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[NEW] K's Touch PCM Keyboard Skin & Layout

Here's my PCM Touch Keyboard. The keyboard has HTC Symbol pad's symbols fully integrated into it. By holding down certain keys for 250ms, you'd be able to toggle certain symbols. For example, holding down "a" will show all the "a" accents. Holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts, and etc etc.
*I don't know why the first picture looks brighter than the others...*
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Holding down the numbers will also toggle some symbols. These are usually symbols that are listed on your ordinary full size keyboard. For example,
1=~, !
[email protected]
3=$ (and various $ signs)
5=%
As you can see, I have also included some ghetto smileys into the mode button tapping the mode button doesn't change anything as there's only 2 modes in this keyboard (caps lock and lower case - double tap shift to toggle between them). However, holding down the mode button will show some commonly used symbols found at the lower portion of a keyboard.
The keyboard is based on the English layout. If you native language is not English, simply change the first two lines of the layout to the layout you commonly use. Everything else should work regardless of the base layout.
Installation is simple, just toss both files into Program Files\PCM Keyboard, select the layout and skin from pcm keyboard option and you are done.
BEFORE INSTALLATION
-open up the layout file with notepad, and replace this line:
symbol_pad=0,)-_+±
There's an extra "-" in the original layout file as seen in picture.
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sir.... looks good but couldnt try coz the file is corrupt....

Looks good, but do you still need to update the PCM Keyboard every now and then? Because the PCM Keyboard has "expired date" which is really annoying.
I would rather to pay (even in this beta version) rather than having to visit the site, download, uninstall, reinstall, etc. etc.

I'm not sure if 0.12 still expires....I'm actually rather new to PCM Keyboard...I skinned it because I wanted a better keyboard to be used with my touch style rom...and the touch xt9 keyboard/keypad is a pita.....
Well, I hope you guys like it, you can easily customize the keyboard layout file to show whatever symbols you want when you hold down a key

Wow! wonder ful. I like it...

I like the look. Its my new skin.
Shouldn't it be "http://" instead of "http:\\"?
Also i could never figure out why on the skins they always have the "'" key above the backspace instead of something like the ".". I don't use hte "'" key as much as I do ".". I usually just change it in the layout file myself.

Is it possible to have a button to switch screen orientation?
Jem777

Really nice, i usually use the PhonePad, but with these nice tweaks u've done 2 it i'll 4sure give it a try...
Thanx for a great work

As noted above, the zip file seems to be corrupt. Downloads okay but won't open.

The current version of PCMK, v.12, is set to expire on Jan 15 or thereabouts. So, yes, it still does expire. I agree it is a bit annoying. But the keyboard is generally great with the rigth skin. I prefer the other "refined" one to this. This is complete, but the buttons are too small IMO. Still both are nice. Different strokes for different folks.

jomo25 said:
The current version of PCMK, v.12, is set to expire on Jan 15 or thereabouts. So, yes, it still does expire. I agree it is a bit annoying. But the keyboard is generally great with the rigth skin. I prefer the other "refined" one to this. This is complete, but the buttons are too small IMO. Still both are nice. Different strokes for different folks.
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Here is a link to the "refined" thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349647
I was curious how this layout would look with my black iphone skin... So if you like BIG keys and this layout, you can select K's layout and one of the iphone skins from my thread above. The screen shot is of this configuration.
Good work K! I like some of your shortcuts.

Here is my skin and layout...

the bigger keyboard is nice. I'd skin it with the touch look later

Just wanted to see a side by side comparison.

is it just me because when holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts etc... nothing happens??

gfreek said:
is it just me because when holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts etc... nothing happens??
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@ gfreek,
Does this work?
klmsu19 said:
-If you press the internet explorer key you will get "http://www."
-If you press and hold the internet explorer key you can choose: https://, .net, .org, .com or www."
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CORRUPT ?????????
bassett said:
As noted above, the zip file seems to be corrupt. Downloads okay but won't open.
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I opened the corrupt file in notepad and saw that is in fact a ".RAR" that was renamed to ".ZIP", why?, I don't know...
Just rename the file ext. from ".zip" back to ".rar" and it should work 100 %
Great skin dude...

