relatively noticable delay in switching from one to the other unless you had some kind of mash up of code from both. (judging by how long it takes to switch from htc_ime to stock). granted it's not much, but if I have to wait 2-3 seconds for my keyboard when i switch to landscape I personally wouldn't use it.
Personally, I would very much like to use Swype in portrait mode but HTC IME in landscape mode. There's something about Swype in landscape mode that doesn't work well... you wanna use two hands but just can't.
Tutech hit the nail. I would like to see the same please.
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Home screen and dialer etc I don't mind staying in portrait but for everything else than can be displayed in landscape I'd like it if it can be displayed and locked in landscape. Preferably with out having to gain root.
I like landscape and I also like reading (sideways) in bed, which makes auto rotate a nuisance.
Can anybody help?
pure241 said:
Home screen and dialer etc I don't mind staying in portrait but for everything else than can be displayed in landscape I'd like it if it can be displayed and locked in landscape. Preferably with out having to gain root.
I like landscape and I also like reading (sideways) in bed, which makes auto rotate a nuisance.
Can anybody help?
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That would be awesome
+1 at least in the browser and home screen. maybe after we get root (fingers crossed).
Use Auto Rotate On/Off Widgets in Market.
linhnd said:
Use Auto Rotate On/Off Widgets in Market.
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ok..no..LANDSCAPE or PORTRAIT mode. maybe a nonoob reply would be helpful.
fit333 said:
ok..no..LANDSCAPE or PORTRAIT mode. maybe a nonoob reply would be helpful.
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It does the opposite of what you want, locks everything portrait. Very handy IMO.
Clinton
ClintonH said:
It does the opposite of what you want, locks everything portrait. Very handy IMO.
Clinton
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how about landscape mode lock. this would be great its one of the reasons i miss my g1. searched allover for a hack and it seems iphone/behold.. users are wishing for the same. ive noticed it stays in landscape when rotated to the left (counter clockwise) but 45 degrees to the right and it goes to portrait (very annoying for bedtime surfing) not to mention the glitchy laggy transition back to landscape. we know there is an orientation check box under display setting, but thanx for the widget tip 'linhnd'..not
Been available for jailbroken iphones for over a year now. This would be great app to have and I would love to see developers and modders make more fixes like this , things that improve the functionality of Android.
is this dead or maybe this guy can do it
Cyanogen 4.0.1 rom has landscape mode at the home screen.
k well at least we have landscape lock in the browser tx to loccy and cyan..happy surfing
If a jailbroken iphone can support landscape, why can't windows phone 7 support it?
It's about UI design, not jailbreak.
I don't understand why you'd want the home tiles to orient in landscape. Just so you can say that the OS can do it, or is there some way that would grant additional usability?
I can see how it would be nice to have landscape... especially when leaving a program that was in landscape. I use A to B turn by turn navigation all the time and throw it in landscape... leaving the program while its in landscape in the car holder and switching to check something and having to put the phone back in portrait so I can read the tiles properly is annoying at best.. not a deal breaker by any means though.
Also it would be nice to have it for devices with a landscape-style keyboards, so that the UI can completely compensate for the orientation of the device.
vel0city1 said:
Also it would be nice to have it for devices with a landscape-style keyboards, so that the UI can completely compensate for the orientation of the device.
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I have a physical keyboard device and I gotta say I don't ever think "oh MAN, if only there was more landscape support". It mostly supports it in the right areas as it is.
But really, it probably wouldn't be too hard to implement, and they could even make it so you could turn it on and off in the settings, as to not ever bother those who don't want landscape.
Schismal said:
I don't understand why you'd want the home tiles to orient in landscape. Just so you can say that the OS can do it, or is there some way that would grant additional usability?
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when i unlock my phone by sliding out the keyboard, i don't want to be forced to rotate my head 90 degrees to figure out which tile to tap.
tiny17 said:
But really, it probably wouldn't be too hard to implement, and they could even make it so you could turn it on and off in the settings, as to not ever bother those who don't want landscape.
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I agreed, having it as optional per setting controls wouldnt be bad. Consider it showing some love to the WP7 physical keyboard users. To be honestly its the first thing that cross my mind when I slided a WP7 device open and the tiles didnt adjust.
***Not a deal breaker at all...
HTC is sending landscape dock stations... but Sense has no landscape mode !....
Is there any way to we can do to be able to use our dock stations without breaking our necks ?
Something like:
- Enable sense landscape mode ??
- Any app to be able to use a different launcher for portrait and landscape ??
Any ideas ???
Really TY !
i would be very much interested in this too.
mindboggling to think that they place the usb port on the side, design docks in landscape mode, and it wont switch to landscape.
As much as i understood, devices with a physical keyboard seem to be able to display sense in landscape, so i really wonder why that isnt available for the sensation
Thats why I use a portrait dock LOL. Actually I do but not because of preference, more of a need for more desk space at work. . I use craigsdocks.com and I can use any case on the market with these docks. You just need a little double sided tape to adjust anything. Anyways back to topic....
I think you can use launcherpro or some other launcher to go landscape but I prefer stock sense.
