So this is something that kinda bothers me.
After Damage Control's V1 (2.1) this is pretty much the only thing I can think of to ***** about
If you're in the browser, at some random web page, and you press the search hard button... there is no damn space bar! The search button does bring up the search bar, but you have to goto the symbols just to press the space after each button. Its a real PITA.
Is this something that would be difficult to fix?
poor_red_neck said:
So this is something that kinda bothers me.
After Damage Control's 2.1 this is pretty much the only thing I can think of to ***** about
If you're in the browser, at some random web page, and you press the search hard button... there is no damn space bar! The search button does bring up the search bar, but you have to goto the symbols just to press the space after each button. Its a real PITA.
Is this something that would be difficult to fix?
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Uhmm I'm on Darchlegend V4, and when I hit search I comes up with the spacebar, but it's about half the size, and looks like an under bracket
chococrazy said:
Uhmm I'm on Darchlegend V4, and when I hit search I comes up with the spacebar, but it's about half the size, and looks like an under bracket
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I'm sure you know this, but he (me too) is on DamageControl v1.0.
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Uhmm I'm on Darchlegend V4, and when I hit search I comes up with the spacebar, but it's about half the size, and looks like an under bracket
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Uhmm...... I don't....
If I could find my damn USB cable I'll post a screenshot.
Are you pressing search while IN THE BROWSER? The search works fine in any other program. Just not in the browser.
I just nand'ed back to my 1.5 modaco rom and it is the same way... no space bar.
poor_red_neck said:
I just nand'ed back to my 1.5 modaco rom and it is the same way... no space bar.
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It's probably the HTC STOCK keyboard that's causing this, because in Darch's rom he has the stock android keyboard in it.
poor_red_neck said:
Uhmm...... I don't....
If I could find my damn USB cable I'll post a screenshot.
Are you pressing search while IN THE BROWSER? The search works fine in any other program. Just not in the browser.
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Here's a screenie... see no space.
regaw_leinad said:
Here's a screenie... see no space.
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Yah that's because of the keyboard. Download the Android keyboard, and you should have a spacebar.
chococrazy said:
Yah that's because of the keyboard. Download the Android keyboard, and you should have a spacebar.
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yup, i just went to that cause someone requested a screen shot lol
I can confirm this happens in a vanilla install of DamageControl V1.0 -espresso- I can also confirm that this did not happen with my stock 1.5 build.
Do you folks think this is a 2.1 bug from HTC that is affecting ALL 2.1 roms sporting sense and the HTC keyboard then?
Is it something that can be easily fixed in the code?
bobsbobbers said:
I can confirm this happens in a vanilla install of DamageControl V1.0 -espresso- I can also confirm that this did not happen with my stock 1.5 build.
Do you folks think this is a 2.1 bug from HTC that is affecting ALL 2.1 roms sporting sense and the HTC keyboard then?
Is it something that can be easily fixed in the code?
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my guess is that it's just calling the wrong keyboard to come up.
regaw_leinad said:
my guess is that it's just calling the wrong keyboard to come up.
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Yes.
Now, how do we fix it *facepalm*
bobsbobbers said:
Yes.
Now, how do we fix it *facepalm*
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oh thats an easy one...
Just press the Search button twice.
notrock said:
Just press the Search button twice.
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Indeed!
The first "search" brings up the URL search and URL keyboard. It is designed for searching URLs and space is not a valid character in URL. Note that the
text in the search box says "Search or type URL".
Pressing "search" again, calls up a normal text search, and thus you get the keyboard with a space, and the text in the search box says "Quick Search Box".
Therefore, it's not a bug or an omission - it is by design.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
Indeed!
The first "search" brings up the URL search and URL keyboard. It is designed for searching URLs and space is not a valid character in URL. Note that the
text in the search box says "Search or type URL".
Pressing "search" again, calls up a normal text search, and thus you get the keyboard with a space, and the text in the search box says "Quick Search Box".
Therefore, it's not a bug or an omission - it is by design.