You don't have to Unistall, reinstall thingy, just change the date to whatever before 15/Jan-08 and it will work..
gogol said:
Looks good, but do you still need to update the PCM Keyboard every now and then? Because the PCM Keyboard has "expired date" which is really annoying.
I would rather to pay (even in this beta version) rather than having to visit the site, download, uninstall, reinstall, etc. etc.
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jem777 said:
Is it possible to have a button to switch screen orientation?
Jem777
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no biggie.
you can assign camera button to rotate the screen.
setting - button - <rotate screen>
works like a charm for me.

do you have keyboard skin whick looks like an ordinary phone keypad?. i just got used to it already when messaging.
please help kin0kin.

PrimeContact - fast and beautiful finger-oriented contact manager with fullscreen CID

PrimeContact 2.216
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Description:
Contact manager “Primetech Contacts for Windows Mobile” is designed to manage contact list using a finger instead of stylus.
All contact list actions are made by the moving of a thumb. Various movements done over the list (bottom-up, right-left, etc.) correspond to a certain action. It works well for fast contact search and making calls on the move when there is no opportunity to use stylus. Do everything you want: send SMS, MMS, make calls with just a flick of a finger!
Large and user-friendly iPhone style control elements provide extremely comfortable way of navigation through your phone book.
With the easily-customizable interface you can change anything you want from position on the screen to size and color of the elements. Create your own theme or use the existing ones. There is also hardware keyboard search support, wheel support and flip-mode support.
Features:
CallerID (incoming caller photo)
Acceptable speed even on slow processors;
Smooth scrolling with the inertia effect;
Screen Keyboard;
Fullscreen photo viewing in the information section of the contact
Installing the contact photo (without compression);
Various search modes:
Search by the first letter of contact''s name;
Search by the group (company / category / favourites);
Search by first letters(~T9) (using keyboard);
Search by the part of the phone number (using keyboard);
Through-search over all of the contact''s information fields (using keyboard);
Choosing a phone number and calling;
Full support of hardware buttons and hardware numeric keyboard;
Fully customizable interface (colors, fonts, size, speed, the output format).
Handled finger-moves:
up/down - contacts list scrolling in the given direction;
left - choosing telephone number;
right - detailed contact''s information;
continuous "tap" on the contact - dialing;
PrimeContact has hidden TAP-zones located on the corners of the screen:
Upper left corner - select group/company
Upper right corner - main menu
Lower right corner - select letter
Homepage | Buy
Unregistered version is fully functional except for the ability to call.
Activation code must be entered at the "About" tab in "Main menu -> Settings"
Downloads: CAB | ZIP (including wm2003)
Additional:
Font generator: font_gen | POST about it

wow really nice app. Some words are in Russian though.

I like the one handed operation,but I cant figure out the whole interface. Being able to access all the contacts' numbers is priceless.I had to reset my device just to get out of the program. The scrolling isnt as smooth as the competition......

Some words are in Russian though
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Where?
Vukile said:
I like the one handed operation,but I cant figure out the whole interface. Being able to access all the contacts' numbers is priceless.I had to reset my device just to get out of the program.
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Minimizing program bind to the reject button. You can bind exit from the program to any hardware button: PrimeContact.cfg: ContactList.key.close. Do not pay attention to the Russian comments
The scrolling isnt as smooth as the competition......
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You can choose smooth scrolling parameters: PrimeContact.cfg: ContactList.scroll.speed, ContactList.scroll.deceleration_percent

i like your app very nice thanks.

Some words are in Russian though
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Fixed! New version in the head.

Thanks. For the fix.
I like it so much I am working on a Touch skin for it.
Is it possible to have the "skin.cfg" and "PrimeContact.cfg" translated?

