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How to assign a hardkey to HTC Quick Menu (Task Manager)?

I like HTC Task Manager's feature, that enables the Quick Menu when pressing the X-button. But I would like to acces the Quick Menu with a hardkey.
Does anybody know how that can be done?

Give SPB Pocket Plus a try.

tyguy said:
Give SPB Pocket Plus a try.
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Yes, SPB Pocket Plus has the taskmanager like the Quick Menu. But the reason why I like the one from HTC - is because it is finger friendly.
I have tried the Touch Commander Suite - it has a great task manager (quick menu). But it is not that consistent in its performance - and it keeps closing down - and the only way to get it back is with soft reset. :-(

I thought he meant how to assign a hardware button ... use the button feature from Pocket Plus was my suggestion NOT the task mgr.

actually just coming in my head... do you mean HTC Action Screen. This works perfect with Pocket plus (I have it on long press PTT on my AT&T Tilt).

tyguy said:
actually just coming in my head... do you mean HTC Action Screen. This works perfect with Pocket plus (I have it on long press PTT on my AT&T Tilt).
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No, I mean the Quick Menu that you can see on the attachment.

Yes, I'm thinking about this too considering that HTC Task Manager is only available on the Today Screen. It would be nice to be able to access it while in other applications. So, I guess a hardware key mapping is the best solution. Anybody?

Pocket Plus has an "Alt-Tab" function which can be mapped to a hardware key. It'll open a window and either with the stylus or scroll wheel you select the task, press OK (or press the scroll wheel) and you are there.

PPCBANDIT said:
No, I mean the Quick Menu that you can see on the attachment.
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If you only want to access that from today screen, HButton does a good job for that. I add the "OK/Close" function to one of the HButtons, and assign that to the "OK" button in the settings->buttons. This way I can use the "OK" button to close most of the running programs, and while in today screen, one hit on the "OK" button will bring up the list of programs in the picture you attached.

tyguy said:
Pocket Plus has an "Alt-Tab" function which can be mapped to a hardware key. It'll open a window and either with the stylus or scroll wheel you select the task, press OK (or press the scroll wheel) and you are there.
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The problem with the Alt-Tab function is, that you are not able to close one (or all) of the programs - like you can with the Quick menu

wearefree said:
If you only want to access that from today screen, HButton does a good job for that. I add the "OK/Close" function to one of the HButtons, and assign that to the "OK" button in the settings->buttons. This way I can use the "OK" button to close most of the running programs, and while in today screen, one hit on the "OK" button will bring up the list of programs in the picture you attached.
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Please explain. When I go under settings->buttons, I can only ad the "ok/close" function. Are you saying, that you also have an "ok" function, and when you map the ok function to a hardkey, then you have the list of the programs pop up on the today screen??

PPCBANDIT said:
Please explain. When I go under settings->buttons, I can only ad the "ok/close" function. Are you saying, that you also have an "ok" function, and when you map the ok function to a hardkey, then you have the list of the programs pop up on the today screen??
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You have to install HButton.

I use Handy Menu, not free though. 4.99 I think. It also gives you some other functions, and it is configurable. I have it mapped to long press camera button.

Quick Menu 2.7 does exactly that. All you have to do is tap the start menu. a list of programs running and an X to kill them.
Much quicker than looking for a way to edit taksmanager/Xbutton3(?)
Highly recomend it. I don't use anything else.
Also, you can cook it too:
Install the app; set up your options; export the registries; make a package from the cab (for dsm/rgu ); copy the contents of the reg export to the rgu using text editor. Package complete! now you can cook it and have your options be like you need them.... and there are so many!

PPCBANDIT said:
I like HTC Task Manager's feature, that enables the Quick Menu when pressing the X-button. But I would like to acces the Quick Menu with a hardkey.
Does anybody know how that can be done?
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found the solution already? i would also like the htc task popup into a HW button

rocho said:
found the solution already? i would also like the htc task popup into a HW button
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I did, thanks wearefree for the tip. Use HButton, its OK/Close button handling is different from OS, so it makes exactly what we need. I mapped HW button 2 on my Wizard to HButton and it simulates OK/Close. When any app is in front it minimizes it and when I'm on today it shows HTC Quick Menu.

Change Start Menu Button action?

Is there a way to change the behavior of the Start Menu Button? Basically i'd rather have it simply show the today screen rather than the actual menu. Alternatively i'd even prefer that it ignore the press and not show the menu. With many of us already having application launchers on the today screen, the start menu is redundant.
I apologize in advance if this is inappropriate for this forum.

To avoid not being able to access the start menu at all, you could enable it with a long key press of the start menu button.
Tap = return to Today Screen
Hold = show Start Menu
This would seem like a nice thing to have. Is such a thing possible? Perhaps with Mortscript?

What PDA do you have?
If you have a PDA/phone you just do a single press of the "hang up" button?

