Just wondering if there was any way to do this currently for any android browser or ROM. I know the devices with trackpads can do it legitimately, but it would be cool if there was some option to do it with a touch only device. Anyone know if there is something like this?
I usually just touch and hold and scroll up slightly.
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Hey All -- maybe this is more of a general Android question, but: Is there a universal way to "undo" an action, like deleting a bunch of text? Any way to do this with any of the keyboards that I missed? I know in windows mobile, if you could type "CTRL+Z" you'd undo things, but I have not seen a way to do this in Android, unless a specific app provides that option in the menus. For example, while in a random text editor I downloaded from the Market (I forget which one) I accidentally deleted a line I had selected, and it seems that was that -- there was no way to get it back since the app didn't provide an Undo option! It seems that perhaps the OS might allow this, since most do, but I really couldn't figure anything out.
Anyway, just wondering if there's a trick anyone knows, either specific to the Captivate or one of the keyboards out there, or for Android in general.
Thanks!
I like using my android phone as a remote for my HTPC. However, if I am switching between apps or opening another one (XBMC, Hulu Desktop, Boxee, etc.) It's always a hassle to use the little mouse. Just wondering if there's any sort of application that will allow me to send commands to the PC to open an application, preferably one that's a remote app. Right now I use unified remote, and it works perfectly, minus not having the ability to execute/open a task. it does have a task switch though, which is nice.
If i knew how to develop an app, i'd totally do it myself... but i really don't know where to start.
I think I answered my own question. Turns out Unified Remote has a beta, which has something similar to this. It allows you to access the start menu from the phone, and select the application to launch. Perfect!
Without trying to seem like i'm talking to myself here.. the beta of unified has been a bit buggy and incosistent.
Anyone know of anything else that accomplishes this?
I am wondering if anyone can make a two finger hold screenshot that can work for any type of unlock? What this means is when you are in any application all you do to get a screen shot is hold down two fingers till the screen flashes. Is this possible I want a two finger hold screen to come alive thanks.
Typically, the only app that receives touch input is the active (foreground) one. You caould implement this feature in any given app, but to do it across the whole OS... I don't think anybody knows how to do that yet without a custom ROM.
What's wrong with the current screen capture method? It works well, and uses a command not currently used for anything else (unless you're in the camera app). Some apps do track multiple fingers on the screen already...
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Typically, the only app that receives touch input is the active (foreground) one. You caould implement this feature in any given app, but to do it across the whole OS... I don't think anybody knows how to do that yet without a custom ROM.
What's wrong with the current screen capture method? It works well, and uses a command not currently used for anything else (unless you're in the camera app). Some apps do track multiple fingers on the screen already...
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the current one doesnt have the proper resolution as the phone but it does the job for now.
Where did you get that idea? Screen Capture.jpg - 480x800. That's that native resolution of WP7. It actually looks bigger than the phone when looked at on most PCs, because the phone has a very high DPI.
Now, it might be nice to use a lossless compression method, but that's a different problem.
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Where did you get that idea? Screen Capture.jpg - 480x800. That's that native resolution of WP7. It actually looks bigger than the phone when looked at on most PCs, because the phone has a very high DPI.
Now, it might be nice to use a lossless compression method, but that's a different problem.
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I heard that when you screenshot take a picture in the 320/480 or something similar to that resolution
Not sure where you heard that - I've followed the screenshotting tool with some interest, and it's not that hard to read the whole thread on it or even dig up the old threads - but it's not true. You might want to actually give the current tool a try, instead of asking for a new one on baseless assumptions. It works really well.
Hi All,
dont know if there is anything out there, but im looking for an app or something that displays ammo, health, etc when playing PC games on my Windpad 7 (Gingerbread).
i know Logitech use software called GamePanel to have it running on their G19 and G15 keyboards, it displays the above plus much more.
is there anything else remotely close to this???
PoinD3xter said:
Hi All,
dont know if there is anything out there, but im looking for an app or something that displays ammo, health, etc when playing PC games on my Windpad 7 (Gingerbread).
i know Logitech use software called GamePanel to have it running on their G19 and G15 keyboards, it displays the above plus much more.
is there anything else remotely close to this???
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I'm looking for the same thing. I can't even find any reference to anyone working on it.
About the closest I've come to something that "might work"(haven't attempted yet) is that apparently the logitech gamepanel has an "emulator" plugin that will allow you to display it on screen, and then there are a couple of paid apps to use your phone as a second monitor, so you could move the emulated gamepanel onto the phone screen.
if you've had any better luck I'd love to hear it. I wish there were more forums and things about what to do with spare android phones.