Impressive
It's really an impressive application.
I wonder if there is a way to have the index letters in greek instead in russian. Also, the main problem is that it converts my greek characters into russian characters, and I don't know how to solve it.

I wonder if there is a way to have the index letters in greek instead in russian
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You can use font generator (charset = 161 (GREEK)). The next step is to put them in a fonts folder of used skin
font_gen_eng.zip

One question: What I have to do for exiting app ?? I can't close it !!!!
Btw, great app. so....
Greetings

ThunderRoad said:
One question: What I have to do for exiting app ?? I can't close it !!!!
Btw, great app. so....
Greetings
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Press red phone (reject call) button. This question has beeen answered just several posts above yours...

PrimeContact said:
You can use font generator (charset = 161 (GREEK)). The next step is to put them in a fonts folder of used skin
font_gen_eng.zip
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Thanks for your reply!
I try to run it in my pc but it doesn't run (it says: "The system cannot execute the specified program.").
When I try to run it in ppc, nothing happens.

jolas said:
Thanks for your reply!
I try to run it in my pc but it doesn't run (it says: "The system cannot execute the specified program.").
When I try to run it in ppc, nothing happens.
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For me it works. I put the font_generator.exe and fonts.bat to the fonts folder of blue skin and I edit the font.bat to generate only the 4 fonts that the skin needs. After I transfer the files to device and all now are in greek!

I wonder if there is a way to have the index letters in greek instead in russian
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This file contains necessary fonts in different charsets
necessary fonts (some charsets)

dancer_69, thanks for your reply!
PrimeContact, thank you very much for the charsets!!!

Can we have and the configuration files in english?

I traduce the lang file in french
I have a non-phone mpda, how can i exit from prime contacts ? Thanks a lot
I find myself, mapping the exit to the pad (down for exemple)

guimau31 said:
I traduce the lang file in french
I have a non-phone mpda, how can i exit from prime contacts ? Thanks a lot
I find myself, mapping the exit to the pad (down for exemple)
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I have the same problem. I tried and on my qtek 8500 without touchscreen and works pretty good. But need some config with the buttons.
And here is the greek language, just erase the doc extention:

Very useful application.
The only drawback is that it takes too long to load. Will this be improved in further releases?
Thanks,
Fran

Another thing I have noticed is that even though I have created ANSI fonts using fonts.bat and put them all in the corresponding FONTS folder, I still do not get the accented letters in Spanish. For example:
Where it should say "Fotógrafo" y get "Fotygrafo", instead of ""Mecánico" it shows "Mec6nico", etc.
Fran

TouchPal v3 now released. Anyone want to design a good skin?

http://www.cootek.com
TOUCHPAL
What's new in V3?
Thanks to our customer feedback and their support to our continueous innovation, there're a bunch of new features in V3:
* Now you can "flow" your keyboard by sliding left or right!
* Support two more layouts: single-key layout and 9-key layout.
* Press-hold a key will expand all the characters on that key, including the accented letters (e.g., "a" for "á").
* Prediction is now based on context.
A lot more features and enhancements are available in V3. A detail list of new stuffs in V3 >>
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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The skins are now customisable, but I find the default one is a bit boring.
Anyone care to enhance it?

Their new mistype correction is amazing!

Hebrewwwwwwww!
ok.. to be more specific than just yelling "HEBREW"... we israelies are having problems with writing in Hebrew in our keyboards after upgrading to WM6 because Eyron is dumb. (atleast in my eyes). and paragon supports only hebrew screen keyboard writing and not the physical keyboard. i believe that if they added hebrew to touchpal many israelies would buy it.
something to think about.

great news, installed already can't help with the skins though.

Ok, because no one was doing anything about a terrible standard skin , I changed all available png files to black and white in a graphic program. That did not take care of some backgrounds (ie help tag) and there is still a blue line across the keyboard. But I have no clue how to sort these out... Can anyone help?
BTW this SIP is amazing.

If you want more skins, look here: http://www.cootek.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=6

This software is the best input i ever use how do you think frens?

