Hello, I'm using yoga book Android version and I see it's pretty good. But an annoying thing is the touch pad is very useless. I can not use it for even choosing a few text to copy.
Anyone know any trick with it?
It's not great, but copying text *is* doable. Click and hold on a word until the blue selection blobs appear, then grab the appropriate blob to select additional adjacent text.
tjupille said:
It's not great, but copying text *is* doable. Click and hold on a word until the blue selection blobs appear, then grab the appropriate blob to select additional adjacent text.
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Agree.. it's not that great, but yes, it does work. Feedback / feel is just not there though.
What I would really like from the touch pad. Is when I start a movement / swipe in the pad area, but move beyond the edge. For the movement to continue. It is very small and I'm forever hitting space mid swipe. The rest is just getting used to the fact it acts like a touch screen, and not a windows touch pad. (Left / Right buttons)
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This is in the wiki:
Can I make the On-Screen Keyboard larger for single hand use when dialing a contact?
Yes. Click the on screen keyboard, and then the Up arrow next to it. Select Options, and choose "Large Keys". Click OK. The Keyboard should be much larger and easier to touch with your fingers.
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But I can't do what it asks! There is no up arrow when I click anywhere on the keyboard, apart from the one at the top that allows me to scroll through contacts that match what buttons I have pressed.
Can somebody please clarify?
see this link for one hand writing message
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291828
The up arrow is next to the keboard icon (center, very bottom) that you click on to expose the screen keyboard.
I've come across some situations where I'm at a loss on how to navigate without hardware keys. For example selecting bookmarks to edit on the Internet tab after displaying all bookmarks. Am I missing something?
I usually try one of the following:
Click and hold - depends on applications, you might see pop up window that lets you delete, or edit the item just selected.
Click, move away while keeping the finger in contact with the screen to avoid firing up that item. Depends on application, sometimes this start to highlight more than the item that I want. Then I move my finger back to the first item to result in the selection of only that item.
Lack of hardware keys especially the D-pad is the worst thing in Touch HD
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Carty..
I either use as said the click and hold option or bring up the keyboard as that has arrows built in. Not really had a prob so far.
Carty said:
Lack of hardware keys especially the D-pad is the worst thing in Touch HD
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Carty..
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I'm startig to nearly agree with this statement, i haven't missed the Dpad yet or any extra hardware keys but this device is living on the edge not having a dpad or hardware keys and also not supporting multi touch.
I think that a few months down the line the lack of multi touch support might become an issue!
Like i said before, so far i really haven't missed the Dpad, I think the HD does prove WM can be soley touch operated.
I have a question on how to make this phone better... I've never used the iPhone really, other than to jailbreak it for my fiancee. Now that I have the Vibrant, I noticed ridiculously difficult it is to place your cursor in a particular spot. You can't use a stylus, there's no "magnifying glass" like the iPhone has, and there are no arrow buttons on the on-screen keyboard (as there was on my HTC Touch Pro 2). Basically, it'll take me 5-6 taps (or more) to get the cursor where I want it.
Is there any app or hack that can fix this?
If you are using samsung keyboard, then keep pressing the "123" button until more controls shows up, theres cursor control.
You can flash or wait for froyo release it comes with a cursor
Thanks to both of you. The 123 option is a PITA, but it's something. Good to know that Froyo is gonna have a cursor. Thank goodness....
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Thanks to both of you. The 123 option is a PITA, but it's something. Good to know that Froyo is gonna have a cursor. Thank goodness....
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I couldn't the 123 option to work. When I press the 123 button, I get four pages of symbols... no directional cursor movements. What am I doing wrong?
If you are using the Swype keyboard, drag your finger from the Swype info button (bottom left corner) to the SYM key (next one to the right). Several cursor control options there, plus a few other handy items.
Also, if you didn't know, dragging from the Swype info button to the "F" key will switch the keyboard into a number keypad.
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I couldn't the 123 option to work. When I press the 123 button, I get four pages of symbols... no directional cursor movements. What am I doing wrong?
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You need to hold 123, not just click it.
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You need to hold 123, not just click it.
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Awesome. Thanks for the help. It's exactly what I needed. Will hold me off until Froyo.
Alternativelly you can use the HTC_IME (which is the HTC keyboard) and set the volume buttons to work as up and down. Pretty handy when you want the cursor to skip a few characters. Though indeed the lack of cursor buttons always visible on the keyboard is kind of irritating especially if you come from an HTC.
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Alternativelly you can use the HTC_IME (which is the HTC keyboard) and set the volume buttons to work as up and down. Pretty handy when you want the cursor to skip a few characters. Though indeed the lack of cursor buttons always visible on the keyboard is kind of irritating especially if you come from an HTC.
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I actually went through the process of installing the HTC keyboard, which I loved on my Touch Pro 2. It was laggy as hell and basically unusable. I also did not notice any directional arrows.
