Hi,
i got the idea to develop a new keyboard, i just really don't know how. So i was wondering if anyone has the knowledge to create it.
My idea is to use the standard htc keyboard, and remove the bottem row ( the arrows, cause i don't really use them often) to have more room for the other keys. This way we can have square keys instead of rectangles.
The main problem for me is that the standard keys are to narrow in width, so its hard to press them with my fingers (thumb) .
i have added an image to show what i mean.
Anyone whats to help me or explain to me how to develop this?
Kees
Oh dear sweet baby Jesus...
What *is* that?! That's the bastard child of Qwerty and the annoying alphabetically arranged keyboard from satnav units!
My friend, absolutely no insult intended, but that is well and truly the worst keyboard layout I've seen. The key size is determined by the fact that most of the English speaking world have a keyboard layout with the top row of letter being QWERTYUIOP. Messing with that will irritate *everybody* who uses it.
Have you tried turning your device on its side when typing? The keys get much larger...
EDIT: Piccy piccy http://htc-phones.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/htc-touch-diamond2-keyboard-software.gif
haha, ok , thanks for your reply. I must say, i see your point.. Q-P in first row etc is the standard and everyone is used to that.. So not insulted in any way.
didn't thought of that.
im not used to typing in landscape mode, but i'll guess i give it a try. Still i think the buttons are just TO SMALL to type with your fingers without making a fault now and then. Guess i'll just switch to a bigger screen phone in the future, cause i just don't like texting with my stylus.
Thanks again for your reply.
Have you turned on XT9? I make mistakes on the very odd occasion with small words, but any more than 4 letters and it seems to pick (or at least display) the correct word most of the time, even with typing errors.
I'm almost as fast as I was on Nokia keypads now (after around a month and a half with the phone), and I was damn fast on those keypads...
DeathJester said:
Have you turned on XT9? I make mistakes on the very odd occasion with small words, but any more than 4 letters and it seems to pick (or at least display) the correct word most of the time, even with typing errors.
I'm almost as fast as I was on Nokia keypads now (after around a month and a half with the phone), and I was damn fast on those keypads...
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thnx for the tip. I switched to spb keyboard 4.0 , fullscreen mode is perfect for me!
I have another suggestion for those wishing (and able) to work on HTC keyboard: Without changing any layout or adding keys, there are quite a few blank, unused keys in the 2nd numeric keyboard, and those blank keys are screaming for a use...a clever Ctrl for example, to allow cut and paste from the HTC keyboard without having to start another keyboard...;-)
Those key are not recording presses, so it can prove difficult to implement, but still, the global layout and all other key actions would not have to be changed, and the layout for the 2nd numeric keyboard is exactly the same as the 1rst one, with all key assigned and recording presses, so I assume it still can be quite simple to add hooks for special action and some pixmap for the missing keys
i'd love to see a ctrl button as well! the press and hold ctrl function is to long-winded..
i'd love to see a ctrl button as well! the press and hold copy-paste function is to long-winded..
If somebody could mod the HTC keyboard to have a ctrl key that would be wonderful !
Another suggestion . Personaly i use "Topaz Keyboard Controler" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555821
And i have mapped "Windows" key to "CTRL + C" on long press, "Back" key to "CTRL + V" on long press and again "Back" key to "CTRL + A" on double press (click).
I have mapped all the key of the topaz
Here is a list au key mapped (from top/left of topaz to bottom/right):
LP : Long Press :: DP :: Double Press
Vol Up : LP : Rotate Screen
Vol Down : LP : Camera (this one remenber me my old good Kaiser)
Pick Up : LP : Launch "Second Today"
Windows : LP : Copy to clipboard
Windows : DP : Turn TF3D on/off (morscript) (usefull when trying some tweak...)
Back : LP : Paste from clipboard
Back : DP : Select All
End Key : LP : Launch S2U2
End Key : DP : Switch Wifi on/off
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Another suggestion . Personaly i use "Topaz Keyboard Controler" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555821
And i have mapped "Windows" key to "CTRL + C" on long press, "Back" key to "CTRL + V" on long press and again "Back" key to "CTRL + A" on double press (click).
I have mapped all the key of the topaz
Here is a list au key mapped (from top/left of topaz to bottom/right):
LP : Long Press :: DP :: Double Press
Vol Up : LP : Rotate Screen
Vol Down : LP : Camera (this one remenber me my old good Kaiser)
Pick Up : LP : Launch "Second Today"
Windows : LP : Copy to clipboard
Windows : DP : Turn TF3D on/off (morscript) (usefull when trying some tweak...)