I have seen the V3 preview you tube...and it has the old v2 skin which i love ---- pity they have not released a skin pack for it as yet

theme freak said:
This software is the best input i ever use how do you think frens?
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I've tried a bunch of keyboard programs and I have to say that this one is my favorite. Took just a bit of getting used to though. I just wish the installer didn't ask so many questions. That makes it tought to use UC.

i've attached the CAB if anyone wants it. Its a 15 day trial of Pro, then reverts to Standard.

Hebrew Lang Pack
Can't wait for it to come out.. i need a comfortable hebrew keyboard so bad.

Any way to alter rows & columns with skins?
I doubt this can be done because I didn't see anything about it on Cooktek's tutorial, but can you only change the keyboard color with skins?
I was excited to see that this new version adds a 9-key (usually that would be called a 12-key) layout because I like that for one-handed typing a lot, but it looks like you're still stuck with 5 columns.
I would much prefer to have bigger button in 3 columns like the htc keypad for portrait mode. Only problem with that one is the "side-effects" of XT9.
So is there any way to skin this new version and change the layout to 3 columns in portrait mode?

The awful sound
can i get rid of the nasty sound when i scroll left or right to select new keyboard layout...it makes a sound like a bomb is about to land on you
fixed: go to option and scroll until you find a selection to disable it.

This is a great keyboard. Amazing!
Just one question though, is there a way to change the color from blue to black?

jkrj524 said:
This is a great keyboard. Amazing!
Just one question though, is there a way to change the color from blue to black?
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Next time, please read around before you post.
Follow the link in Post #6
There are many skins there, including black ones.
You can also try the official GreySky theme, located at the bottom of the page here.

Azimuth21 said:
Next time, please read around before you post.
Follow the link in Post #6
There are many skins there, including black ones.
You can also try the official GreySky theme, located at the bottom of the page here.
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Sorry about that. Thanks a lot for the help.

Is there a way to change keys' disposition?
I mean... Can I move the "?" from the original position to a different one?

I think i´m blind, but how to change the language?
I installed the program and the german language pack, but i can´t find anything to switch to it.

Christian72D said:
I think i´m blind, but how to change the language?
I installed the program and the german language pack, but i can´t find anything to switch to it.
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Slide down on the "abc" tab and make your selection.

any vga diamond skin? cant find it khere.

Real iPhone Keyboard for Windows Mobile

I can't believe my eyes when I saw this keyboard skin.
I think its still new and not being posted yet so I'll share the info with you guys =)
This is the screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I found it at here: http://keyboard.ppc-theme.com
Friends, I want to ask who own an iPhone?
Is this keyboard really looks the same with iPhone?
Last time I ever used the happy tapping keyboard and pocketcm keyboard but
not really same..until I tried this one I have a feeling that its the same, am I right?

nice i will give it a go. down own a iphone yet will in 6 days tho

I think this one is much better..
I am using it..

And qVGA NO?
I trying for create qVGA, and after testing - letters are badly spaced...
I'm too lazy to create "working" qVGA skin :-D

jarotbudiono said:
I think this one is much better..
I am using it..
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can you tell me where to find that skin please ?

jadephyre said:
can you tell me where to find that skin please ?
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this any many more can be found here. http://www.resco.net/competition/default.aspx

I liked the carbon skin before I saw that once you clicked a letter it has a purple outline on the letters =/ It looked fugly so i switch to the iPhone skin.
Kraize

I think the creators are going to create QVGA version soon since I read at the site..it will be released soon..btw is it really look alike like iPhone keyboard?

i've got a friend with an iphone, from what i remember it's pretty close if not spot on. i'll ask to see next time i see him

Would be nice if title states that the skins are for Resco KB pro which is not free.
Also the two skins mentioned so far appear to be fromt he same author, Kie, who is also the contest winner.
The skins look almost identical except the background is slightly different.

quick question: With resco KB Pro, if you type something that is on the bottom of a page, will the KB cover it up or will it automatically shift the page up so you can see what you are typing? If not, is there any KB that will do this (besides the Full Screen Keyboards out there).

