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just got a new keyboard and started experimenting, and to my suprise control + w closes tabs and control + t makes a new one int the stock browser. nice to know huh?? try combinations yourself - shift + arrows selects text... etc
furthermore the inbuilt function key should work as indicated. The volume buttons work, even the song play buttons work... and even the home Key!! so cool...
post your findings Here!
This was originally posted by foboi1122 in the prime forums so credits go to him. I have not been able to test all of the shortcuts but so far it seems that most are the same and work just fine. If anyone finds more feel free to add them here.
Polaris Office:
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + Z Undo
Fn + Right Arrow End of line
Fn + Left Arrow Beginning of line
Home Screen:
Alt + tab switch between programs
2 finger scroll - drag two fingers up and down
home screen switching - drag two fingers left and right in the home screen
Menu + W = change wallpaper
Menu + M = manage applications
Menu + N = show notifications
Menu + A = add item to homescreen
Menu + S = new search (or you can just start typing)
Menu + P = open settings
Search + B = open browser
Search + C = open contacts
Search + L = open calendar
Home + Esc = exit back to homescreen
In the browser:
Menu + N (or Ctrl + T) = new tab
Menu + I (or Ctrl + I) = zoom-in on page
Menu + O (or Ctrl + O) = zoom-out on page
Menu + J = open download manager
Menu + L = open search bar
Menu + R (or Ctrl + R) = refresh current page
Menu + F (or Ctrl + F) = find on page
Menu + B = open bookmarks
Menu + H = view browsing history
Menu + D = add bookmarks
Menu + S (or Ctrl + S) = open social network sharing menu
Menu + G = page info
Menu + E = select text
Menu + P = open browser settings
Menu + W (or Ctrl + W) = closes the current open tab
FN + Tab = toggle browser toolbar on/off when it's hidden
Ctrl + Shift = select input method (universal outside of browser also)
In Gmail:
C = compose new message
L = go to Label menu
X = check message in Inbox
V = add label to current message
M = delete highlighted or checked messages
Alt + Up = go to top of Inbox
Alt + Down = go to bottom of Inbox
Alt + Up Arrow = go home position on page
Alt + Down Arrow = go end of page
Alt + Left Arrow = go start of line
Alt + Right Arrow = go to end of line
Shift + Arrow = selects text in that direction (for copying/cutting).
Shift + Backspace = forward delete (on US kbd in stock email client)
Alt + Space = brings up the special characters menu
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I love this, thanks. Also, since there is a Lock button in the top right of the keyboard I was wondering if there's any way to unlock (and turn on) the tablet using just the keyboard. Have any of you found this?
i was wndering about that aswell lol and can anyone use the middle bunnto on there dock, i have it set as menu but it dont work
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Is there anyway to re-assign the "browser" hotkey to point to a different browser or app?
I would love to change it from the asus stock browser to Chrome.
tanookitravis said:
I love this, thanks. Also, since there is a Lock button in the top right of the keyboard I was wondering if there's any way to unlock (and turn on) the tablet using just the keyboard. Have any of you found this?
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Go to ASUS Customized Settings and disable MobileDock Battery saving mode.
How much battery would that use up? I wouldn't think much but as its in the battery save bit I may be wrong, and is it just my middle button that doesn't work ?
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Well, you can always try it yourself and see if it's a huge or barely noticeable difference As for the middle button, I don't think the touch pad has it, but it works with a mouse, if you connect it to your tablet.
i never thought about the mouse lol, i spent ages tring to get it to click lmao but im trying that keyboard setting thing so ill see how it goes
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I was playing around with the settings it seems that even with "mobile dock battery savings" turned on you have a small window after locking the tab in which you can still use the touch pad or buttons to wake the tablet. But I still can't figure out why it won't unlock after opening it from a closed position. I though they would have fixed this in the latest update. Unless it's not a bug
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I was playing around with the settings it seems that even with "mobile dock battery savings" turned on you have a small window after locking the tab in which you can still use the touch pad or buttons to wake the tablet. But I still can't figure out why it won't unlock after opening it from a closed position. I though they would have fixed this in the latest update. Unless it's not a bug
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It's not a bug, in the Asus Customized settings the mobile dock battery savings is automaically on. This means that when the pad goes to sleep it cuts the connection to the keyboard to save power so it doesn't have to power the keyboard when it's sleeping. If you turn mobile dock battery savings off the pad will wake up by a simple click on any key In some cases it might take a few seconds but generally works quite well. One "problem" but that doesn't annoy me is that you have to press the play/pause button twice to pause music. One to wake the screen and one more to actually pause the music. These are just some limitations in android and I don't mind I seriouly love this tablet.
