just wondering if anybody have tried this mouse. I'm looking for a $20 - 30 mouse that would work good. I've read that some mouse are laggy/slow on pixel c. I have a logitech k480 keyboard and was thinking of pairing a mouse would be nice since I use google sheets and remote to computers (via vmware horizon client) a lot.
I've been using my pretty old Logitech Bluetooth mouse from about 5 years ago without any issue on the pixel c. Can't remember the model number (I think that stuff has all come off it now).
Thanks brown geek!
I was using a Logitech T630 and now use a Logitech MX Anywhere 2 - both work just fine. I notice you mention Horizon Client - one thing to keep in mind with the Pixel is that if you are using the hardware keyboard, hitting the key to bring up the symbols panel does not work. Windows just treats it like an Alt key. If you need to send a special symbol, you need to use the field in the Horizon client that allows you compose a string of text and then send it to the VM - that way, you are allowed to bring up the symbols pane. Not a huge deal if you don't need a lot of symbols, but a mild annoyance.
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I'm using a microsoft M3600 mouse. It's a very good mouse.
It was not supported correctly by android 6.0 some weeks ago, so I reported the issue : it's still not working with 6.0 build but this mouse is now working perfectly on android N (google fixed the issue on N recently).
I suppose the fix should be in the next build of 6.0 too .
For more infos : https://productforums.google.com/fo...ce=footer#!msg/nexus/bJh3_vrtnZI/mYCqrw4NBQAJ
This mouse is very light and the autonomy is very good as it's a LE mouse, the tracking is also very precise.
Just tried the Pixel with a Magic mouse 2 from work. Running latest Android N preview.
I have never used a mouse previous to this on android so here's what I found.
Mouse just adds pointer, no gestures, just as if you were using your finger, cant even scroll.
Looking at youtube videos suggests the scroll should work (Magic mouse 1 on older android OS) so I will test this with my aging S4 to see how it responds.
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Ok so my S4 behaves the same with the added support for a right click it seems which acts as a back button.
I assume there is not a lot that can be done about and I just need to see what the full Android N release may support.
I'm using the Logitech T630. It has a touch surface with gesture support.
Has anyone used a USB hub and plugged in a wired mouse? Wondering if I could do that with a mouse I already have rather than buy a Bluetooth mouse.
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tagumcity said:
I'm using the Logitech T630. It has a touch surface with gesture support.
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How well does the gesture support work?
Can you swipe to move between home screens and scroll in browsers etc?
Just interested as I ran a input logging app and only the general movement and left and right click seem to suggest they were sending data from the Magic Mouse 2.
Cheers,
Volvoash said:
How well does the gesture support work?
Can you swipe to move between home screens and scroll in browsers etc?
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I just got this mouse as well. There is no physical scrolling wheel, but you can move your fingers forwards and backwards anywhere on the mouse to scroll vertically and swipe left and right on the mouse to switch pages in your launcher. (It won't take you back from Google Now to your homescreen in the Google Launcher for some reason, but you can accomplish it with a click-and-drag) The scrolling is very responsive and works well, although Nougat does not give you a whole lot of options for adjusting things such as scrolling speed, only tracking speed. There may be third party apps for this, though.
I've seen other mention that right clicking functions as a back button for them, but this has been very app-dependant for me.
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Hi All,
I'm looking at getting the Captivate as my first Android phone. I noticed that it doesn't have a D-Pad like the original Galaxy S or a trackball. Is that going to be a problem? Is Android still usable without it?
Thanks for the help,
Josh
The Galaxy S does not have an optical d pad/track pad. It is just a big square button
Swype an and samsung keyboard have directional buttons. No real need for physical ones I can see so far.
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emulators?
With the 4 inch screen, I suspect emulators and other games requiring a D-Pad could fit a virtual one at the bottom of the screen. Perhaps a virtual trackpad would work too? A little circle that you swipe your finger over and it acts like an optical trackpad?
For the short while that I had an EVO 4G, I never did think about a D-pad. Before the EVO I had a Samsung Epix and I used the optical pad as D-pad and I was very used to using it in that configuration. The EVO was my first android phone and all of the menus are easily accessible with finger swipes and touches. I did not miss the D-pad at all.
I'll definitely pick up the Captivate. The android experience is so much better than wm6.x.
jhulst said:
Hi All,
I'm looking at getting the Captivate as my first Android phone. I noticed that it doesn't have a D-Pad like the original Galaxy S or a trackball. Is that going to be a problem? Is Android still usable without it?