I've been meaning to try that keyboard again, since I did the one-touch lag fix. I'll do that right now.
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I can't find the option to use the volume buttons to move the cursor. It's also nowhere near as fast as the Samsung keyboard. Not sure why, but I have to seriously slow down my typing to get it to recognize each key press individually. I was hoping it would be better once I did the lag fix. I guess it's a separate issue...
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I actually went through the process of installing the HTC keyboard, which I loved on my Touch Pro 2. It was laggy as hell and basically unusable. I also did not notice any directional arrows.
I've been meaning to try that keyboard again, since I did the one-touch lag fix. I'll do that right now.
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I can't find the option to use the volume buttons to move the cursor. It's also nowhere near as fast as the Samsung keyboard. Not sure why, but I have to seriously slow down my typing to get it to recognize each key press individually. I was hoping it would be better once I did the lag fix. I guess it's a separate issue...
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Hmmm I do not have any lag issues with the keyboard.
Have you tried Calibrating it? That option is in Settings (within the program, activated by long pressing the language toggle key)>Text Input>Calibration tool.
Unfortunatelly, indeed, there are no directional arrows in the layout.
The option to set the volume buttons is in Settings (again, within the keyboard itself)>User Interface>Volume Keys.
EDIT: I don't really have any opinion about the default samsung keyboard as it does not support my language (go figure lol) so I have never used it.
I'm a recent convert from the iPad2 and the thing that I miss the most is the "touch and hold to open a magnifying glass to zoom" when composing long messages. It is very helpful when I need to insert a new word or correct a typo that I made two sentences earlier. Is there an equivalent feature in the Nexus world?
You should be able to just tap the part of the text that you want to go back to and the cursor will appear there. You can then drag the blue pointer to move the cursor to the exact spot that you want if the tap didn't get it right.
We need some kind of zoom and slow moving editing, that would be great
where is the start bottom on this thing
i really eish i could acces the desptop faster any ideas
Its still in the lower left corner.
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1.Go to the left lower corner and place ur cursor...
2.If ur keypad has a key for windows then press it...
3.Place or cursor on the right lower corner to highlight a tab with settings & other controls, one of which is start menu...
4. Sometimes press ESC key...
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gopzzz said:
1.Go to the left lower corner and place ur cursor...
2.If ur keypad has a key for windows then press it...
3.Place or cursor on the right lower corner to highlight a tab with settings & other controls, one of which is start menu...
4. Sometimes press ESC key...
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i mean if i could access the destop faster instead of start screen
Winkey -d
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Or put the desktop as the first thing in the start screen (top left) then hit enter. Desktop bang faster than any other version of windows by a long way. Also if you don't like going into the corner to launch the start screen ie get to your programs then download the zip file from here -
http://www.7tutorials.com/download-shortcut-windows-8-start-screen-desktop
It creates a program that's just a link to the start menu as you cant add shortcuts it is compiled as an exe.
This is esp good on multi monitor setups as with the hot corner it can be a little bit of a fiddle to get it to launch.
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Or put the desktop as the first thing in the start screen (top left) then hit enter. Desktop bang faster than any other version of windows by a long way. Also if you don't like going into the corner to launch the start screen ie get to your programs then download the zip file from here -
http://www.7tutorials.com/download-shortcut-windows-8-start-screen-desktop
It creates a program that's just a link to the start menu as you cant add shortcuts it is compiled as an exe.
This is esp good on multi monitor setups as with the hot corner it can be a little bit of a fiddle to get it to launch.
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Little Known Feature for users with Multi-Monitors:
When you need to hit a corner on a monitor that borders another monitor, it can be tricky to hit just right.
Don't try to be so precise. Just fling your mouse to any corner and it will "catch" the cursor and bring up the Charm or App List (Start Screen Button).
What I normally do is throw my pointer at the top or bottom and sling it to the side I need. It gets "caught" and acts like you are parked in a corner.
It's a small area that will catch it (6x6 pix), but it works really well.
Thanks!
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Little Known Feature for users with Multi-Monitors:
When you need to hit a corner on a monitor that borders another monitor, it can be tricky to hit just right.
Don't try to be so precise. Just fling your mouse to any corner and it will "catch" the cursor and bring up the Charm or App List (Start Screen Button).
What I normally do is throw my pointer at the top or bottom and sling it to the side I need. It gets "caught" and acts like you are parked in a corner.
It's a small area that will catch it (6x6 pix), but it works really well.
Thanks!
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It works better if you fling down and not so much to the corner. tbh I personally don't find it an issue now as I have programmed by mouse button but it did wind me up and I have has to put the icon on a couple of users. Its not so much that its tricky or even slow its just I like to fling myself about the os so I hate anything that is precise with the mouse lol, I think that's why I love the new start screen so much, Big fat squares instead of a list I find myself opening stuff before I even realized.