Back : LP : Paste from clipboard
Back : DP : Select All
End Key : LP : Launch S2U2
End Key : DP : Switch Wifi on/off
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very very very usefull tip! Will take a look at this tomorrow. thanks
ernest33 said:
Another suggestion . Personaly i use "Topaz Keyboard Controler" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555821
And i have mapped "Windows" key to "CTRL + C" on long press, "Back" key to "CTRL + V" on long press and again "Back" key to "CTRL + A" on double press (click).
I have mapped all the key of the topaz
Here is a list au key mapped (from top/left of topaz to bottom/right):
LP : Long Press :: DP :: Double Press
Vol Up : LP : Rotate Screen
Vol Down : LP : Camera (this one remenber me my old good Kaiser)
Pick Up : LP : Launch "Second Today"
Windows : LP : Copy to clipboard
Windows : DP : Turn TF3D on/off (morscript) (usefull when trying some tweak...)
Back : LP : Paste from clipboard
Back : DP : Select All
End Key : LP : Launch S2U2
End Key : DP : Switch Wifi on/off
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How did u use the ctrl key when its not on the keyboard :S? Do u have a different keyboard installed on? This seems like a really good idea, should be useful
I would also love to have the "ctrl" key back.
Anyway, its getting harder and harder to "cut&paste" as we progress from wm6.0 to 6.1 to 6.5. Even highlighting texts becomes difficult. Its like taking steps backward and having to scarifice just to be finger friendly.
I love the Full QWERTY from HTC but it lacks the ctrl key. And yet they remove the MS Keyboard on the WM6.5. Seems more like a slap in the face for using WM.
This is the reply you will get if you are kind enough to remind them of the missing keyboard. And note the part about RAM sizes....
"Thank you for contacting HTC.
With regards to your query, we are quite sorry that wm 6.5 has taken away the MS keyboard and Block recogniser due to the RAM size consideration. Also, all HTC models does not come with 'Ctrl'function.
Sorry for the inconvinience caused.
Best regards.
HTC
Hotline: 1800 238 7788
Service Hours : 8 am - 8 pm, Monday - Saturday (except Public Holidays)".
I rest my case.
Try out FingerKeyboard 2.1, you can easily customize it to make your own layouts as well as integrate cut/copy/paste functions.
If you want an already-made solution with big landscape keys as well as cut/copy/paste functionality, try my BIGkeys layout. Link is in my signature.
Thanks Losdrivare. Will try that.
Seems like HTC is becoming like MS on not listening to their customers....
Here some more KeyBoard alternatives;
http://sourceforge.net/projects/eurokbd/
EuroKeyboard
http://www.teksoftco.com/
FingerTouch
http://twolf.sytes.net/
2 Keyboards here (first goto 'Mobile Icon') K-Tap v1.1 and FlashKeys v1.2b
http://www.pdamill.com/prod_tk.shtml
PDAmill TopKey v.2.5
Find it under the 'By Catagory' - FREE - find topkey
http://www.pocketcm.com/
PocketCM Keyboard v.0.23 BETA
Though... I too am a big fan of FingerKeyboard2
Have fun
Look below what I found the other day (only the skin).. I wanna have it!! ;
bilal671 said:
How did u use the ctrl key when its not on the keyboard :S? Do u have a different keyboard installed on? This seems like a really good idea, should be useful
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No need a CTRL key with this method when (exemple) you long press one of the mapped "hard key" "Topaz Keyboard Controler" send the CTRL and C. Then you can continue with the default keyboard
And you know what since the last version of "TKC" you can use TRIPLE press (if mr Tarkim add the QUAD press i will remap all the keyboard with the hardware key...just kidding ).
You should give it a try. If needed i can upload my config for "TKC"
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Here some more KeyBoard alternatives;
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And you forgot VGAKey http://vgakey.net/ a great shareware(ONLY 2.99$), and believe me if you want a complete software keyboard this have all (Function Key, ...) I use it on Kaiser/ and my old Acer n311
Take a look below
Edit : I forgot to say VGAKey work very well on our Topaz.