Thanks for the help,
dont need it , with the 4" touch screen ...lol just played with it at at&t......the speed is incredible....
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Some ROMs don't have dpad enabled keyboards, the TrueDvorak Pro keyboard has a nice gesture based dpad. Multilingual keyboard also has a press and hold to access dpad option, like the samsung one.
oldarney said:
Some ROMs don't have dpad enabled keyboards, the TrueDvorak Pro keyboard has a nice gesture based dpad. Multilingual keyboard also has a press and hold to access dpad option, like the samsung one.
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What press-n-hold Samsung d-pad? I hate the Samsung keyboard but I do need a d-pad sometimes and I don't want to install a third party keyboard (I usually install Full Keyboard though, it has one).
oldarney said:
Some ROMs don't have dpad enabled keyboards, the TrueDvorak Pro keyboard has a nice gesture based dpad. Multilingual keyboard also has a press and hold to access dpad option, like the samsung one.
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What does that have to do with the Captivate and why did you resurrect an almost year old thread to say it?
Welcome to pretty much all samsung android phones. If you need a d-pad or trackball look elsewhere.
Though most high end HTC, LG and Motos dont have them either.
Can not seem to get the mouse over function to work on any links in the browser.
would be nice if this worked, makes the mouse touch pad more useful.
I've investigated the same from dev perspective (i.e. what it would take to have mouse hover work in my app). For now this seems to be undoable, because mouse events are only reported (as if they were touch events) when mouse button is down.
However, there is a new API for mouse hover, scroll etc in Android 3.1 - with this it should be possible to implement everything. Whether stock apps would use it or not is an open question, but I would expect that Browser of all things would do so, and hopefully Adobe adds hover support to Flash as well.
Actually there's a very simple way to do a mouse hover. Just put both fingers on the touchpad and it will act as a hover.
At least I think this works...
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Actually there's a very simple way to do a mouse hover. Just put both fingers on the touchpad and it will act as a hover.
At least I think this works...
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This does not work. Putting both fingers on the touchpad switches to page scrolling mode.
youtube.com/watch?v=foxRbaSw1p0
Modified link since i need eight posts before i can post an outside link
It works great! except cursor acts like a touch screen function. The keyboard works flawlessly. Also, using a bluetooth mouse.
Hopefully the developer of kwaak3 can address this.
Hi all,
when using my TF with dock I bumped into a problem - the keyboard dock does not work well with 3rd party input methods (e.g. Go keyboard thumb layout). I was looking for an app or some other way to auto-switch current input method when docking/undocking.
When searching and googling I found a guide to auto-display input method chooser dialog when docked/undocked (Here).
Another related guide was about re-mapping keys on the dock keyboard (Here)
Well, my aim is to create an overall keyboard utility that would enable easy keyboard auto-switching and possibly re-mapping less useful keys (e.g. brightness) to something more practical.
I've started working on the application (well, spent a few hours over two evenings ), at the moment it is very simplistic. I just replicates the behavior from the Tasker guide, so that it shows the input method chooser dialog after docking and undocking (plus a config to enable/disable this). I did not want to purchase Tasker just for this.
I know that it is an intentional android security measure that apps cannot switch input methods at will, but if someone has an idea how to overcome this (for rooted devices), please, let me know.
Anyway, here is an initial version. Hopefully, someone else besides me will find it useful. Any comments, suggestions highly appreciated!
Thanks for the effort.
I consider this app as very useful. Unfortunately I cannot help you developing because I'm just a user but again the idea is great.
Regards
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I use tasker and confirm this works the same.
Your app does have 1 big advantage over tasker. With tasker everytime I close the tab&dock into their clamshell shape, when I unfold them and the screen turns on, tasker makes the pop up come on even though I did not undock the tab.
Your app does not do this which is great
good work, much appreciated!
Wow, this is awesome! The only thing that would make it better is the ability to switch input methods automatically without the pop-up. However - it is no problem to use the app as it is now. Great work!
OK, downloaded, installed and tested... awesome ! You just took my TF one step further on the way of perfection !
Very good idea, it's working great. SwiftKey tablet x is even better thanks to your simple app. Thanks!
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Awesome - thanks!
what an usefull app!i wonder if exists anything similar before....+1 for this little but awesome work mate!!
Brilliant! Now can you make an option to allow it to auto switch between says Asus keyboard layout when docked and Thumbs keyboard when undocked pretty please?
I've found that the keyboard choice dialog does come up when (un)undocking, but that it's "dead" (it ignores selections - NOTHING happens) - I have to tap outside the dialog to make it disappear, and then bring up the dialog "manually" via the settings menu.
