I need to interact with a flash page and the flash runs great its just when I click on an empty space to type the keyboard doesn't immerge like normal and I figure that's part of flash not being supported I'm jelly bean but I know in pre-ICS android you could press and hold menu to force the keyboard up is there any trick like this on jelly bean or any work around would be very much appreciated.
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With "Button Savior" (from Google Play) you can get on-screen menu button that makes enabling the soft keyboard possible
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That didn't work for me. Long pressing the menu button no longer brings up the keyboard and it didn't have the option for a custom button to do such a thing?
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Ok, maybe the keyboard can't be force opened on JellyBean...
(I forgot this thread was for Nexus 7 only so my test was done on ICS and different device)
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So I just got my dock a week or so ago and I'm loving it. Hardly ever take it off now. I especially like the shortcut keys. I was just wondering if there is anyway to change what the keys do when pressed? I hardly ever use the menu key because most of ICS/JB got rid of it. However it would be nice to change that key to say open my recently used apps or anything else really lol. I also was curious about changing what apps are open. So when I use the browser button the stock ics browser wont open but chrome will. Or I can change my settings button to just show notifications.
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So I just got my dock a week or so ago and I'm loving it. Hardly ever take it off now. I especially like the shortcut keys. I was just wondering if there is anyway to change what the keys do when pressed? I hardly ever use the menu key because most of ICS/JB got rid of it. However it would be nice to change that key to say open my recently used apps or anything else really lol. I also was curious about changing what apps are open. So when I use the browser button the stock ics browser wont open but chrome will. Or I can change my settings button to just show notifications.
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I have also been very interested in figuring out this. From what i have seen, there is a file located in /system/usr/keylayout/asusdec.kl. If you open the file as a text document it shows you the key layout. It also looks like key139 is the "menu" key. I am sure we could change this one entry and copy it back into place to change the mapping, but i do not know what key word to use for the recent apps menu. If we could find this key word, we could edit the file to change the mapping. Does any one know the keyword to use to map the recent apps to a key?
Update: If you edit this .kl file and change key139 to read APP_SWITCH. The key will now bring up the recent apps menu. The only problem is it brings up the old looking recent apps. I am looking into how i can make it bring up the new app switch menu.
Interesting. Maybe getting a hold of Asus and asking them for the keywords would be nice. I wonder if they would have that information or be willing to give it out. Until then we can just keep messing with them and see what they do lol.
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Plus it would be nice to have the lock button also turn the display on. I am running the CM10 build out there so i'm not sure if it does it on stock but would be a cool feature.
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Plus it would be nice to have the lock button also turn the display on. I am running the CM10 build out there so i'm not sure if it does it on stock but would be a cool feature.
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Unfortunately the lock button doesn't unlock even on the stock ROM. I'll be watching this thread closely to see if you guys figure out a workaround. Maybe a semicolon between commands to send multiple commands at once? Who knows.
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Plus it would be nice to have the lock button also turn the display on. I am running the CM10 build out there so i'm not sure if it does it on stock but would be a cool feature.
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opethfan89 said:
Unfortunately the lock button doesn't unlock even on the stock ROM. I'll be watching this thread closely to see if you guys figure out a workaround. Maybe a semicolon between commands to send multiple commands at once? Who knows.
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To be able to unlock using the keyboard lock key:
You can go to the settings (in stock atleast) -> Asus settings -> Battery saving -> untick the mobile dock option.
I assume this requires rooting? And another thing, have you tried changing the browserbutton to Chrome or any other browser?
Does anyone know if I edit this file /system/usr/keylayout/asusdec.kl. and completely turn it into a garbled mess, will it potentially brick my device ( I'll back up the file of course ) I just wnat to ensure if I reboot after making a change to it and I've made a mistake will it stop my device booting ? I've only rooted my tf300 and it's still locked....
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I have also been very interested in figuring out this. From what i have seen, there is a file located in /system/usr/keylayout/asusdec.kl. If you open the file as a text document it shows you the key layout. It also looks like key139 is the "menu" key. I am sure we could change this one entry and copy it back into place to change the mapping, but i do not know what key word to use for the recent apps menu. If we could find this key word, we could edit the file to change the mapping. Does any one know the keyword to use to map the recent apps to a key?
Update: If you edit this .kl file and change key139 to read APP_SWITCH. The key will now bring up the recent apps menu. The only problem is it brings up the old looking recent apps. I am looking into how i can make it bring up the new app switch menu.
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This issue exists in many places. However, its rather difficult to fix and requires a flash of a patch to fix. I had to do it on ics aokp on my phone... I found someone who would do make the patch for me. However that was aokp, and I don't think it would work here. Also, it requires an unlocked loader.
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i was literally jut looking at my dock thinking why do they have a menu key but no recent apps key?
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To be able to unlock using the keyboard lock key:
You can go to the settings (in stock atleast) -> Asus settings -> Battery saving -> untick the mobile dock option.
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This is useful, just tried it on my TF700. However, now it looks like the screen lock doesn't work. That is to say, when I wake with a key on the dock, there is no slide lock, just comes right back to the Launcher screen. Sounds like that could be a bit of a security issue, honestly.
