Usually, long-press is for selecting text, but on this Xperia it's popping up with a magnifying glass instead. Is there any way to turn this off?
xichael said:
Usually, long-press is for selecting text, but on this Xperia it's popping up with a magnifying glass instead. Is there any way to turn this off?
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I haven't found that to be the case. Usually long-press on Internet page selects text. You might be experiencing a function built in to a specific app...
Xichael talks about this. When you select text in your input there is a zoom.
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crazy-gump said:
Xichael talks about this. When you select text in your input there is a zoom.
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Is that the email app? I don't use it so don't know... Maybe you can do something in prefer...
Yes, mine is like that, but round. An easy place to try it is in Chrome's address bar.
EDIT: Actually, I get the rectangular one too. They seem to take over in any text input field.
levone1 said:
Is that the email app? I don't use it so don't know... Maybe you can do something in prefer...
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It's not linked to an app. If you write a text somewhere and try to select it, the zoom will appear
Magnifier is useful for selecting special place for cursor on small screen. It's a feature on fields that can be edited/written in.
If you want to select a word, use double-tap.
I use Gboard's space bar swiping feature to reposition the cursor. Really hope there's a way to disable this. It makes selecting text inconsistent, and I truly have no need for it.
Settings > Accessibility > Magnification
Disable
I don't have that option. There's something called "magnification gesture", but it's already turned off.
xichael said:
Usually, long-press is for selecting text, but on this Xperia it's popping up with a magnifying glass instead. Is there any way to turn this off?
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Which version of Android are you using on your X Compact? Nougat has the magnification bubble when editing text but this seems to have been removed in Oreo.
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Xichael talks about this. When you select text in your input there is a zoom.
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Which phone is that? I only know of iPhones, Xperia's, Asus Zenfone and some early HTC phones having the magnification bubble to edit text. Shame more phones don't have it, it's very useful.
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Hello,
Our Leo's have the new text selection method in sms (where you drag a arrow to where you want to select text). The problem is that this selection is not recognized by input methods like SlideIT or Swype.
So I cannot edit/add words trough selection like I should be able to. If I use a simple text editor that uses the old selection method (like Pocket Notepad), I'm able to edit/add words in SlideIt.
So, is there anyway I can use the old selection method in SMS?
The ideal would be using the new selection method but making it work with SlideIT...
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Lemme make sure I'm understand this - you want to highlight a selection of text in sms and bulk add them as good words in SlideIT/Swype - so that wheh you slide out a word the ones you added are now valid words?
polstein said:
Lemme make sure I'm understand this - you want to highlight a selection of text in sms and bulk add them as good words in SlideIT/Swype - so that wheh you slide out a word the ones you added are now valid words?
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Yes, also remove and edit a word...
But Swype/SlideIT can't see that the text is selected for some reason...
In the new version of Slide it you CAN highlight words in sms text box.
I will post some screen shots:
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In the new version of Slide it you CAN highlight words in sms text box.
I will post some screen shots:
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That looks like the HTC Message word selection and not slideit selection, but I could be wrong. But that does not allow you to add or remove the word from SlideIT dictionary.
But despite that, how can you select a word without using the long press + cursor sliding thing in HTC Message?
sorry for slow reply, lost the thread.
1.Maybe you are right, can you reccomend a program to try it in?
2. To do the above, i press screen (on the word) and the box pops up with the options,
I can choose select, or select all. Then cut, copy or select all. Then paste...
Twiggerdingo said:
sorry for slow reply, lost the thread.
1.Maybe you are right, can you reccomend a program to try it in?
2. To do the above, i press screen (on the word) and the box pops up with the options,
I can choose select, or select all. Then cut, copy or select all. Then paste...
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1. You can use Pocket Notepad to test how SlideIT should work...
2. Ohhh sorry I didn't noticed that it says Select/Select all/Copy..... since it was not English tough it was some word correction... But on mine it shows some selection "arrows"...