Any solution?
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I've found that the keyboard choice dialog does come up when (un)undocking, but that it's "dead" (it ignores selections - NOTHING happens) - I have to tap outside the dialog to make it disappear, and then bring up the dialog "manually" via the settings menu.
Any solution?
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I have same "problem", but I just wait one minute and dialog unfreeze.
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both of you, check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118164
using autostarts you can disable that pop up.
using the guide in this thread i remapped my dock keyboard so that i could use whatever soft keyboard i wanted ( i use smart keyboard pro) and the dock keys wouldnt change.
my problem was that the only way i could get the @ key on the dock keyboard to work was with the standard asus keyboard chosen on the tablet, any other soft keyboard and the @ key wouldnt work.
all solved now though!!
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Sigismund83 said:
Hi all,
when using my TF with dock I bumped into a problem - the keyboard dock does not work well with 3rd party input methods (e.g. Go keyboard thumb layout). I was looking for an app or some other way to auto-switch current input method when docking/undocking.
When searching and googling I found a guide to auto-display input method chooser dialog when docked/undocked (Here).
Another related guide was about re-mapping keys on the dock keyboard (Here)
Well, my aim is to create an overall keyboard utility that would enable easy keyboard auto-switching and possibly re-mapping less useful keys (e.g. brightness) to something more practical.
I've started working on the application (well, spent a few hours over two evenings ), at the moment it is very simplistic. I just replicates the behavior from the Tasker guide, so that it shows the input method chooser dialog after docking and undocking (plus a config to enable/disable this). I did not want to purchase Tasker just for this.
I know that it is an intentional android security measure that apps cannot switch input methods at will, but if someone has an idea how to overcome this (for rooted devices), please, let me know.
Anyway, here is an initial version. Hopefully, someone else besides me will find it useful. Any comments, suggestions highly appreciated!
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solved already!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118164
turn off the pop op using autostarts
remap the keys however you wish.
Ok, help here, please..
I am lost in all these threads and guides and what not..
What I need is: how to make dock type in Cyrillic Serbian, like the on screen keyboard? I do not need the automatic change of KB, I just need the possibility to type in Cyrillic. When I select serbian, dock stays US and onscreen is changed only..
When you do the remapping from the already mentioned thread, is it possible after that to change to US easily?
Thanx
No pop-up?
Any luck updating this app so that there are two more selections in the configuration screen?
Soft Keyboard when undocked
Soft Keyboard when docked
Then when docking / undocking don't present a user prompt but just change to the selected keyboard?
Thanks!
Great idea! If you could add an option To remember the selection it would be perfect! Anyway GREAT WORK!!!
Bromius76 said:
Any luck updating this app so that there are two more selections in the configuration screen?
Soft Keyboard when undocked
Soft Keyboard when docked
Then when docking / undocking don't present a user prompt but just change to the selected keyboard?
Thanks!
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I would love this.
Hey everyone,
This may be a bit of an off question as it applies to all android phones not ust the one s but here goes....
I just picked up an iHome Bluetooth Keyboard, designed for the ipad. Connected with ease to my one S and I am currently using it to type out this post. Works fantastic. No lag to speak of and the keys are really nice. One drawback, it is designed for Ipad lol. Sooooo the question here is whether or not it is possible to remap the keys on the keyboard to perform funtions on Android. I.e. map the function buttons to quicklaunch apps or to use the arrow keys to roll around the UI as I have not yet picked up a mouse. the arrow keys work in certain apps like the text message app or the browser. keyboard is a dream for emulation, takes me back to my early pc no gamepad emulation days lol. anyways, if anyone has some input on the subject i would love to hear it. Thanks in advance to your helpful replies. Love this community!!!
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Hi,
I've managed to remap some hotkeys by opening up the terminal emulator (which you can download here) and inserting the string "am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.quicklaunch.QuickLaunchSettings" without quotes (thanks to norristh for this). This way you can map each search+letter shortcut and, IN MY KEYBOARD, hotkeys are nothing but a search+letter combination (I mean, if you change the search+letter behaviour you also change the hotkey behaviour).
The only hotkeys I haven't been able to get working are the apps key and the mute key (they aren't probably integrated natively in android).
Try it out!
i bought an ihome bluetooth wireless keyboard and i am unable to pair it with my inspire4g. i need some help please. i try to type ''0000'' and ''1234'' with no luck. what am i missing. it's a race to get this done because my girlfriend wants me to take it back, but i know it will work.
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