superflysocal said:
quick question: With resco KB Pro, if you type something that is on the bottom of a page, will the KB cover it up or will it automatically shift the page up so you can see what you are typing? If not, is there any KB that will do this (besides the Full Screen Keyboards out there).
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Usually I try to move the scroll bar on the left side to go down if the keyboard has cover the writings but this theme really rocks on my vga device..I have asked my friends who own an iPhone and she says yes it is really the same

I'll be watching for QVGA for this........I like the iSkin TI skin I'm using now but i'd love to try this one

QVGA would be nice

Wow what a nice keyboard..I have used the QVGA version and it works well on my device yes this skin really looks like iPhone..I have seen the video on youtube.
Here is the video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=D3pYZgA4a_Y

QVGA is out. Click on the landscape picture to download.

I still prefer PCM Keyboard to Resco
PCM is free and I like how PCM allows you to put any pop-up keys from any main key.
The graphics on this resco skin are a little better than my iClone skin for PCM, due to how the skins are configured. Resco allows you to crate a background with the keys and then map the individual key identifiers. Much better than PCM, that you must create a left side, center and right side of the key to create one key.
With my layout you can easily get caps letters without the gesture (press and hold on a letter) and quick punctuation like ". " (period and a space) or .com from pressing and holding the space bar.
I have an iphone and have used it for almost a year and like my pcm skin better with the custom layout. Yes the keys are bigger on the iPhone, but the capacitive screen is almost too sensitive for typing.
Anyway to each their own. Try my skins and you may like PCM better.

2manyphones said:
PCM is free and I like how PCM allows you to put any pop-up keys from any main key.
The graphics on this resco skin are a little better than my iClone skin for PCM, due to how the skins are configured. Resco allows you to crate a background with the keys and then map the individual key identifiers. Much better than PCM, that you must create a left side, center and right side of the key to create one key.
With my layout you can easily get caps letters without the gesture (press and hold on a letter) and quick punctuation like ". " (period and a space) or .com from pressing and holding the space bar.
I have an iphone and have used it for almost a year and like my pcm skin better with the custom layout. Yes the keys are bigger on the iPhone, but the capacitive screen is almost too sensitive for typing.
Anyway to each their own. Try my skins and you may like PCM better.
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I would like to try but there are no VGA one
Thats why I prefer Resco since they have a lot of collection of skin..The pressed button on iKie skin is marvelous..its really looks similar with the iPhone one

theme freak said:
I would like to try but there are no VGA one
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Yea sorry... Until the auto-complete bug gets fixed in PCM V14 AND I get a touch diamond or touch pro I don't want to spend the time on a VGA version.

I have tried pocketcm on my device but its too slow I dun know why..I just not used to it maybe but resco keyboard pro is quite fast..and also touchpal

Changing the default SIP changer menu

I don't know exactly how it is called, but I will refer it as the SIP changer menu. This is the little arrow right of the virtual keyboard icon in the middle of the softbar (bottom taskbar).
I've tried several ROMs but only one (cmEx) includes the HTC SIP changer menu (maybe also called ezinput or ezsip). Also I've installed Itje's Blackstone keyboards on my X1 and I now have the HTC keyboards (full qwerty, compact qwerty and phone keypad). I looked inside that cab and I see a registry key called ezsip. Inside that key there is a DWORD value called "BioToShowMenu". When this value is changed from 0 to 1 the HTC SIP changer menu appears.
The HTC SIP changer seems like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
On the cmEx rom this menu appears if you click the arrow right to the virtual keyboard (SIP) icon. By default on the X1 you get the windows SIP changer menu which is way worse than the HTC one.
So how do we change it? I've searched hard for it but couldn't find any relevant info. Maybe I am not searching for the right thing so now that I've described it I hope that someone can help.
Thanks in advance.

