I just nootered my NC and I noticed some Apps will only run in landscape but in the Left Hand orientation (i.e. the bottom is where the power button is). I wanted to essentially run it in the right hand landscape (i.e. bottom where the volume buttons are).
Is there any way to change this if the App doesn't have a setting to fix this? For instance Angry Birds Rio (from the Android Market) doesn't seem to have the option.
I hate to bump this thread but anyone know how to change this? Even a way to change the default would be fine by me.
I know Clockword boots up in the left hand landscape mode so anyway for these programs to run in the right hand landscape mode would be great.
Every app that runs on my Android devices that forces to landscape does it in the orientation where the power button is 'down' (and the nook 'n' is to the right).
I believe that is an app thing, not an OS thing.
How is one any different from another?
byronczimmer said:
Every app that runs on my Android devices that forces to landscape does it in the orientation where the power button is 'down' (and the nook 'n' is to the right).
I believe that is an app thing, not an OS thing.
How is one any different from another?
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My problem is that the cover I have on the Nook flips over when I have the media keys on the bottom but get is the way when I play most of the apps.
Matt K said:
My problem is that the cover I have on the Nook flips over when I have the media keys on the bottom but get is the way when I play most of the apps.
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Turn the nook 180 degrees in the cover?
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Is there any way to switch my Wizard to landscape mode withouth having to open the keyboard?
Thanks,
Thespus2002 said:
Is there any way to switch my Wizard to landscape mode withouth having to open the keyboard?
Thanks,
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You could re-map one of your buttons.
To do this try Start - Settings - Personal - Buttons
Choose which button you don't mind changing then from the drop down list at the bottom select rotate screen (7th from the top)
Hope this helps
Lefthanded mode
Could some one please advice me how i can map the ;Lefthanded mode; screen to the hardware buttons cause by default it goes on the right handed mode.
Lefthanded mode
Could some one please advice me how i can map the ;Lefthanded mode; screen to the hardware buttons cause by default it goes on the right handed mode.
The default orientation-change can be set in...
Start > Settings > |System| > Screen*
(o) Landscape (left-handed)
Then if you open/close the keyboard or use a button mapped to the <rotate screen> option (not an external application*), it should switch between the orientation set there and Portrait mode.
* for external applications, just be sure you downloaded the right one. Some turn by 90 degrees, others by 270 degrees.
External application
Thanks ZeBoxx
I have Vito Button mapper and when i press the hard key assigned to screen rotate,it goes to the right haqnded mode.Any suggestions??
I guess it might be using its own built-in rotation utility, which rotates it the wrong way around? Download one of the screen rotation utilities, I think you need the 270-degrees one
Is there a way to get the screen to rotate without assigning it to a button... ideally I'd like something in the start menu that rotates the screen - if anyone has any ideas if such a program/function exists!
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arvind09 said:
Thanks ZeBoxx
I have Vito Button mapper and when i press the hard key assigned to screen rotate,it goes to the right haqnded mode.Any suggestions??
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Try this:
[HKLM\System\GDI\Rotation]
"LandScapeFixed"=dword:00000001
"LandScapeMode"=dword:00000004 or 1
Now press that button
"LandScapeMode"=dword:00000004 = Left Handed
"LandScapeMode"=dword:00000001 = Right Handed
Cheers
Thanks
thanks Tweaksradje that fixed my problem now it turns o the left handed mode without a hitch. Also thanks to Zeboxx
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tweakradje said:
Try this:
[HKLM\System\GDI\Rotation]
"LandScapeMode"=dword:00000004 = Left Handed
"LandScapeMode"=dword:00000001 = Right Handed
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Funny how that's exactly what Start > Settings > |System| > Screen, etc. changes.
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[HKLM\System\GDI\Rotation]
"LandScapeFixed"=dword:00000001
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What exactly does that one do, though?
The few references found have no clear description, and one page even says it supposedly doesn't work in WM5 -_-
Ah, it seems to remove the left-handed/right-handed option in Start > Settings > |System| > Screen, and replaces it with just Portrait and Landscape.
/me sets it back to 0 real quicklike
so will the reg hack [HKLM\System\GDI\Rotation] always keep the screen rotated without using a button?
no.. applications can still change the screen orientation to Landscape/Portrait and back. In addition, the Wizard specifically has a keyboard driver which always puts the orientation into left-handed landscape when slid out, and back to portrait hen slid back in. So you won't be able to always keep it in a single orientation with this hack. A TSR program monitoring the orientation would have to be written which changes it back - or intercepts and nulls all orientation calls.
Landscape mode
Quick question
I have occasionally noticed that when i have picked up my wizard and about to start using it , that the screen is in landscape mode when it should be in portrait mode. (with the default being portrait and the keyboard not slid out)
The wizard then very quickly reverts to portrait mode without me doing anything.
Is this a bug in the software??
Is there anything i can do to fix it so it does not happen again??
Cheers
Landscape mode
Quick question
I have occasionally noticed that when i have picked up my wizard and about to start using it , that the screen is in landscape mode when it should be in portrait mode. (with the default being portrait and the keyboard not slid out)
The wizard then very quickly reverts to portrait mode without me doing anything.
Is this a bug in the software??
Is there anything i can do to fix it so it does not happen again??
Cheers
smccaldin said:
Is there a way to get the screen to rotate without assigning it to a button... ideally I'd like something in the start menu that rotates the screen - if anyone has any ideas if such a program/function exists!
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I would also be interested in that. Haven't found which applet does that in order to make a shortcut.
