i notice X1 can only assign shortcuts to the 2 button right below the lcd. Is there a way to assign to other physical buttons like the up, down, left, and right arrow key?
Search for GreenButton here on xda forums. It should make it possible to remap function of the green call send button. However, I could not get it to work myself on the X1. So if you test it, I would appreciate if you post your findings here in the forum.
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Hello,
I don't like this Home button on the Touch HD. I can get back to the today screen with the normal End Call button.
I am missing a startmenu button which I got used to over the last years. And the startmenu on this display is so far away from my thumb, that it makes one handed usage difficult.
Is there an easy way to reassign the Home buttion to the startmenu? The default Settings-->Buttons dialog offers only one long press customization. Can I enable the other buttons to get changed there?
Use aebuttons or mobilemagic, search a little for
A tool to change the buttons is AEButton Plus.
But the home key cannot be changed so far.
I concur with AE Button plus not being able to assign/reassign the home button
This is bad.
So we have to wait for a solution. I hope someone works on this.
The end call button and the home button are redundant.
Why have 2 buttons that primarily do the same thing? I know that the home button takes you to the main screen during a call where as pressing the end call will end it. But you could easily press the on-screen end call button, thus freeing up the home button to something more useful or customisable.
I guess HTC need to keep thier devices "conventional" looking to avoid scaring off potential pda newcomers!
Hi,
I do not own Touch HD, so I cannot test, but the button area bellow should be touch sensitive. Why did not somebody used it as D-pad? Dragging up/down left/righ as the GScroll (http://www.mobilesrc.com/GScroll.aspx) for Diamond? It is not possible to detect different touch positions on the same button so with only one row of buttons there is no way how to do up/down gestures?
Thanks you for your explanation, Jan
very good idea, i'll check !
edit : doesn't works somebody to code it ?
I've tryed it, not working for me on my HD (black pearl light rom) , but an app like that should be the missing part for HD.
This is a FANTASTIC idea.
Anyone willing to give it a shot and code it?
I don't think this is possible, because those "touch sensitive buttons" aren't capacitive buttons, they are just normal button much more sensitive than usual. You can see it your self by pressing them with the stylus: it works, and it wouldn't if they were capacitive.
for sure the button are not capacitive i did the same test too and few more
i think the "button" are a simple touch screen extra area
look at the attached image of the touch screen replacement part.
i think that all the button area could be remapped as wished..
Using Magic mobile or AEbuttons you can remap key to simulate Dpad, i've put up and down to double tap volume,left to double hang up, right to double hang off, center to double backspace, done it with mobilemagic. Give it a try.
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Using Magic mobile or AEbuttons you can remap key to simulate Dpad, i've put up and down to double tap volume,left to double hang up, right to double hang off, center to double backspace, done it with mobilemagic. Give it a try.
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For me this is not good replacement, on real D-pad I can press and hold, for instance quick rewind/forward on player. You cannot do that with key remapping.
If it is possible to follow gestures, you can move left a hold to simulate D-pad left key hold.
I don't think the buttons are "capacitive" (as on iPhone), but the button area is touch sensitive as the rest of the display - see the image. So it in theory should be possible to use this area to capture stylus or finger touches. I don't think I am the first one with this idea. It seems to be that there are some obstacles.
I'm a left handed owner of a Touch Pro (AT&T Fuze) and I got sick of having to try to hit the little x button when using my device one-handed.
As a result, I made these two tiny (4k) native c++ applications that open the start menu and hit the OK/Close button. That's it. Nice and simple. Works ideally for me with the (useless) PTT button located on the left side below the volume rocker -- perfect thumb positioning! I've mapped the start button executable to PTT short-press and ok/close to PTT long-press and I couldn't be happier.
I'm sure there must be other solutions already available but I looked around a bit and couldn't find an easy one so I made my own instead.
The zip contains two files:
skey.exe opens the start menu.
okey.exe hits the ok/close button.
Enjoy!
I wish, I could assign your start button executable to the Home button, because it does the same as the End Call Button.
Maybe You can try it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3039868
I can't find this button, can you show me on a pic please? Thanks.
Edit: Never mind, I thought this was in the Touch Diamond section, I also thought the Touch Pro was identical besides the keyboard and the flash.
http://www.fuzemobility.com/?p=1249
this was an article titled "Remap PTT to Start Menu or Close" with two small apps that work.
as a lefty, it can probably be useful for me as well..
thank you
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I wish, I could assign your start button executable to the Home button, because it does the same as the End Call Button.
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Just a bump because my little app, in tandem with DredSensor does exactly that. I've now mapped Home click to start button, and home double tap to ok/close.
Check out DredSensor here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478827&page=5
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I'm a left handed owner of a Touch Pro (AT&T Fuze) and I got sick of having to try to hit the little x button when using my device one-handed.
As a result, I made these two tiny (4k) native c++ applications that open the start menu and hit the OK/Close button. That's it. Nice and simple. Works ideally for me with the (useless) PTT button located on the left side below the volume rocker -- perfect thumb positioning! I've mapped the start button executable to PTT short-press and ok/close to PTT long-press and I couldn't be happier.
I'm sure there must be other solutions already available but I looked around a bit and couldn't find an easy one so I made my own instead.
The zip contains two files:
skey.exe opens the start menu.
okey.exe hits the ok/close button.
Enjoy!
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Hi, thank you very much for these files, there are really helpful.
I was wondering, is it possible to make an application as in "Home" button, to get you back to the Today screen?
And one for the "Back" button, maybe?
I am not sure if those applications already exist in Windows folder, somebody knows?
thank you very much
Alright for lefties! Thanks so much! I also hate how everything is so right-handed oriented Like the TF3D tabs too. The people are on the right side :| And everything else too.
I have AE Button Plus.
I was just wondering if the buttons on the HD 2 are all re-mappable - that is to say I can re-map the the outer left (green key) and the outer right (red key) and also the middle button with the Windows Logo but the HOME key and the the LEFT ARROW key don't seem possible.
Have I got this right or is there a way to re-map them within the above program.. I have tried the add buttons but this does not seem to work so I have probably missed the obvious but if anyone could point it out to me it would be appreciated.. cheers..
Firstly, i havent tried using AEB on my Leo, so sorry if this is wrong, but..
On the Raphael keyboard, you could remap every key, but you couldnt always unmap the default operation. From seeing a post last week sometime about AEB on the Leo, they said they couldnt unmap some default actions (exactly like you), so i assume its going to be the same as the Raph.
There is a thread that tells you how to do all this, cant remember the title exactly but its got ae button plus in it...
I find that I really don't use the volume buttons much because I don't listen to much music. I'd love to re-map one of them to provide an alt-tab type of application-switching function. Does anyone know if this is possible? Yes, I know about long-pressing the home button to bring up the last 6 programs for quick switching, but I'd really like a hardware button so I don't have the delay of the long-press and extra tap for selecting. I want quick back and fourth between programs...