Hello
If u want select something, just put your finger on the word during 3sec..and a windows will pop and give u the control to do it
Unjoy see u
NeedBackup said:
If u want select something, just put your finger on the word during 3sec..and a windows will pop and give u the control to do it
Unjoy see u
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Don't get me wrong but... did you read anything from this thread appart from the tittle?
bump. no solutuion yet?
Friends help me if possible,
In Desire Build V5 .... to select a portion of text, we have a selection method like iphone, that alowed to stretch and shrink, was better than iphone, because we can send it to google tradutor or even to twitter or email.
Now, in Froyo this method of selection dont work...we have one like WM....and is wast we just can copy!!
What i'm talking is what who can see here just after the 1 minute mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H30u4q3Omkc&feature=player_embedded
For exemple:
How did you select a portion of text to edit bold, italic or underline??
I give my centims to, who can, make the a phrase like mine up with Froyo Darkstone V1 in HD2
Is any option off? or is it a app, which?
if not, it's possible to port the method selection of Desire in Froyo??
or is anyone working on porting the magnifying glass from the latest desire rom?
we just have this in FROYO:
Select text
Figure 19: Select Text
This is an area where the iPhone was far better than the Eclair and unfortunately still is with Froyo. The gap though has decreased significantly.
With Froyo I can now select text from say an email and paste it somewhere else – even a different application. The Select Text option is hidden under the More menu button and once selected, it creates a small mouse pointer. That is the start of where it will start selecting (Figure 20).
I simply point to the top left area I want to copy from and drag my finger diagonally to end up at the bottom right of the area I want to select. This will select the text in a very appealing pink color and as soon as I lift my finger from the screen it will copy the text on the keyboard (Figure 21).
The technique on the iPhone is better but not by much – as I wrote the gap has decreased significantly. On the iPhone you have a magnifying glass where you can pinpoint exactly where you want to start copying (or inserting text – same functionality).
Figure 20: Mouse pointer
Again unfortunately this functionality (the one with the magnifying glass for selecting text) is patented by Apple Inc. and will not be seen on an Android based phone but I am sure that the Android developers will come up with something that will give us the same if not better user experience.
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thanks
Maybe this interest someone:
Htc keyboard ported from desire rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=634520
and this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=638059
pack21 said:
Maybe this interest someone:
Htc keyboard ported from desire rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=634520
and this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=638059
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double tapping on a word lets you highlight it, and then menu, gives you options.
palosjr said:
double tapping on a word lets you highlight it, and then menu, gives you options.
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I double tapping a word and nothing happens.
any idea?
I do not understand how people do not worry about not being able to edit the format of your texts.
pack21 said:
I do not understand how people do not worry about not being able to edit the format of your texts.
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LOL it's BETA dude, don't expect so much, i would first make sure all hardware is running.. give it some time
Darstone give us a desire selection text port to FrOYO...
Guys, is there possibility to change Contacts apk? The fact is that Call button at Contacts apk is far from contacts icons. When you use only one hand, for example left hand, in order to call from Contacts you need to move and hold out your left hand's thumb to right side of Contacts. But if Call buttons were just near contacts icons, if would be much easier to make a call. Is it possible to do that? Please, just tell me how
galaxyst said:
Guys, is there possibility to change Contacts apk? The fact is that Call button at Contacts apk is far from contacts icons. When you use only one hand, for example left hand, in order to call from Contacts you need to move and hold out your left hand's thumb to right side of Contacts. But if Call buttons were just near contacts icons, if would be much easier to make a call. Is it possible to do that? Please, just tell me how
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Hi
You can change positions of Dial, Call logs, contacts and so on. In Dialer tap on "3 dots" and choose Edit tabs. Also very comfort is that you can swipe left or right your dialer
olafsand said:
Hi
You can change positions of Dial, Call logs, contacts and so on. In Dialer tap on "3 dots" and choose Edit tabs. Also very comfort is that you can swipe left or right your dialer
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You have misunderstood me. I do not wont move tabs. I need changes only in Contacts application. By default Contacts app has from left to right: Icon, Name, Call. But i wish apk to have like: Icon, Call button, Name
now it is such
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but I wish it to be like:
Wow, an icon for SEND MESSAGElike in flex roms would be cool too
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Noone can help?