Regards,
Dave
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Thats exactly what i was gonna say! The first search option for websites doesnt include the spacebar cuz there is never a space is a url... therefore this is a misunderstanding of how the software functions. A different keyboard will not change how the browser's search function works. It will still by default show url searches first. Changing browsers may help...
foxmeister said:
Indeed!
The first "search" brings up the URL search and URL keyboard. It is designed for searching URLs and space is not a valid character in URL. Note that the
text in the search box says "Search or type URL".
Pressing "search" again, calls up a normal text search, and thus you get the keyboard with a space, and the text in the search box says "Quick Search Box".
Therefore, it's not a bug or an omission - it is by design.
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Dave
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BRILLIANT!
That is actually quite well designed now that I am aware!
This phone and forum never cease to amaze me.
I'm a little late to this conversation, looks like you guys got it figured out.
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HTC IME has the nice feature of automatically adding entered words to the keyboard dictionary. I'd like to use HTC IME because of this, but I still prefer the stock keyboard because of the scrolling word suggestions.
Can anyone add this functionality to the stock keyboard?
Really? I found that incredibly irritating with HTC IME; that's why I don't use it.
It's simple enough to add them from stock, just long-press on the word you want to add and then keep going.
cekle said:
Really? I found that incredibly irritating with HTC IME; that's why I don't use it.
It's simple enough to add them from stock, just long-press on the word you want to add and then keep going.
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I second that. The fact that I could make a typo and then it's automatically saved as the default is a burden, not a feature.
I don't like the Desire IME too. Google's IME is so much smarter.
But I do like Desire's keyboard.. it lets you type numbers/symbols by long pressing the respective keys.
It's really nice if you type non-English words
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Really? I found that incredibly irritating with HTC IME; that's why I don't use it.
It's simple enough to add them from stock, just long-press on the word you want to add and then keep going.
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The long press is a nice feature, but it is very slow and obtrusive. I hope, there's a much faster way to add words.
It would be nice if when the user taps on "add to dictionary", the word would automatically be added without taking the user to another screen. That's much faster.
I've noticed you can save words by typing them repeatedly (like three times) and then pressing the word you want in the list that pops up each time.
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I've noticed you can save words by typing them repeatedly (like three times) and then pressing the word you want in the list that pops up each time.
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That's really cool! If we can reduce the number of times the word has to be typed to be added to the dictionary, it would be great!
I'm with you on this kabayan
anthro said:
It's really nice if you type non-English words
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I'm with you on this kabayan
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Coolness!
Can anyone help?
ok, so i enjoy the swype keyboard but realized there is no voice input button for it. Am i pretty much out of luck with this unless i want to use my old keyboard or is there a way i can use voice input somehow with this like with a long hold of something.
for speech to txt you have to use the stock keyboard for now... Swype will probably have that option in the future but for now, no such thing
So grabbing the official version is no better than using any of the of swype apk download links floating around?
It is tough to ask us to switch to a different keyboard when that keyboard takes away the voice input option that Android has given us.
no- just check the version #. (Current as of today: 1.56.30.7625.t100)
The 'official' version is the same just handed out by Swype
i think swype blows anything else out of the water when using the keyboard itself. I never really used the speech to txt unless driving so I just switch back when I need it.... a long press in the text box, then select the original keyboard.
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i think swype blows anything else out of the water when using the keyboard itself. I never really used the speech to txt unless driving so I just switch back when I need it.... a long press in the text box, then select the original keyboard.
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Yeah, I'm just being difficult today.
I do really like the Swype keyboard. I'm not a big texter, I barely text - but I'm a big fan of technology and am a programmer so I definitely can appreciate the Swype keyboard app. I just want that damn button.
yeah, I hear ya. I'm sure it will come eventually.... They say in their forums on their website that they are aware of the demand and that's basically it. At least they've acknowledged it so I'm sure it will come.
Wow I've using swype today for the first time and its amazing!
When using swype, instead of swyping hit menu from there you have a speak button for talk to text
If we wanted to add in multiple button presses to get to things we'd get an iPhone ... lol
j/k .. obviously we have to live with it for now, but at least they are "aware" of it. Not that they're going to change anything though.