One question, which button is the menu key? I've been looking for an easy way to cut and paste text, people say it's Menu plus X then Menu plus V to paste but it doesn't seem to work :S
Found the menu key guys, sorry, sadly it seems that selecting text and cutting and pasting is one thing this tablet doesn't do too well, but it's not bad either, I guess I'll get used to it
DeFlanko said:
Is there anyway to re-assign the "browser" hotkey to point to a different browser or app?
I would love to change it from the asus stock browser to Chrome.
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I believe this requires rooting
I have a mini bluetooth keyboard and it doesnt have a menu, or home button, forcing me to use the buttons on the phone. I read that these shotcuts should work, but they dont.
CTRL+ESC = Menu key
ALT+ESC = Home key
also, my back button is the right mouse button, not esc.
anyone know how i can map the menu button to a key? (ex, F1, or ctrl+esc)
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Still nothing really. I found some mouse shortcuts though. Two figure double tap brings up the voice commands. And two figure tap and hold brings up the task manager. It's finicky though. Esc some times brings you to the home page.
Still looking for a good solution.
I am trying to setup my Flirc with the Nexus Player, for both native NP keys and the full spectrum of XBMC/kodi keys. I have all of the kodi keys working properly and the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, SELECT and PLAY/PAUSE buttons work just fine on the main Nexus Player interface. However, the mapped BACK and MENU keys are not working. For those that don't know, a Flirc USB devices presents itself as a standard keyboard to the Nexus Player and can be programmed on your PC to learn remote control commands to activate specific generic keyboard combinations.
If anyone has a standard keyboard hooked up to their NP either via Blutooth or USB OTG, can you tell me which keys correspond to the BACK and HOME functions on the Nexus Player or if those functions are working at all on your keyboard?
Thanks.
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I am trying to setup my Flirc with the Nexus Player, for both native NP keys and the full spectrum of XBMC/kodi keys. I have all of the kodi keys working properly and the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, SELECT and PLAY/PAUSE buttons work just fine on the main Nexus Player interface. However, the mapped BACK and MENU keys are not working. For those that don't know, a Flirc USB devices presents itself as a standard keyboard to the Nexus Player and can be programmed on your PC to learn remote control commands to activate specific generic keyboard combinations.
If anyone has a standard keyboard hooked up to their NP either via Blutooth or USB OTG, can you tell me which keys correspond to the BACK and HOME functions on the Nexus Player or if those functions are working at all on your keyboard?
Thanks.
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I haven't tested this yet, but typically the Windows key + ESC = HOME (or, depending, sometimes the HOME key itself on a keyboard). BACK is typically the ESC key by itself.
My FLIRC arrived yesterday -- just haven't configured it yet. I'll give it a whirl and get back to you!
PearcePowers said:
I haven't tested this yet, but typically the Windows key + ESC = HOME (or, depending, sometimes the HOME key itself on a keyboard). BACK is typically the ESC key by itself.
My FLIRC arrived yesterday -- just haven't configured it yet. I'll give it a whirl and get back to you!
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Thank you. I got the back key working correctly (and, in the NP, it is indeed ESC), but you'll have to go in to XBMC/kodi and add in the keymapper in programs then globally change ESC to be BACKSPACE and BACKSPACE to be ESC. Otherwise the NP back key would be "previous menu" in kodi. Make sure to update your Flirc with the full keyboard template to change the ESC key to your remote button you wish. Once done, both the NP and kodi see ESC as the back key.
I still haven't figured out the HOME key yet... I have a "HOME" special button atop my wireless keyboard that works, but I can't scancode it properly so I'm not sure what it is yet (I've read it may be scancode 57, but thats normally "space", so not sure and haven't tested it yet) I'll see if WIN+ESC works from my keyboard when I get home tomorrow. Hope to hear your experiences as well... thanks.
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I'll see if WIN+ESC works from my keyboard when I get home tomorrow. Hope to hear your experiences as well... thanks.
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I tested the following three keyboard commands -- WIN + ESC, ALT + ESC, and HOME -- and none work in the Nexus Player to take you home. Grr. I've got everything working but the HOME key as well.
PearcePowers said:
I tested the following three keyboard commands -- WIN + ESC, ALT + ESC, and HOME -- and none work in the Nexus Player to take you home. Grr. I've got everything working but the HOME key as well.
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There is a topic about this over on the Flirc forums that you may want to follow:
http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/1219-flirc-and-android-tv-adt-1/
I have a wireless keyboard that has extra media keys including a Home key (not the regular Home, End, etc). It works just like the Home key on the NP remote. I'm not at home right now, but had hooked it up to one of my laptops and that special Home key sends key code 172.
We just need to figure out how to teach Flirc that key code then map one of our remote buttons to that key.