HKLM\Software\HTC\ezsip
EnableSipMenu = 1
But be forewarned: HTC's SIP changer has its limitations. You cannot change the main list because the main list is reserved for Phone Keypad, Compact QWERTY, and Full QWERTY (although an extra option will appear at the bottom as your "last used SIP"). It's particularly annoying if you like to switch between 3rd party keyboards (SPB keyboards, etc), since you will have to always go into "Other Input Methods" in order to select them.
Additionally, you can disable the HTC SIPs (Phone Keypad, Compact and Full QWERTY), but you will be left with blanks in the SIP changer menu.

fhsieh said:
HKLM\Software\HTC\ezsip
EnableSipMenu = 1
But be forewarned: HTC's SIP changer has its limitations. You cannot change the main list because the main list is reserved for Phone Keypad, Compact QWERTY, and Full QWERTY (although an extra option will appear at the bottom as your "last used SIP"). It's particularly annoying if you like to switch between 3rd party keyboards (SPB keyboards, etc), since you will have to always go into "Other Input Methods" in order to select them.
Additionally, you can disable the HTC SIPs (Phone Keypad, Compact and Full QWERTY), but you will be left with blanks in the SIP changer menu.
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Thanks for answering.
That key was one of the first I looked. For me it is always enabled to 1 but pressing the arrow next to the SIP icon never brings the HTC SIP changer. It seems that the default SIP changer menu has a higher priority and hides the HTC one.
So is there a registry key to disable the default one?

May I suggest using FingerMenu
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459125
This changes each softkey menu and SIP menu into a finger friendly scrollable menu system similar to the HTC sip menu you have shown.
The other benefit of this software is that it shows the exact same options as the standard sip menu. So it will show 3rd party keyboards from this screen as well.

XavierGr said:
Thanks for answering.
That key was one of the first I looked. For me it is always enabled to 1 but pressing the arrow next to the SIP icon never brings the HTC SIP changer. It seems that the default SIP changer menu has a higher priority and hides the HTC one.
So is there a registry key to disable the default one?
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It may just be an issue of the X1 ROM, since the ezsip changer was (initially) designed for the Touch Diamond/Pro/HD. On all Diamond/Pro/HD ROMs, the ezsip menu takes priority over the default menu and is controlled by the reg key I posted, so if it's not working on the X1 then my guess is that the ROM simply isn't loading ezsip in the first place.
But FingerMenu as fxcoupeman83 suggested is probably the best solution. That way you get the finger-friendly menu and can also customize which items appear on your SIP changer menu (by changing IsInputMethod reg settings or using a program to enable/disable SIPs).

fhsieh said:
It may just be an issue of the X1 ROM, since the ezsip changer was (initially) designed for the Touch Diamond/Pro/HD. On all Diamond/Pro/HD ROMs, the ezsip menu takes priority over the default menu and is controlled by the reg key I posted, so if it's not working on the X1 then my guess is that the ROM simply isn't loading ezsip in the first place.
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Obviously ezsip is loaded somewhere because when I change the reg key "BioToShowMenu" to 1 the menu appears instantly so something definitely monitors that key. The question is what or why the default SIP changer takes priority and ezsip doesn't see then event of pressing the little arrow next to the virtual keyboard icon.
fhsieh said:
But FingerMenu as fxcoupeman83 suggested is probably the best solution. That way you get the finger-friendly menu and can also customize which items appear on your SIP changer menu (by changing IsInputMethod reg settings or using a program to enable/disable SIPs).
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I will try it and see if that works good for me.

I just tried the program, while it is very good for its purpose it misses a specific feature that I like so much on the HTC SIP menu.
The HTC SIP Changer menu has a very fast and easy way to change virtual keyboard layouts. So, while I don't change SIPs so often, I always need to change my layout from Greek to English and vice versa, something that FingerMenu doesn't provide. In the end I need to find how to suppress the default SIP changer or make ezsip the prominent.

The key "BioToShowMenu" is monitored from the application SIPGT_app.exe. When this process isn't running the registry key does nothing. Now the question is why we don't get the menu when pressing the SIP arrow?
I am moving in circles and still I need to find a way to disable the default SIP changer menu.