I just found the arrow button screen by swyping from swype menu button to alt button, there's open spot there for it.
superflysmith said:
When using swype, instead of swyping hit menu from there you have a speak button for talk to text
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Darn. My version doesn't have that.
rfarrah said:
Darn. My version doesn't have that.
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Mine either :/
I think he means hold down the Search the physical button on the phone that however only uses the google search integrated in your phone it cant be used for inputing text into specific entry fields
I use handsent, and yes when you hit menu with swype keyboard on screen you have option of "speak" and it enters into the message area.
waynester said:
I use handsent, and yes when you hit menu with swype keyboard on screen you have option of "speak" and it enters into the message area.
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Just tested and mine doesn't do that. What version of Swype are you using?
mtxpert said:
I just found the arrow button screen by swyping from swype menu button to alt button, there's open spot there for it.
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On my inc, I get to the same menu by swyping form the swype menu button to the SYM button right next to it. Hope that helps others that can't find it, it may be difference on your hardware version.
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I don't see a microphone. Could you explain how this works?
What app are you in at the time?
The "speak" option is part of Handcent, not a function of the keyboard. I think a lot of people have been confused by the lack of clarity there.
There is no way to use speech input with Swype itself without switching to the stock keyboard. Any option to speak while the Swype keyboard is selected is purely a function of the application you happen to be using at the time.
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The "speak" option is part of Handcent, not a function of the keyboard. I think a lot of people have been confused by the lack of clarity there.
There is no way to use speech input with Swype itself without switching to the stock keyboard. Any option to speak while the Swype keyboard is selected is purely a function of the application you happen to be using at the time.
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I think you are partially correct. I DO have the "Speak" option when using Handcent and Swype. I DON'T have it when using K-9 and Swype, though.
ten chars!!!
OH GOD MAN!!! The trick for the arrow keys is gonna be so frickin useful!!!!!!
I was wondering if there was an arrow keyboard for Swype. So awesome!
Thanks for that tip.
Heres some more.
http://www.swypeinc.com/tips-tricks.html
ten chars!!!
yea really good man, big props for this
post some useful info like that on my forum! lol
james6392 said:
Hi fellow SGSers,
I've been using Swype exclusively for quite a long time but only today I ..............
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hanhav said:
Thanks for that tip.
Heres some more.
http://www.swypeinc.com/tips-tricks.html
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Thanks to both of you!
SLX69 said:
Thanks to both of you!
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+1
Double Thanks all the way.
I'm loving swype more and more
If you swype off the top of the keyboard it will capitalise that letter for you.
You can access the number pad by hitting sym, then long tapping the same key.
If you need to pluralise a word (ie word becomes word's) then type in "word" then swype 's and it will do it nicely for you.
ive got a question. if you swype one letter. for example "u". it gives you four options.
Up (light blue)
Us (white_
Usa (white)
U (dark blue)
my question, is there a quicker way to select the dark blue option other than touching it? because most of the time i want that option not the top.
cheers
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ive got a question. if you swype one letter. for example "u". it gives you four options.
Up (light blue)
Us (white_
Usa (white)
U (dark blue)
my question, is there a quicker way to select the dark blue option other than touching it? because most of the time i want that option not the top.
cheers
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Just ignore the pop up and continue to swype the next word. The word in blue will be selected by default.
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Just ignore the pop up and continue to swype the next word. The word in blue will be selected by default.
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yes the light blue word is selected automatically if you keep swyping.. but i want the dark blue..
Excellent tips. Thanks people.
Thanks guys, this really is USEFULL stuff!
That first tip seems as though it may be quite useful.
I have a problem that probably only applies when using Swype in Swedish. Whenever I type a single 'i', it is automatically made uppercase... in swedish a single i means 'in' and should not be uppercase.. almost feels like a bug.
anyone know a way around this?
Those are two great tips! Especially the first I wonder why they didn't include that in the interactive Swype tutorial? The tutorial was otherwise quite useful.
james6392 said:
...Swipe your finger from Options (i) button to SYM and you get a very nice set of keys to move the cursor, cut/copy/paste, etc....