I'm trying out the Touchpad as an RDP client for my work Windows machine. With a Bluetooth keyboard and iTap RDP, it works very well, but one thing that's annoying is that Android/ICS traps certain key combinations instead of sending them through to Windows, e.g., ALT+TAB (Symbol+Tab on the HP Touchpad BT keyboard) and WIN+TAB (Home+Tab on the HP keyboard). Another one that gets trapped is WIN+E which should open an Explorer window but instead tries to launch the Android email client. Does anyone know if these Android keys can be disabled, ideally just while the RDP client is running, but worst case scenario, across the board?
Try the app called External Keyboard Helper pro
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Sebz4n said:
Try the app called External Keyboard Helper pro
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I tired this and could not get it to work.. If you have got it working please post.. I have a TF101 and with the local keyboard I really want a way to use the alt tab / windows key tab options.. but both go to Android local... If anyone has a way of getting around this I would love to hear it!
ALT TAB locally really is not required when you have the nice button for recent apps
go to /system/usr/keylayout/ and see which .kl needs to be changed and where. theres a few to look at but you should find one that matches your input device.
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go to /system/usr/keylayout/ and see which .kl needs to be changed and where. theres a few to look at but you should find one that matches your input device.
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As far as I can tell, it's not a keylayout but rather a CyanogenMod-specific enhancement to make Android work more like a desktop OS when used with an external keyboard. The problem is that it acts as a system-level override for those keybindings so that they're not passed to applications such as remote desktop clients. I've considered trying AOKP to see if it does the same thing.
I'm interested in getting a Nexus 10, especially if someone releases a keyboard cover similar to the one for Surface, as a lightweight laptop replacement, especially when used to access a Windows machine via remote desktop, but I have such a heavy dependency on ALT+TAB in my day-to-day habits that it would be pretty annoying to have that key take me to another Android app instead of switching Windows apps. Not a show-stopper, but definitely an annoyance. Hopefully standard Android 4.2 doesn't do this...
I coincided installing Linux on my tf101 as I was so upset about it.. however there is not a easy way... it would be nice to see a option to disable it for in custom roms..
I don't think 4.2 will change the behavior at all.. sadly
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I coincided installing Linux on my tf101 as I was so upset about it.. however there is not a easy way... it would be nice to see a option to disable it for in custom roms..
I don't think 4.2 will change the behavior at all.. sadly
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I know this doesn't help many folks here, but the kind folks at Jump Desktop somehow figured out how to circumvent Apple's restrictions on key events in iOS and got full keyboard support going when accessing Windows and Mac machines via RDP and VNC, so that's what I'm using very happily now from my iPad 3.
I have created exactly what you need
Hey, all, I don't know if you'll see this, but I figured out where in the android code it intercepts this and fixed it with an xposed module, which you can grab here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/keyboard-utilities-t2872579/post55350032
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Also, as far as win-E and related shortcuts being consumed, that's handled by an android setting called quicklaunch, which is present in the settings app, but there's no easy way to access it. To get to it, grab nova launcher or tasker or anything else that can launch app's activities directly, then find the quicklaunch activity under the settings app. This is where you register and unregister shortcuts with the windows key and the search key. Long press on the shortcut to clear it. By default, Win-E and a few others are put in for you.
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A bit old question, but i was looking for an answer today, and did not found anything that matches my needs. Not sure if it will satisfy You, but i got a little workaround. Actually you don't need to do anything with your android device, the only thing you need for this is AutoHotkey software on your windows machine + one little script running.
How it works? It remap left ctrl+tab to act like alt+tab. That way you can use ctrl+tab(or any other combination you want) and android has no problem with it.
Script content:
LControl & Tab::AltTab
Hope it helps, it worked for me.
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A bit old question, but i was looking for an answer today, and did not found anything that matches my needs. Not sure if it will satisfy You, but i got a little workaround. Actually you don't need to do anything with your android device, the only thing you need for this is AutoHotkey software on your windows machine + one little script running.
How it works? It remap left ctrl+tab to act like alt+tab. That way you can use ctrl+tab(or any other combination you want) and android has no problem with it.
Script content:
LControl & Tab::AltTab
Hope it helps, it worked for me.
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so this might be turnoff to some but you are on xda. we need a magisk module or something that can do this for us.
if you can disable system wide keyboard shortcuts, it would be great. and by shortcuts here is what i mean (look at the attached screenshot). in my case. i have my rog phone 3 connected to a usb c hub that has usb, hdmi, etc. (please do not tell me about the rog phone 3 and how it might have this built in because i have a custom rom installed and im sure you can do this in almost any android version there as well because its a stock rom)
my case is i use shadow (cloud gaming/computing) and so i remote control into a windows machine. i would love to disable those shortcuts so that my keyboard inputs are not interrupted by androids shortcuts.
if i alt tab or press the windows button. i dont want the android shortcuts to trigger.
please let me know if you found a solution but this most likely is achieved through adb or root. lets do actual investigation.