Also, since the option specifically mentions it drains battery (assumedly from continuously polling from input from the dock), I think I'll wait until this is sorted out a bit better.
This is kind of annoying, tho. Having the TF right here next to me like a laptop, but not being able to wake it with this nice huge keyboard dock...
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I assume this requires rooting? And another thing, have you tried changing the browserbutton to Chrome or any other browser?
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Check this thread:
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I just get my new Nexus 4 recently, and when I first used it, I noticed the only way to wake up the phone is to press the power button....
which I dont like,I prefer to swipe it and the phone will light up.....
So I search this forum and some people recommend the Touch Control app....
So I root my device and install the free trial version of Touch Control....
Then I removed this app, and now I found out my phone can still be wake up by swiping across the screen....
A bit surprised and confused....has any one experienced this?
Install it again, and check the settings to see if you can disable it. Then uninstall
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I wasn't sure how to search for this, but for certain games a new Nav Bar button pops up next to the back button (the one with the horizontal lines stacked together). Whenever I press it nothing happens. Anyone know what this button is for?
I'm also running AOKP on a Nexus 10.
On Samsung touchwiz tablets it's the menu button. Same thing as the three vertical dots on stock Android. It typically only shows up when there's a menu to use, so I'm not sure why it isn't doing anything.
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Sher The Love said:
On Samsung touchwiz tablets it's the menu button. Same thing as the three vertical dots on stock Android. It typically only shows up when there's a menu to use, so I'm not sure why it isn't doing anything.
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It looks like the modify keyboard icon.
It's an AOKP thing
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Just whatever you do....don't press the red button!
Push the red button
Howdy,
This may be a dumb question but is there no contextual menu in stock Android? I know that many apps have the icon that is three vertical dots but on my Note 2 I can bring up a menu in any app by pressing the the menu nav button. I know that's a Samsung button, but is that entire pop up menu feature not in stock? I am sort of lost without it. For example, I can't find My Apps on the Play Store. On my Note 2 its listed in the pop up menu. On my Nexus 7.... I have no idea. I feel like I've looked everywhere. The three dot menu doesn't list it.
Thanks
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OK I found my apps (tap little download icon) but still wondering in general. That pop up menu is really handy.
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The three dots will come up in the bottom right corner when an older app still needs it. Overflow actions are being moved to the actionbar for devices without a hardware menu button. I recommend getting used to apps having the button on the action bar. It makes it much easier to know when there are available overflow options.
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The problem with the menu button is that it was always there, whether it did anything or not. It was impossible to know if you could bring up a menu without trying it on each screen.
Exactly. That's why I am glad google is phasing it out.
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Custom ROMs, you can make a permanent menu button. Mostly goes unused though.
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OK, thanks guys. I will learn to live without it.
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Howdy,
This may be a dumb question but is there no contextual menu in stock Android? I know that many apps have the icon that is three vertical dots but on my Note 2 I can bring up a menu in any app by pressing the the menu nav button. I know that's a Samsung button, but is that entire pop up menu feature not in stock? I am sort of lost without it. For example, I can't find My Apps on the Play Store. On my Note 2 its listed in the pop up menu. On my Nexus 7.... I have no idea. I feel like I've looked everywhere. The three dot menu doesn't list it.
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Um.. First off, on tablet sized devices the Play store has a dedicated Download/My Apps button at the top. Second, my Nexus 7 (OG) on 4.3 has the overflow button in the top-right corner.. Yours does not??
Does anybody know where i can get or how i can change my Samsung keyboard so that the key have the alternate characters on them? As an example, on Omega rom i ran on the S5, the M key on the keybaord had a little ? mark on it, if i long pressed it, the ? would pop up, on my Note 4 stock W8 keyboard, the M key has nothing, when i long press on it, it doesnt do anything. I have to long press the . key to show up all the alternate characters.
Anybody?
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The reason I'm using swype keyboard because of this.
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That symbol can be achieved from root as long as I remember.
That's one bad of samsung keyboard, they don't enable symbol with long press.
If you're rooted try flashing the echoerom zip file over it. Hes loaded the keyboard with alt symbols on top and it works beautifully
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kofeye said:
If you're rooted try flashing the echoerom zip file over it. Hes loaded the keyboard with alt symbols on top and it works beautifully
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I don't want to flash echo rom, I'm waiting for omega. But I downloaded the rom and tried to extract the keyboard apk but can't find it in app or private_app folder. Anybody know where it's found or what name it has?
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Any help please??
If you go into the settings on the stock keyboard, you can set 'My hot keys'.
Assign pretty much anything to the number keys. Only downside, you'll have to remember what you set as there is no reference on the keyboard.
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JagDave said:
If you go into the settings on the stock keyboard, you can set 'My hot keys'.
Assign pretty much anything to the number keys. Only downside, you'll have to remember what you set as there is no reference on the keyboard.
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Don't have that on my keyboard. You would know where the keyboard apk is hiding in a rom wouldn't you? As of now, I'm back on SwiftKey but I don't like it as much as I keep typing the . Instead of a space
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