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Great useful tip!!! Thanks
ebbhead said:
I have a problem that probably only applies when using Swype in Swedish. Whenever I type a single 'i', it is automatically made uppercase... in swedish a single i means 'in' and should not be uppercase.. almost feels like a bug.
anyone know a way around this?
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swipe from letter "i" down to space bar and your "i" will not be capitalized.
Anyone actually know how to use it as a search button? I thought it would be long press or press the whole button down, or something like that, but can't figure it out.
Long press menu button (left button) is search on the X10.
Edit: I think the magnifying glass image means zoom
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WickedStyx said:
Long press menu button (left button) is search on the X10.
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On my phone long press of menu button triggers the on screen keyboard.
lornova said:
On my phone long press of menu button triggers the on screen keyboard.
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Yes and when you type it will start searching.
Ehm, didnt know that.... -_-'
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o'wow thanks!! I didn't know that it's been bugging me for months, and I always knew the keyboard was there, I just thought it was stupid having a popup keyboard, when the keyboard would always pop up when you could type lol
(now I know why...)
ronniecross said:
o'wow thanks!! I didn't know that it's been bugging me for months, and I always knew the keyboard was there, I just thought it was stupid having a popup keyboard, when the keyboard would always pop up when you could type lol
(now I know why...)
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lol, i didn't know that either. But i guess it's not fully functioning
I tried it in ASTRO and i can get only the results from the 1st letter i type. ( i mean i can't continue and type the hole word like "bluetooth" or "music" it just register the 1st letter like "b" or "m" )
Oh wow! I thought that was a glitch! Thanks for the info
lol i love how se tries to improves the ui so that every1 thinks their features are bugs^^
btw thanks a lot for the info - i always used the button to hide the keyboard (but it didnt work very well )
KingCifer said:
lol i love how se tries to improves the ui so that every1 thinks their features are bugs^^
btw thanks a lot for the info - i always used the button to hide the keyboard (but it didnt work very well )
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That's a feature on every Android phone without a search button.
Nimche said:
Yes and when you type it will start searching.
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WOW, I had no idea... Thanks a lot!
Ohhhhh! I'm so stupid for not thinking of that!
Guess nobody here used the user guide application on the phone... Neither did I.
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We all rooted then installed titanium backup, then removed it :s
I'm sure I'm not the only one with this issue but I can't seem to highlight and copy an address in my URL. I'm using dolphin browser and have tried several different keyboards. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
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I'm sure I'm not the only one with this issue but I can't seem to highlight and copy an address in my URL. I'm using dolphin browser and have tried several different keyboards. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
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Dolphin is a PITA for copying URLs.
Add bookmark for the page you want to copy the URL for, but before clicking "OK", long press in the address then click copy out of the box there, then click cancel so you don't have the bookmark.
The only way I know to copy URL in Dolphin
you can highlight the url to copy.. It takes double tapping on the url just exactly right to fast it will reload to slow .. ahh i forget what it does.. Its frustrating beyound reasonable.. the book mark thing works as well...this issue also exist in stock browser... GRRRRR Makes me wanna chuck my tablet across the room at times...
we need a right click menu box are you listening google...
kjy2010 said:
Dolphin is a PITA for copying URLs.
Add bookmark for the page you want to copy the URL for, but before clicking "OK", long press in the address then click copy out of the box there, then click cancel so you don't have the bookmark.
The only way I know to copy URL in Dolphin
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I'll try this out when I get home. I don't have this problem when using my Evo 3D on the dolphin browser. I thought there might be a trick. Thanks for the info.
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I'll try this out when I get home. I don't have this problem when using my Evo 3D on the dolphin browser. I thought there might be a trick. Thanks for the info.
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It's been a known issue with Dolphin since day one that they haven't deemed necessary to fix!
I have an Acer Iconia A500 and I use Dolphin Browser HD with the stock keyboard.
To copy a URL, I navigate to the page, press and hold in the address bar, and then select "Copy page url" from the resulting choices. It doesn't visibly highlight the URL, but it's there when I go to paste.
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I have an Acer Iconia A500 and I use Dolphin Browser HD with the stock keyboard.
To copy a URL, I navigate to the page, press and hold in the address bar, and then select "Copy page url" from the resulting choices. It doesn't visibly highlight the URL, but it's there when I go to paste.
