I have the xperia x2a and was disappointed that it loses the mouse functionality yet it indicates in the user manual that this function is available. The center button only acts as a joystick and will not function as a mouse. On page 11 of 90 in the user guide it states the following:
To enable mouse simulation
1 Tap > Settings >System > Optical Joystick.
2 Mark or unmark the Enable Mouse Simulation check box.
This option is not available. This is a common and nice feature that is available on most smartphones including all blackberrys and even the xperia x1...Does anyone have the answer to this mystery as to why this option is missing yet stated in the user manual?
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I have the xperia x2a and was disappointed that it loses the mouse functionality yet it indicates in the user manual that this function is available. The center button only acts as a joystick and will not function as a mouse. On page 11 of 90 in the user guide it states the following:
To enable mouse simulation
1 Tap > Settings >System > Optical Joystick.
2 Mark or unmark the Enable Mouse Simulation check box.
This option is not available. This is a common and nice feature that is available on most smartphones including all blackberrys and even the xperia x1...Does anyone have the answer to this mystery as to why this option is missing yet stated in the user manual?
i think your misinterpreting it
rsx19 said:
i think your misinterpreting it
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Please tell me how I am misinterpreting it? Where is the enable mouse function in the phone? Thanks.
The optical joystick functionality has been changed with the lastes firmware.
As for X2 it NEVER had mouse on screen displayed.
Only ACTING like a mouse.
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working on gnome-panel issue
gnome-panel gives you more options for many things, screen display settings, mouse / keyboard settings. etc.
I just had an amazing idea !
Us cool Xperia Play Users NEEEEED a way to assign the hardware keys to sections of the touchscreen.
For example, on screen joysticks could be emulated with the hardware keys. -
Here's how it would work -
1) "Please touch the part of the screen you wish to assign to the D-Pad "Left""
2) "Please touch the part of the screen you wish to assign to the D-Pad "Right""
3) "Please touch the part of the screen you wish to assign to the X button"
4) "Please touch the part of the screen you wish to assign to the O button"
etc etc etc
This means that almost EVERY touch screen game would work with the hardware buttons.
Is this the best idea ever or what? !
I would donate £10 for a developer to make a decent working version of an app that can do this.
I actually had an idea for this a while ago for the iphone when the iControlPad was the apple of my eye (pre-Xperia Play).
A more robust way to do it would probably be to have an app that lets you load a screenshot of a game and then just select a button from a menu, which would drop a small dot onto the screen (maybe with a letter/symbol for the control) and you could then just drag it to the exact pinpoint location you wanted.
Add in support for uploading/downloading/swapping these (possibly even just via text strings so people could post them places like messageboards) and voila.
I don't know whether or not this kind of thing is doable on an unrooted phone or not, but I certainly hope so.
Smartphones are loaded with touchscreen games.
SE imo has made a massive overlook on this opportunity.
A phone that promotes hardware buttons, but not being able assign them to touchscreen portions of the phone !!!?!?!????!?!?!
This could of been a MASSIVE feature of the Xperia Play.
Surely some developer must be interested in doing this? !! ?
I have a Bluetooth bar code reader connected to the tablet and it shows up as a physical keyboard. It works great to scan information into text fields. The issue is that the onscreen keyboard doesn't show up if it is connected. Does anyone know a way to have both the onscreen keyboard show up and have a physical keyboard connected? When i googled for answers I found someone with the same issue on there zoom with 4.1 installed, they said the onscreen keyboard would still pop on 4.0 but not on 4.1 (I searched for an app that might allow this and came up with nothing )
Multiple keyboards on android 4.1
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I have a Bluetooth bar code reader connected to the tablet and it shows up as a physical keyboard. It works great to scan information into text fields. The issue is that the onscreen keyboard doesn't show up if it is connected. Does anyone know a way to have both the onscreen keyboard show up and have a physical keyboard connected? When i googled for answers I found someone with the same issue on there zoom with 4.1 installed, they said the onscreen keyboard would still pop on 4.0 but not on 4.1 (I searched for an app that might allow this and came up with nothing )
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Settings > Language & input > Default, switch the "Hardware" property to Off. works for me on Android version 4.1, It let me have both of the input types, but I have to set up this configuration every time it gets connected. Hope it helps.
(This is a question for owners or people with access to a physical device)
Note 2 and also Note 1 had a SPen Pointer Option available in settings, a little dot dot appeared on the screen when you hovered your SPen, like a mouse cursor. It was a very nice feature for me.
Is it still available? I really hope that they did not take it out. I have looked ad gsmareana previw and the option was missing in ther screenshots.
Thank you very much for investigating this.
Yes it does, from the manual (page 161) under S Pen settings:
"Pointer: Set the device to display the S Pen pointer when hovering the S Pen over the screen."