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Slide out keyboard

You know how we have to press the button with the circle on it as a kind of "shift" key to get numbers, etc? Is there any way of "locking" this on - at the minute if I want to type, say, a phone number I have to either a) press this key before every number or b) try hold it in, which makes typing awkward.
Cheers

Press the circle key twice to toggle symbols/numbers on and twice again to turn it off again...

D'oh! Thank you!

Athena keyboard

How is the keyboard tactile feedback? Can you type without quickly getting your fingers tired? Is it backlit?

Are number keys intelligent
unlike Jasjar/ Universal I do not see any dedicated number keys at the top row. Are the number keys intelligent to automatically identify number fields or do I have to press some function or blue key etc to activate numbers?

manu407 said:
How is the keyboard tactile feedback? Can you type without quickly getting your fingers tired? Is it backlit?
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No backlit

Heijdemann said:
No backlit
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Does it mean don't have light on keyboard? How to type in the dark?

cornelius said:
Does it mean don't have light on keyboard? How to type in the dark?
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That's very surprising...Not backlit!?!? However, when you consider that it has a whopping 5" screen glaring down onto the keyboard, you may also see that there is no point in backlighting the keys.

After using the keyboard, I can say that not having backlit is not an issue at all as there is already a hugh torchlight (the screen) shinning on it. The feel and feedback is also acceptable. The biggest weakness is the way keys are set out.
1. there should be a row of number key in addition to the keypad style layout.
2. the numeric keypad should have followed the computer and calculator style (with 7 8 9 on top and 123 at the bottom) instead of mobile phone format (where 123 is on top and 789 is at the bottom). The commonly used spreadsheet/calculator symbols such as + - * / ( ) are normally used at the sakme time. The should be activated by the same special function key. The should be laid out to be as logically as possible rather than all over the place as currently the case.
3. The most common punctuation marks should be accessable without having to first press shift or special function key abd should be tyoed by the right hand. All other punctuation marks and special characters should have been activated in the sane way as capital letters.i.e. via the shift key. In other word, when the shift key is pressed, we should be able to access all symbols and capital letters. It is radiculos to have to keep switching between pressing the shift key and special function key now.
4. the letter Z must go directly below A to have any chance of fast typing. All keyboards are done that way except this one.
In my next posting, I'll show my preferred keyboard layout.

This might help. Lots of opinions on the keyboard, and some suggestions on alternatives.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=303399

Text input and "£" sign?

Hi,
Is there any way to make it easier to insert the "£" symbol when typing using the HTC keyboard? At the moment I have to press 12#, then 1/2 before I can find the "£" symbol. It would be so much easier if it was on a long press of one of the other keys on the keyboard, eg if you long press "f" you get a "$" symbol, or long press "s" you get an "@" symbol.
Cheers

snerkler said:
Hi,
Is there any way to make it easier to insert the "£" symbol when typing using the HTC keyboard? At the moment I have to press 12#, then 1/2 before I can find the "£" symbol. It would be so much easier if it was on a long press of one of the other keys on the keyboard, eg if you long press "f" you get a "$" symbol, or long press "s" you get an "@" symbol.
Cheers
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Have a look for
"Currency Symbols for Keyboard.cab"
that may be what you need. It puts all teh currency symbols on the one key.

Please READ the Hints and tips sticky for the answer

See Point 50 in the FAQ thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638&highlight=step2p+Currency+Key

DMAND said:
Please READ the Hints and tips sticky for the answer
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I must have read that sticky like 10 times, and I haven't seen that. I think a trip to specsavers is needed
Cheers by the way

Can't fine "-" on the keyboard

where is it????

either "?123" or "?123" then Alt. just to the right of the middle, in the second row down

on the standard keyboard?? you press the button on the bottom left of the keyboard with the globe and the number 12 next to it.... the "-" is in the middle of the bottom row.

Thanks a lot guys.
I don't how to switch Android keyboard and standard keyboard. In fact I don't know which one i am using.
But I found the - key. I need to press "123", then double click the face-icon next to 123. There are many symbles there, I got - in the list.

Long press on the text input box and it brings up an option to select "input method".. you can choose your kbd in there...

[Q] How to change the input method with keyboard

Dose anyone know how to change the input method with keyboard? Thanks a lot

If you want to use the alternate character for the key you can long press the individual key, press fn for a single use or long press fn for a locked position. The up arrow works the exact same way for capitalization. The ae key brings up the special characters for the entered letter and the smiley face is the emoticon button. The sym key brings up the onscreen keyboard symbols and don't forget to use the .com button while browsing.
Take a look at page 17 of the user manual and it explains things pretty well.
Also note that if you enter the people, messaging, email and search and a couple other things with the keyboard closed you can slide the keyboard open after entering and it will place you in the text field ready to type without an extra screen press. This is a very good keyboard if you get used to it.