Can someone point me to a thread that explains how to install and enable SlideIt on NC 1.2 with MN 4.5.25
Thanks
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Go into market and navigate to SlideIT.
If you already installed it then just click on the 'open' button and it should start the process to walk you through initializing and choosing SlideIT as your primary keyboard.
If you haven't installed it then install it and when the install is finished choose the 'open' button instead of the 'done' button.
If you have already installed SlideIT and don't want to go into market then go into settings>language & keyboard. Check the box next to SlideIT Keyboard. Exit out of settings and go into any app that requires you to type something in. Instead of just tapping the field to bring up the keyboard, press and hold for a few seconds. This will bring up a menu box titled 'Input Method' (I think that's what it's called). Choose 'SlideIT Keyboard' and you will be good to go.
Hope this helps.
~DWolf
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I installed a a few input, but apart from the original input I can not use any of them when typing. I press an hold input setting, no selection of those inputs.
I did tick the box of them inputs at Setting.
something wrong here?
Which keyboard did you install?
The same to me trying to use Better Keyboard. I gave up.
Did you try selecting Better Keyboard from the 'All programs' list and selecting 'Enable Better Keyboard First'?
It won't work unless you enable it first of all. Works perfectly on my Hero.
thecastlefordkid said:
Did you try selecting Better Keyboard from the 'All programs' list and selecting 'Enable Better Keyboard First'?
It won't work unless you enable it first of all. Works perfectly on my Hero.
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Yep, this is the procedure I've tried to follow many times. But when I go to the input method selection dialog (the gear button left to the space in the regular keyboard), Better Keyboard isn't there.
I know I'm wrong in some way, but I don't figure out where's the catch.
The way I activate it is to open a new text message or email and in a text input field, press and hold for a few seconds. You should then get an option called 'Select Input Method'. Select it and choose Better Keyboard from the returned list.
thecastlefordkid said:
The way I activate it is to open a new text message or email and in a text input field, press and hold for a few seconds. You should then get an option called 'Select Input Method'. Select it and choose Better Keyboard from the returned list.
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OK, you're the man. I don't know what was the differences between what you wrote and what I readed until this evening, but I understood you and now I have Better Keyboard up and running. haha
Thanks!
I have tried installing both of these, but although ticking to use the keyboard in settings, the "text input" does not give me the option to use, I saw something about this a couple of days ago, but can't find it now, any help?
I think I had the same problem as you described. Try clicking and holding in an input field and selecting 'input method' you should then have the choice of what keyboard to use.
Thanks Matt, now sorted, did not realise the trackball "clicked"!
Just wondering if there is a quick way to disable the swyping on the swype keyboard.
Love Swype but sometimes a std keyboard would be easier and I find I am changing back to the HTC keyboard for the odd message and then back again.
What swype needs is a quick way to turnoff the swype funtion and go Dumb mode.
Problem is if I type to quickly it starts picking it up as swypes
Thanks
Check settings, menu, all settings, personal, input.
Tought you could change it over there.
Thanks for the response however not really worried about switching between swype and another keyboard. More hoping there is a quick way to keep swype but make it faster as a normal keypad.
Some of my messages (Txt or Email) Swype is a bit of a hinderance. Trying to touch (tap tap) is painfully slow and so is switching between keyboards. (Bottom center. Tap slightly to the right will prompt for type of keyboard).
Eg entering in information and funny names I would like to tap one of the sype buttons and swype function is temporaily disabled. I then type what I need to (tap tap tap) then tap the key again and the swype function is reenbled and I carry on (swype swiggle swishe)
I feel your pain. Unfortunately, there isn't an option in Swype to turn of the "swyping" as you eloquently put it.
Hope they come out with a newer build that could do that and one where you can access the EDITING options with just one button press.
i simply press the small arrow next to the keyboard icon on the bottom of screen , and toggle to the normal, htc regular keyboard
edit: sorry, overlooked the op's main concern, please ignore
leepriestenator said:
I feel your pain. Unfortunately, there isn't an option in Swype to turn of the "swyping" as you eloquently put it.
Hope they come out with a newer build that could do that and one where you can access the EDITING options with just one button press.
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Hey, quick tip
you can quickly access the Editing options by swyping from the 'swype key' to the 'SYM key'
Can't select another keyboard. In "settings" select keyboard, return to app drawer with Home or Back-back-back, run any app with text field, long press - and no options, only native keyboard. Open "settings" again - another keyboard not selected.
There are another settings also don't save changes sometime.
What wrong? Can i fix it?
NC with CM7 on SD, nightly 68.
I've successfully installed ICS keyboard and much prefer it to the KF keyboard. My one gripe is that there doesn't seem to be any way to hide the keyboard.
For example:
1) Click in a text field
2) ICS keyboard opens
3) I begin typing but decide I want to hide the keyboard before hitting Go/Search/Enter/etc.
4) There is no button or action for hiding the keyboard (as far as I can tell)
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
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4) There is no button or action for hiding the keyboard (as far as I can tell)
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The back button (bottom left corner) changes appearance when the keyboard opens, press that and the keyboard will hide.
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, the ICS keyboard does not have a back button in the bottom left-hand corner on my kindle fire. Not sure why this is different from any others. Any suggestions?
I'm running ICS keyboard version 1.4.1 on KF 6.2.2
back button
try to use "button savior" from market. It will give you access to back button on any screen.
Another option: if you running cm7/cm9, go to settings->Cyanogenmod->tablet settings. Select "Extent menu 'Tablet settings'". Then "Select menu buttons".
Select "Back". Then on click on power button you ll get menu with "back" option.
Thanks. I've downloaded and installed Button Savior and it works great.