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That had to be an addition in one of the newer updates, because it is in fact there now, but wasn't before. Thanks!
kjy2010 said:
That had to be an addition in one of the newer updates, because it is in fact there now, but wasn't before. Thanks!
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Glad to know that my first forum post actually helped someone. I'm using the latest version (7.3.0) of Dolphin Browser HD. I'm not sure when the "copy URL" feature was added, as I've had my Acer Iconia A500 and A100 for less than a month.
I'm new to Android, and I have a question that is probably very basic.... My touch is often imprecise, even when the page is zoomed, and when I'm trying to type something I often find that I need to move forward just a character or a word or two. Is there some way to do this with the on-screen keyboard? Sometimes it drives me nuts trying to find the spot I want to get to with my finger!
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I'm new to Android, and I have a question that is probably very basic.... My touch is often imprecise, even when the page is zoomed, and when I'm trying to type something I often find that I need to move forward just a character or a word or two. Is there some way to do this with the on-screen keyboard? Sometimes it drives me nuts trying to find the spot I want to get to with my finger!
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Not with the stock keyboard. Try Hackers Keyboard in the market, it adds arrow keys.
erica_renee said:
you can highlight the url to copy.. It takes double tapping on the url just exactly right to fast it will reload to slow .. ahh i forget what it does.. Its frustrating beyound reasonable.. the book mark thing works as well...this issue also exist in stock browser... GRRRRR Makes me wanna chuck my tablet across the room at times...
we need a right click menu box are you listening google...
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I have never had that issue on my a500, even when I was running pure unrooted stock. Just press and hold on the URL in the address bar. Little bar above comes up with cut, copy, and paste. Easy easy.
*redownloads dolphin HD*
*instantly remembers why I removed it*
Ah well. Yeah, as I thought, look at the address bar, press and hold on the URL, there's your menu, with copy URL on it.
Simple.
I don't get what issues you guys are having, sorry.
mtmerrick said:
*redownloads dolphin HD*
*instantly remembers why I removed it*
Ah well. Yeah, as I thought, look at the address bar, press and hold on the URL, there's your menu, with copy URL on it.
Simple.
I don't get what issues you guys are having, sorry.
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It was not always so in Dolphin HD. As a matter of fact if you do a deep search in this forum (at least a few months back), Dolphin lacked that feature
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Glad to know that my first forum post actually helped someone. I'm using the latest version (7.3.0) of Dolphin Browser HD. I'm not sure when the "copy URL" feature was added, as I've had my Acer Iconia A500 and A100 for less than a month.
I'm new to Android, and I have a question that is probably very basic.... My touch is often imprecise, even when the page is zoomed, and when I'm trying to type something I often find that I need to move forward just a character or a word or two. Is there some way to do this with the on-screen keyboard? Sometimes it drives me nuts trying to find the spot I want to get to with my finger!
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The little blue tab that appears when you click in a text area is supposed to help with that (supposedly just drag it where you want your cursor), but it's FAR from perfect
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The little blue tab that appears when you click in a text area is supposed to help with that (supposedly just drag it where you want your cursor), but it's FAR from perfect
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I just tried that, and it does help a lot! I was able to slide the green arrow tab where I needed it to go. Thank you so much!
Does anyone know where there are similar Android on-screen keyboard tips? I'd like to review the basics—like how to highlight, copy, paste, etc. I tried Google, but I couldn't find what I was looking for.
heres your guide:
To highlight something long press on the word. In dolphin a menu will pop up. Hit select text. The word will be selected and there will be a bar on the top of your page with copy, ect. In the stock hc browser, the popup menu step is simply skipped.
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heres your guide:
To highlight something long press on the word. In dolphin a menu will pop up. Hit select text. The word will be selected and there will be a bar on the top of your page with copy, ect. In the stock hc browser, the popup menu step is simply skipped.
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Thank you! I've been able to copy things randomly, but I was never quite sure how I had done it!
I just tried what you suggested, and now I see that I can move the green arrow tab(s) to highlight and copy multiple words too. Yay!