Elrondolio said:
There is a topic about this over on the Flirc forums that you may want to follow:
http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/1219-flirc-and-android-tv-adt-1/
I have a wireless keyboard that has extra media keys including a Home key (not the regular Home, End, etc). It works just like the Home key on the NP remote. I'm not at home right now, but had hooked it up to one of my laptops and that special Home key sends key code 172.
We just need to figure out how to teach Flirc that key code then map one of our remote buttons to that key.
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Any luck with the home key and Flirc? I noticed no one has responded over in the Flirc forums yet.
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Any luck with the home key and Flirc? I noticed no one has responded over in the Flirc forums yet.
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Not as yet. It seems more complicated than I first thought... the record_api function of flirc_util.exe can map HID commands to remote control buttons, but finding the correct HID for "Home" is difficult. There are thousands of HID commands as referenced in this document:
http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/Hut1_12v2.pdf
We're looking at the ones in the Consumer Page starting on page 75. There is a special modifier in the second argument of Firc's record_api, 102, that supposedly tells the Flirc to reference that Consumer Page, but finding the "Home" key for the first argument of record_api is difficult. In other words: no. No luck yet, but still trying.
It'd probably be useful if you were to post a thread over there asking for help with the Home key on the Nexus Player as well. I'd imagine the higher the request for it the more eyes it'll receive.
Could be something that could be setup in llama or tasker? Set NP to listen for XYZ key command and then "Go Home". Just a thought.
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Not as yet. It seems more complicated than I first thought... the record_api function of flirc_util.exe can map HID commands to remote control buttons, but finding the correct HID for "Home" is difficult. There are thousands of HID commands as referenced in this document:
http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/Hut1_12v2.pdf
We're looking at the ones in the Consumer Page starting on page 75. There is a special modifier in the second argument of Firc's record_api, 102, that supposedly tells the Flirc to reference that Consumer Page, but finding the "Home" key for the first argument of record_api is difficult. In other words: no. No luck yet, but still trying.
It'd probably be useful if you were to post a thread over there asking for help with the Home key on the Nexus Player as well. I'd imagine the higher the request for it the more eyes it'll receive.
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Did you manage to map a true home function to your Flirc device, Elrondolio? The ALT + ESC key combination works okay for me in most cases although it doesn't work when I use Kodi. It's still better than no home functionality at all, though, so at least I won't always have to use the original Nexus Player remote when I need that feature. There's another thread at the Flirc forum which discusses this topic at http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/1462-flirc-with-android-tv/.
ALT + TAB seems to be the ideal key combination to use for the home button. It works no matter which app you're in and although it causes the Nexus Player to display "your recent screens appear here" when you use that key combination, the on-screen message disappears as soon as you release the button.
Now if I can just figure out how to use the Nexus Player's Leanback keyboard with my universal remote so that I can select on-screen keys for searches instead of having the ENTER button close the keyboard off, that would make things just about perfect.
I was the one that posted in Flirc forum about the alt+tab for home.
For search using on-screen, map flirc to window key using command. then combine this key with navigation right key using your universal remote, such as logitech. so WIN + Right will launch search with on screen keyboard to type.
Thanks for posting your solution in the Flirc forum. I'm not trying to map a command to launch an on-screen keyboard but I'm trying to see if I can find a way to press the keys on the Leanback keyboard using my universal remote. This isn't a problem with some apps like Netflix or Kodi that have their own keyboards but for the Leanback keyboard that's used in apps like Google Play and YouTube, pressing the ENTER button on a universal remote causes the keyboard to close off. This problem does not exist with the original Nexus Player remote's select button because it is context-sensitive.
Elrondolio said:
If anyone has a standard keyboard hooked up to their NP either via Blutooth or USB OTG, can you tell me which keys correspond to the BACK and HOME functions on the Nexus Player or if those functions are working at all on your keyboard?
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Back: Esc
Home: Alt+Esc
Unfortunately, the ALT + TAB key combination is not an ideal option for use with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It actually brings up the recent apps screen and doesn't give the user easy access to the home screen (unless the recent apps screen is empty). I'll have to reprogram my Flirc back to ALT + ESC for the home screen function until someone finds a better solution for Android 6.0.
I don't have a nexus player but these issues sound similar to the shield tv.
To fix the Enter key issue with the onscreen keyboard, us the flirc_util to record the keypad's enter key (a different dev id than the other enter/return key):
HTML:
flirc_util.exe record_api 0 88
To record the Home button (that works from Kodi too), record Windows Key + Enter (the main Enter key works fine for this). Again, I don't have a nexus player but I assume it will work for it as well.
whiskaz77 said:
I don't have a nexus player but these issues sound similar to the shield tv.
To fix the Enter key issue with the onscreen keyboard, us the flirc_util to record the keypad's enter key (a different dev id than the other enter/return key):
HTML:
flirc_util.exe record_api 0 88
To record the Home button (that works from Kodi too), record Windows Key + Enter (the main Enter key works fine for this). Again, I don't have a nexus player but I assume it will work for it as well.