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hrb
Are you using the standard case with your wizzard? I read somewhere that the magnets which keep the case closed affect the method of detecting if the keyboard is open. I know that when I was using VJokbutton if I closed the camera app using this program the screen remained in landscape mode irrespective of keyboard in/out status. Default behaviour returns after a soft reset.
Hope this helps.
Al
I am looking for a way for landscape to be the default view.
I have tried many things but once the keyboard is opened and closed, the screen goes back to portrait.
Any help would be appreciated.
-bridic-
nope... not doable I guess... there is some app out there that can sense if it's in one mode and switches to another but that basically means u have 2 switches and even more lag... there is no way to keep it on landscape mode I guess because there is some magnetic reaction that happens when u open the keyboard which can't be turned off...
that is just what I read on forums trying to find answer to same problem... i gave up
Thanks for the info.
Is there a way to map this to a hardware button? I know that there are a few programs out there for mapping additional features to the hardware button.
well ya u can map rotate to a button even with regular buttons mapping setting.
Settings - Personal - Buttons
Pick your button and choose Rotate Screen it's one of the first fiew in the list... (sorry if it's not exactly Rotate Screen im running on memory here)
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Where can i manually switch between portrait and landscape mode? In WinMobile 2002 there was an icon on the bottom bar that did rotate the screen by 90 degrees. But i don't see it anymore. I don't want to pull out the qwerty keyboard everytime i want to switch to landscape mode. Tanks in advance.
Setting - System - Screen
You are able to assign the screen rotation to a hardware key. So it is only one click to rotate the screen
danielham
But this works only for the left and right softkey..if i need thoose i cant rotate, right?
nurps said:
But this works only for the left and right softkey..if i need thoose i cant rotate, right?
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Use AEBPlus - as far as im aware it is freeware. When I used it I found that it had a very low memory footprint and didnt slow windows down at all (in comparison with say Voice Command). AEBPlus enables you to assign anything to any button, including different states of button press (ie short press, long press, double press). For example I used the camera button half push (which normally controls auto focus) for rotating the screen. If you dont wanna loose your softkeys you could could have single press as softkey, double press as rotate screen have fun!
the problem is that Aeb turns the screen full 360 degrees in 4 steps (starting in the wrong direction)..while the native experia rotate only does the 2 settings you get when you slide it open..which i like more
how assign rotation (Setting-system-screen) to a leftkey
Did you ever get an answer to this? I too would like to know how to assign the landscape/portrait switch to a soft key.
Thanks,
Ian
completelyhis said:
Did you ever get an answer to this? I too would like to know how to assign the landscape/portrait switch to a soft key.
Thanks,
Ian
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Softkeys are the two silver looking buttons below the screen.
Too change, go to Start > Settings > Buttons > Select either "Left key" or "Right key" and assign "<Rotate Screen>" via the dropdown menu below.
nurps said:
the problem is that Aeb turns the screen full 360 degrees in 4 steps (starting in the wrong direction)..while the native experia rotate only does the 2 settings you get when you slide it open..which i like more
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If you go to Options -> Screen Orientation and select only 0 and 270 degrees, it will work like you want.
superweijie said:
Softkeys are the two silver looking buttons below the screen.
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I'm pretty sure softkeys are the functions shown on the bottom of the screen. The two silver buttons are called left and right button usually I guess.
Often those keys will press the corresponding softkey, but they can be programmed to do other things with software like AEB+.
My bad, I meant left/right key. I do know the difference, I just had not had my coffee yet. thanks for the info!
Ok, maybe it sounds a bit strange, but I'm wondering if there is a way to reverse the direction of the screen rotation?
I always seem to accidentally press the power button when in landscape or my palm presses against the special keys, it's getting annoying. I think it would be easier the other way, and as I use my right thumb more, my left won't contact the screen as much...
I can't be the only one....
Thx!
Cyanogen has a 360 degrees rotation built in the phone options - so anything that can rotate 90, can rotate to the left right and upside-down.
For my rooted NSTG I want to change the actions that tapping the screen invokes; specifically, I want to change screen taps to do the same as the h/w buttons, is this possible?
e.g.
top-left button goes to next page, so a top-left tap would do too.
bottom-left button goes to previous page, so a bottom-left tap would do too.
thanks
antboy9 said:
For my rooted NSTG I want to change the actions that tapping the screen invokes; specifically, I want to change screen taps to do the same as the h/w buttons, is this possible?
e.g.
top-left button goes to next page, so a top-left tap would do too.
bottom-left button goes to previous page, so a bottom-left tap would do too.
thanks
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Would this be an app-specific mod, or would you want it to override all apps?
ИΘΘK¡€ said:
Would this be an app-specific mod, or would you want it to override all apps?
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I'd be happy if it worked for the Nook default Reader app, but if it could work for other reader apps too that would be interesting to hear about, or even override all apps.
antboy9 said:
I'd be happy if it worked for the Nook default Reader app, but if it could work for other reader apps too that would be interesting to hear about, or even override all apps.
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Then this mod would be something up @Renate NST's alley, not mine.
I haven't even looked at those screen (transparent) overlay apps.
They do something tricky by capturing all the touches and forwarding them to the underlying app.
It's easy to have an app itself handle arbitrary touches.
It's been so long since I used the stock reader.
I don't even remember if it has on-screen page turns.
Most (some? all? few?) of the readers today use Adobe's licensed code to render the pages.
How the user interface is implemented on top of that is the main difference between applications.