May be anybody can explain me how to do that. I am ready to do it myself, but I do not know how
Hi, I've read the manual but haven't found what I needed.
I'm trying to delete the Google Now screen that's left of the Home screen and then add something else. I can disable Google Now in APPS and get rid of the Google Now pane, but I can't seem to delete it. Without deleting Google Now I can't add my own pane to the left of the Home screen.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
I'm pretty sure that is a feature of the Xperia Launcher that comes with the phone. If you want your home screen to behave differently I'd recommend getting a different launcher from the play store. I personally use Nova Launcher, but there are tons of good ones out there.
UPDATE: Check post after mine for answer.
rmwebb1 said:
Hi, I've read the manual but haven't found what I needed.
I'm trying to delete the Google Now screen that's left of the Home screen and then add something else. I can disable Google Now in APPS and get rid of the Google Now pane, but I can't seem to delete it. Without deleting Google Now I can't add my own pane to the left of the Home screen.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
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go into home settings and the scroll down to advance and swipe google now off
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go into home settings and the scroll down to advance and swipe google now off
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Thanks!!!!! That worked.
rmwebb1 said:
Hi, I've read the manual but haven't found what I needed.
I'm trying to delete the Google Now screen that's left of the Home screen and then add something else. I can disable Google Now in APPS and get rid of the Google Now pane, but I can't seem to delete it. Without deleting Google Now I can't add my own pane to the left of the Home screen.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
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Then you'll need to downgrade your xperia launcher to one without that feature. Apk mirror under Sony mobile communications they have all Sony's stock apps listed
Sent from my Xperia XA using XDA Labs
You can turn the Google now pane off by long pressing on the home screen, then settings bottom right, then turn the relevant slider off. (You can't do it via the regular settings, only the settings that you get to from long pressing the home screen!)
I hate to push 2 buttons to capture the screen, what another way to take it, like Samsung's slip screen or MIUI's three fingers ? Thanks
batterytwo said:
I hate to push 2 buttons to capture the screen, what another way to take it, like Samsung's slip screen or MIUI's three fingers ? Thanks
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Yeah... My 2 year old mobile running on Android 6 has the soft key for taking screenshots and editing as well.
This latest phone doesn't have it..
StoneSpider said:
Yeah... My 2 year old mobile running on Android 6 has the soft key for taking screenshots and editing as well.
This latest phone doesn't have it..
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Check out the solution to softkey for screenshots:
batterytwo said:
I hate to push 2 buttons to capture the screen, what another way to take it, like Samsung's slip screen or MIUI's three fingers ? Thanks
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Tell Google assistant to do it by saying 'take screenshot'
yash6# said:
Tell Google assistant to do it by saying 'take screenshot'
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What about screenshot editing?
Like crop, mark, highlight text, etc..
batterytwo said:
I hate to push 2 buttons to capture the screen, what another way to take it, like Samsung's slip screen or MIUI's three fingers ? Thanks
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im using an app from playstore called "custom navigation bar" to edit navbar for enabling screenshoot button
its easier take a screenshot like this than have to press 2 buttons :laugh:
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btw im using stock rom
just follow this tutorial
https://www.xda-developers.com/customise-the-navigation-bar-android-oreo/
I actually use a application called simple control so that to keep my navigation button on the screen near my thumb and I can configure the buttons to do some kind of functions like taking screenshots for example.
If you like to use the on screen navigation buttons on another part of the screen then you can use this application and configure it to take the screenshot as per your wish
(This is only a kind of suggestion)
batterytwo said:
I hate to push 2 buttons to capture the screen, what another way to take it, like Samsung's slip screen or MIUI's three fingers ? Thanks
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Use this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.simonesestito.ntiles
and add quick setting tile for taking screenshots
Setting>accessibility>accessibility menu>ON.
You can take screen shots and more from home