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I tried out these key combinations with my Flirc on the Nexus Player and am happy to report that everything now works perfectly! Thank you kindly for sharing that useful information here with the rest of us.
GabbyWC said:
I tried out these key combinations with my Flirc on the Nexus Player and am happy to report that everything now works perfectly! Thank you kindly for sharing that useful information here with the rest of us.
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Great! Happy to help. I'm glad it worked. Thanks for reporting back!
Windows Key + Enter => Home worked for me too!!! Kodi, Netflix and other apps now behave fine. Thanks a lot @whiskaz77
Hi, guys
Is there any way that I can remap buttons on the remote? For example, long press play/pause for menu(some legacy apps still require menu key to function), long press up/down for volume up/down.
2ig2ag said:
Hi, guys
Is there any way that I can remap buttons on the remote? For example, long press play/pause for menu(some legacy apps still require menu key to function), long press up/down for volume up/down.
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I dont have it yet so i have no way of testing it out, but i recently remapped the physical keys on my nexus 6 by editing /system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl
I know this file is used to map physical and virtual keys in almost all android devices. not sure if it works for the remote or not but id start there. you need to be rooted to to access the file though. Let me know of it works or if you need anymore help feel free to pm me.
I am also hoping there is an answer to this, as I would like to access the context menu by long pressing a button like the way it was done in the apple TV 2. Unless I'm missing something, I can only access this menu by going into Yatse app on my phone.
PS. I'm referring to when I am in Kodi for the context menu
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I am also hoping there is an answer to this, as I would like to access the context menu by long pressing a button like the way it was done in the apple TV 2. Unless I'm missing something, I can only access this menu by going into Yatse app on my phone.
PS. I'm referring to when I am in Kodi for the context menu
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You can edit the keymap.XML file in kodi to open the context menu when you press the play/pause button when a video is not playing. If a video is playing it will act as the normal play/pause button.
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My solution was to use the Amazon Fire TV stick remote. That remote is solid. The only thing that the stick remote can't do is voice search.
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You can edit the keymap.XML file in kodi to open the context menu when you press the play/pause button when a video is not playing. If a video is playing it will act as the normal play/pause button.
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Can you show me how to do that? Because When I use the keymap tool in kodi, the only keys that get registered are the arrow keys. when i press the playpause key it doesnt give me a button id. Thank you !
aftv stick remote keymap HELP
Hello everyone, I need some help for keymapping my aftv stick remote to be use on my nexus player. For default it works nice but I read some post that the center button may be act different and some apps dont works and thats my case. It works on kodi but in Playon app I can move through the menu but I can't enter to the menu when I press the center button. Any help or advive? Thanks!
The post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59821276&postcount=111 explains how to remap the remote's play/pause button to bring up the context menu in Kodi. I've tried it and can confirm that it works.
Copy this to /system/usr/keylayout and Correct permissions
Remaps Search button to Menu
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B378QJZzCsnqM0FyLTZaaVpZdVk/view?usp=sharing
boldfilter said:
Copy this to /system/usr/keylayout and Correct permissions
Remaps Search button to Menu
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B378QJZzCsnqM0FyLTZaaVpZdVk/view?usp=sharing
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interesting ...
key 103 DPAD_UP
key 105 DPAD_LEFT
key 106 DPAD_RIGHT
key 108 DPAD_DOWN
key 158 BACK
key 164 MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE
key 172 HOME
key 217 SEARCH
key 353 DPAD_CENTER
So remapping row "key 217 SEARCH" to "key 217 MENU" will let voice search button act as menu button?
is there a way to add long click behavior? for example to keep voice search as default function and long click for menu??
thanks!
furius said:
interesting ...
key 103 DPAD_UP
key 105 DPAD_LEFT
key 106 DPAD_RIGHT
key 108 DPAD_DOWN
key 158 BACK
key 164 MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE
key 172 HOME
key 217 SEARCH
key 353 DPAD_CENTER
So remapping row "key 217 SEARCH" to "key 217 MENU" will let voice search button act as menu button?
is there a way to add long click behavior? for example to keep voice search as default function and long click for menu??
thanks!
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Long click behavior is more complicated, so no.
Check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695936
I have a similar problem. I have this remote but the back key up on the top is mapped as a mouse press. I previously used this remote on a minix box with no issues running 4.2.2, however the nexus registers it as left click i believe. is there any way to change this? Thanks!
Search trigger button
Guys,
when i use a keyboard and i search i cant hit enter to trigger the search i always need press search on the onscreen keyboard. Is there any way to trigger search by key "Enter" or so? I deactivated the onscreen keyboard because i dont need it with a physical keyboard, but now i cant search... Anybody got a solution?