Senax said:
Here some more KeyBoard alternatives;
http://sourceforge.net/projects/eurokbd/
EuroKeyboard
http://www.teksoftco.com/
FingerTouch
http://twolf.sytes.net/
2 Keyboards here (first goto 'Mobile Icon') K-Tap v1.1 and FlashKeys v1.2b
http://www.pdamill.com/prod_tk.shtml
PDAmill TopKey v.2.5
Find it under the 'By Catagory' - FREE - find topkey
http://www.pocketcm.com/
PocketCM Keyboard v.0.23 BETA
Though... I too am a big fan of FingerKeyboard2
Have fun
Look below what I found the other day (only the skin).. I wanna have it!! ;
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thanks man, a lot of them which i didn't know yet. Let's test..
I just loaded ScummVM on my HD2, but it tells me I have to map buttons. For the life of me, I can't bring up the virtual keyboard. Does anyone know how this works?
It needs you to map things to physical buttons on the device not to the virtual keyboard - i usually only need to map the right click action and the button to show / hide the scummvm keyboard / interface..
The pop up will say something like 'Map Right click' you need to scroll down the list and select right click then press the physical button youd like to map.
Hope this helps!
Cheers
Paul
Hi there, I've been googling but couldn't find any app which I could use as a Virtual Keyboard. When I use Opera 10 and if there is any flash content and if I want to put some text into textbox I'm not able to do that because nothing comes up. When I use Internet Explorer it's okay because there is keyboard button so i tap on it and i can write. So then, I am looking for app which will pop up keyboard , so i could use it when its needed. Or if there is any exe file which is suitable for showing the keyboard so i could use it as left softkey (press and hold).
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Seriously, top right hand side of the page, learn to use it.
did you by any chance download the version of Opera for phones with a keyboard? there's 2 versions of Opera mini 10 for winmob. 1 for keys with no onscreen and one for touch with onscreen keys.
is it possible to change the path of start button on sense.I've got tir27 rom.I'm sorry for my english
Change what it activates?
you exactly,the topaz has already the key hardwere that does the same function
You can remapp the hardware key using Topaz Keyboard Controller, but the softkey is not mappable AFAIK.
as suspected
Try xTask (you can find it in the apps section here, just do a quick search).
It's a lightweight taskmanager that offers the ability to remap the soft start button.
Thanks, very good tip, but I preferred to wktask
I use ameba and it works very well
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583002
Dear All,
While texting..
Long pressing the keys of the virtual keyboard
and sliding them to choose a letter
while looking at the huge letter pop-up
that displays the currently touched letter above a user's finger
has proven the easiest way for me to type text messages.
(a user's finger always hides the letter that is touched)
I'm looking for a keyboard app
that has the option to disable alternative characters
when long pressing a virtual keyboard's key
so that long pressing a key like "a"
will not pop up a bar of "a"s
with weird accents on top:
"à á â ã ä å æ"
(Android 2.2 default virtual keyboard)
That will make typing with the virtual keyboard so much easier
without worrying that touching a virtual key too long
will pop up the bar with the weird: "à á â ã ä å æ"
And besides, who is using those characters in English anyway?
That bar is just plain useless for English.
So.. anyone knows any keyboard app
that has the option to disable
the alternative characters bar?
Thanks in advance for any info,
ff
You could try Go Keyboard.
You can't disable it completly, but it is possible to alter the delay of the long press (max. 1 sec).
It's very customizable, and got loads of themes. You should try it.
Go Keyboard is amazing!
Thanks!
The delay does the job nicely!
(If only they could make the delay up to 2 seconds
that would be even more amazing :^) but that's OK.. )
Kontsnor said:
You could try Go Keyboard.
You can't disable it completly, but it is possible to alter the delay of the long press (max. 1 sec).
It's very customizable, and got loads of themes. You should try it.
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Have you tried Dextr for an easy, fast and cool app for a keyboard on smartphone? I love to recommend it to you and try it as well.
Feedback would be well appreciated when try the app:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gkxim.android.dexter&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5na3hpbS5hbmRyb2lkLmRleHRlciJd :good:
Installed now,
Will let you know after evaluation..
Thanks!
creativemind101 said:
Have you tried Dextr for an easy, fast and cool app for a keyboard on smartphone? I love to recommend it to you and try it as well.
Feedback would be well appreciated when try the app:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gkxim.android.dexter&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5na3hpbS5hbmRyb2lkLmRleHRlciJd :good:
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Review of Dextr
Review of Dextr
Dextr is indeed very easy.