You can go landscape mode when the dock app is launched though. To get it to work, I can use an app called llama location profiles, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kebab.Llama&feature=search_result
It's a condition/action app where you can set current conditions up and then when those conditions are met, the actions you set will trigger. So to trigger the dock app, I set it up where if the condition is when I have it on charging either usb or ac, connected to wifi, or any other condition like setting a time frame, the trigger will to launch the dock app. You can set up the conditions to your liking so that's the cool factor about it, IMO.
just dont use sense, it sucks anyway. best app is launcher pro, which has many useful settings and landscape of course too. the only good thing of sense is the lock screen, the rest is bullsh*t
Bulletproof ROM has dock mode and is awesome.
That ROM is running 1.72 so I'm not sure if Roman include it in his ROM or if it's actually something coming on 1.72.
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try car dock home it works for landscape and portrait mode
Hello, I'm new to this forum. I left the Blackberry (Bold 9900) world and jumped on board here. So far I LOVE my Mytouch 4g Slide!
I could have sworn that my "home" screen and "all apps" screen would rotate when I turned it sideways without having to slide my phone open. Now it doesn't. I first noticed it when I opened up my Netflix app. I turned the phone sideways to search for a movie and the screen would not rotate. It only rotated when the movie played.
Do your phones rotate on the home screen/all apps screen without sliding it open?
Please help, it's bugging the heck out of me.
Thanks
Whoops I thanked you lol.
Some apps allow landscape mode, and some don't.
In addition, auto rotate allows your sensor to make the screen turn when it's on its side. Check the settings. (Settings > Display, I think). Hope this helps.
mine actually rotates when the keyboard is closed and doesn't when the keyboard is open, which is quite logical and the correct behaviour i think
Does your MT4GS do this too???
verne2k said:
mine actually rotates when the keyboard is closed and doesn't when the keyboard is open, which is quite logical and the correct behaviour i think
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That's strange. I wonder why that is. So yours rotates the home screen and "all apps" screen when turned sideways?
I am sure that my auto-rotate feature works because when I open certain apps, say, the Gallery where I have all my pictures stored, I can turn it sideways to the left or right and it will rotate accordingly.
It is only when I try to rotate the Home screen and All Apps screen that I could have sworn would rotate too.
Any help on getting this back the way it should would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Doo Wop Mario
ekoee said:
Whoops I thanked you lol.
Some apps allow landscape mode, and some don't.
In addition, auto rotate allows your sensor to make the screen turn when it's on its side. Check the settings. (Settings > Display, I think). Hope this helps.
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I checked my Auto Rotate settings and they've always been on. I unchecked it and then rebooted and then checked it again and it still didn't work. Not sure why.
Nope, if you're on the stock ROM (As far as I remember, considering I haven't been on stock since the first ROM came out and I've refused to use the stock launcher anyways) orientation won't change on the "Home" screen unless you slide the keyboard open. Correct me if I'm wrong. Personally, I turn rotation off because it sometimes gets annoying. You could always try a different launcher though, I'm pretty sure ADW and Go Launcher rotate on any keyboard condition.
The app Orientation Control works well if you want your display to stay in a particular orientation all the time. Costs a buck or two in the market, and the main thing it messes up is the camera when you want to take a picture, but you can always switch it back to 'auto rotate' in those cases.
overhauling said:
Nope, if you're on the stock ROM (As far as I remember, considering I haven't been on stock since the first ROM came out and I've refused to use the stock launcher anyways) orientation won't change on the "Home" screen unless you slide the keyboard open. Correct me if I'm wrong. Personally, I turn rotation off because it sometimes gets annoying. You could always try a different launcher though, I'm pretty sure ADW and Go Launcher rotate on any keyboard condition.
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Yeah, I'm on stock ROM. I like the rotation feature for now, and was just wondering why it would work on some screens and not on others. I thought that was a default feature.
At least I know I'm not losing my mind. I really did believe it used to rotate the Home screen and All Apps screen without sliding it open.
I guess one thing I can try is going into a T-Mobile store and testing out their phone there to see if it rotates.
Thanks everyone!
doowopmario said:
Yeah, I'm on stock ROM. I like the rotation feature for now, and was just wondering why it would work on some screens and not on others. I thought that was a default feature.
At least I know I'm not losing my mind. I really did believe it used to rotate the Home screen and All Apps screen without sliding it open.
I guess one thing I can try is going into a T-Mobile store and testing out their phone there to see if it rotates.
Thanks everyone!
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Never did for me in the stock Sense launcher on the app drawer or home screens, unless sliding out the keyboard. I made a reference to that in the tv-out thread back when I first got the phone in august.
It works everywhere else, and you could just use another launcher to have it happen on those two screens.
I'd like to enable that functionality in Rosie - i'm not sure why it's like that and it's puzzled me for months.
I dunno, personally, I turn off auto rotation all the time. If I want to view anything in landscape, I just slide the keyboard open. Just my preference, though.
I really like a free app called auto rotate switch. It gives you a button in the status bar that you can click to turn on and off auto rotation. I've used it since my first android phone, but have never used it with this one.
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Hi, is there any rom which is by default landscape only? Guess it would not be practical but i tend to use the landscape mode whenever i can.
cahir_cz said:
Hi, is there any rom which is by default landscape only? Guess it would not be practical but i tend to use the landscape mode whenever i can.
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I don't think there is, for the sole reason many apps do not support landscape. More than most people would imagine.
That said, you can always use a modified launcher/3rd party launcher to have an almost completely landscape experience. In Cyanogenmod you can set the autorotation to only use certain sides, even only the landscape one.
I use this trick to "lock" my device into landscape mode when I enable autorotation to read in bed or reclining on my sofa so it doesn't go crazy and it works wonderfully.