WM itself doesn't allow to change the start menu action. However, it's possible to put another app on top, like WisBar Advance, SKMenu, and similar tools do. But I don't know of any free and lightwight app which only replaces the start menu button.

onlinespending said:
With many of us already having application launchers on the today screen, the start menu is redundant.
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I agree! Have searched this for a long time, but it seems it can't be done.
I would love if Visual Task Manager started when i press the windows icon.
Please return if you find a application to replace the start menu button. Thanks, i offer a kiss in payment

This program will do it. http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-gspocketmagic-v1-32-19.html
Just that the icon becomes so ugly but i think it's worth it

[Q] Help, i've lost the menu button??

I am running a nand version on my HD2, of android. But the problem is, in the bar below (wich you always could see in your home screen) i had three apps. phone/menu/messages. Something happend and I've lost the menu 'app'. The problem is that I can't find the menu 'app' in my app list. I think that is because it isn't a real app. phone and messages i can find. But the menu thing I can't find. Now I see a star in the bar and I can't find the menu thing as an app. Does anybody know how I can get the menu shortcup back!!!???? PLZ??

moordie10 said:
I am running a nand version on my HD2, of android. But the problem is, in the bar below (wich you always could see in your home screen) i had three apps. phone/menu/messages. Something happend and I've lost the menu 'app'. The problem is that I can't find the menu 'app' in my app list. I think that is because it isn't a real app. phone and messages i can find. But the menu thing I can't find. Now I see a star in the bar and I can't find the menu thing as an app. Does anybody know how I can get the menu shortcup back!!!???? PLZ??
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Keep holding on that star in ur menu bar and press on smtg called "app drawer" .
Or press your physical menu button ( the windows key ) / then preferences / scroll down and try to reset to defaults .

sergeroyal said:
Keep holding on that star in ur menu bar and press on smtg called "app drawer" .
Or press your physical menu button ( the windows key ) / then preferences / scroll down and try to reset to defaults .
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Well, I've tried your first thing. It doesn't matter hoe long I keep holding the star, eventualy it says: no application defined yet, drop something here! .
Your second way doesn't work, because: I go to preferences and then ADWLauncher. In ADWlauncher I reset to default, but then it doesn't reset the shortcut bar, it only resets your home screen preferences. Like I have normaly 5 rows, then it goes back to 4 rows. But it doesn't reset the shortcut bar?? Is there some other way???

moordie10 said:
Well, I've tried your first thing. It doesn't matter hoe long I keep holding the star, eventualy it says: no application defined yet, drop something here! .
Your second way doesn't work, because: I go to preferences and then ADWLauncher. In ADWlauncher I reset to default, but then it doesn't reset the shortcut bar, it only resets your home screen preferences. Like I have normaly 5 rows, then it goes back to 4 rows. But it doesn't reset the shortcut bar?? Is there some other way???
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Yes there is , follow those steps :
Press on a empty place in your desktop / press Launcher Actions / press Open/close App drawer/ then place this shortcut on the star . Here you go

sergeroyal said:
Yes there is , follow those steps :
Press on a empty place in your desktop / press Launcher Actions / press Open/close App drawer/ then place this shortcut on the star . Here you go
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YES!!!! IT'S BACK!!! Thank you man!!! Thank you very much!

I hv also lost my menu(apps) bar, I'm using go lunchr frnz plz help me.how to get it back..

My Menu Key Is Gone!!!!!

My menu key was deleted from my home screen (not by me) & I don’t know how to get it back! Can anyone tell me how to get it back? PLEASE

Menu key? I'm not sure I'm following you.

Kylanii said:
My menu key was deleted from my home screen (not by me) & I don’t know how to get it back! Can anyone tell me how to get it back? PLEASE
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Do you mean the icon on the center that opens up the app drawer? I suppose you're using a custom launcher?
Long-press any part of the empty screen, click Shortcut, and find an item that says launcher (or something equivalent), like how you would add a shortcut of an app on homescreen.
Then click that icon, and drag it to where menu key originally was.

hehehe thats not called the menu key its called app drawer (or app button even, the menu key is the four line button beside your back button). I'm going to assume you are on cm7 with adw because as far as i know that is the most used.... and i may have done it once or twice before. Press and hold on an empty space on your home screen. click Launcher actions. choose open close app drawer. enjoy don't feel too stupid it happens to the best of us.

Yes I did mean the app drawer...sorry. I got it back now...thanks for all the help!!!

Soft menu button hide

Hello,
Can you help me how can I hide that soft menu button ?
If I push that button the main function button are visible. I don't need this based I have allbuttons on left and right side.
Thank you

Szakos said:
Hello,
Can you help me how can I hide that soft menu button ?
If I push that button the main function button are visible. I don't need this based I have allbuttons on left and right side.
Thank you
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Try to swipe down from the top of the screen, then touch the "menu" icon (I don't remmember exactly the name of the icon). This is the way Ownice Ts10 does.

nnquynh said:
Try to swipe down from the top of the screen, then touch the "menu" icon (I don't remmember exactly the name of the icon). This is the way Ownice Ts10 does.
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Oh, I am sorry, I was wrong. You have to touch the icon "suspention: close", not "menu"

nnquynh said:
Oh, I am sorry, I was wrong. You have to touch the icon "suspention: close", not "menu"
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Yes this was the solution. Thank you