The fact that the layout is in alphabetical order
helps you in typing really really fast.
The circular keys make it very natural to tap them
so that's another clever feature of Dextr
although i would prefer to have the option of making them bigger.
As i prefer writing messages in all capital letters
because it's easier for me to write them
and for people to read them..
finding how to [Cap Lock] the keys was
a matter of luck for me as i've found it accidentally.
You have to double tap fast, the key with the big capital [A].
That being said i will have to go back in using [Go Keyboard]
as Dextr has a few shortcomings that make it difficult for me
to write messages. But i'll have to stress that it's a matter
of personal taste.. Other Android users will not care and
make Dextr their default keyboard.
1-PopUp Letter height
When taping a key, a big Letter Pops Up showing what you are taping.
Because the PopUp is too close to your thumb
you thumb hides the PopUp letter rendering it useless.
In [Go Keyboard] you can adjust the PopUp height of a key to higher
so you can easily view the PopUp without it being hidden by your thumb.
In Dextr you cannot do that afaik.
2-The [Enter] key does not function.
Probably because Dextr is still in Beta.
Dextr has a column of orange keys that when long pressed
special characters popup.
I wish that Dextr will offer the option to disable
those special characters some day
as i find them completely useless and frustrating in that
when you long press the orange keys and the useless
special characters popup, you have to hit the back button
and tap the same letter again.
Dextr has the option to delay the popup of special characters
but the delay is too short. The same with [Go Keyboard] btw.
At the support of Dextr:
http://textwithdextr.com/index.php/en/forum/index
Attempting to create an account fails..
http://textwithdextr.com/index.php/en/component/user/register
Regards,
ff
creativemind101 said:
Have you tried Dextr for an easy, fast and cool app for a keyboard on smartphone? I love to recommend it to you and try it as well.
Feedback would be well appreciated when try the app:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gkxim.android.dexter&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5na3hpbS5hbmRyb2lkLmRleHRlciJd :good:
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Flit Keyboard ! !
Cell phones because of their small size they have 2 grand limitations
when it comes to entering text with their virtual on screen keyboards:
1-qwerty characters on virtual buttons are way too small to view easily
so most likely in most cases you are wasting your time and your patience
looking around to find what you want to tap.
2-qwerty character virtual buttons are way too small to tap
so most likely in most cases you tap the wrong buttons.
But my quest for the
easiest Android keyboard app for text messaging..
(specially if your phone's screen is small)
..is finally over ! !
Flit Keyboard makes entering text so much easier ! !
Search for: [Flit Keyboard] in Google Play.
Just Eight ( 8 ) >> HUGE << Buttons Keyboard.
A gift from God for guys with BIG fingers!!
So easy to enter text with just 1 thumb.
Also, by easily sliding you can type:
>> All << Alphabet characters, numbers and symbols,
(though some symbols still need shift)
all in the same screen!
All you have to do is:
Tap one of the 8 buttons and slide to specific character.
When you release the button that specific character is typed.
Just tap slide and release! That's all there is to it.. so easy!
It's so easy that in fact with a little bit of practice you may enter text
without looking at your cell phone!
While you are pressing a button a BIG pop up opens up
with 9 characters to slide to, making it easier to see
more characters than an Android qwerty keyboard can display.
Important: No more unwanted weird characters typed
if you long-press a button too much..
No more accidentally typing the wrong character!
You can see the character you want to type
by long-pressing as much as you like
to make sure it's the correct character you want to type
before releasing the button and the character is typed.
Cursor controls!
By sliding the space bar (left, up, right) and one of the buttons (down)
you can easily move the cursor any where you want in a body text!
All other keyboard apps that have cursor controls they take
a chunk of the screen making you wanting to disable their cursor functionality
to save screen space.
I firmly believe that Flit Keyboard must become
THE Number One Android Keyboard
out of any other qwerty Android keyboards out there.
video review:
Search youtube for:
[Flit Keyboard]
P.S.
To make characters bigger than the default Flit Keyboard
go to Flit settings and disable: [Show hint line]
ff
Try Swiftkey 3. I been using it for over a year now.
Its clean, easy and efficient.
- Option to activate/ deactivate foreign characters.
- Option to change Long press time from 100-1600ms
- Option to increase or decrease key height. Love this option. I have fat thumbs.
I have the paid version but you can try the free one and see how it works for you.
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