My keyboard is down. Is there any way to run my desktop computer?
It depends on whether the BIOS is set to lock to boot without a keyboard.
New motherboards allow you to use a mouse in the BIOS. On Windows, you can use the on-screen keyboard.
ze7zez said:
It depends on whether the BIOS is set to lock to boot without a keyboard.
New motherboards allow you to use a mouse in the BIOS. On Windows, you can use the on-screen keyboard.
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How do you enable on screen keyboard?
Before logging into Windows, there is a special icon with accessibility.
After logging in, choose Programs/Access Ease/Screen Keyboard.
I don't have the English version of windows so I don't know if the nomenclature I used is correct.
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One of the most annoying things about the Wizard is that the OS doesn't know that I have a sliding keyboard, so if I open pocketIE with the keyboard open, it opens the virtual keyboard too. Is there anyway to have the virtual keyboard disabled when in landscape mode?
the OS knows... the programs don't. Coders themselves have to detect whether 1. the device supports an external keyboard and 2. if it does, whether it is active or not - and suppress the SIP if it is.
Can't say I know of anything that would make landscape-mode automatic, but you could download NullKB and change to that SIP to 'disable' the SIP. It would apply to portrait mode as well, though.
mine learns after a while, where you just hide the sip, it won't pop open automatically anymore
google nullkb
I have nullkb but it doesn't seem to work for me. I select it and it just stays in the current sip. Never switches. Help...
Seriously...is there no way to permanently disable this onscreen keyboard? It is ridiculous!
Does this happen with all WM5 devices?
http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/nullkeyboard.shtml
Install it and set it as your default keyboard.
Please, does anyone have a more reliable and permanent way to disable the onscreen keyboard? Perhaps a registry edit? I have tried several of the null programs and none are effective. This pop-up is really ruining my experience. Any help is appreciated.
Currently I am running an 8125 with summiters 2.17 ROM.
How is this not perment? You set that to be the default keybaord and it will never show up.
None of the null programs have proven to be permanent on my device. And all of them often have an issue of not being able to choose nullkb if the pop-up is already onscreen.
This is not a solution. I need something to permanently remove/disable the onscreen keyboard.
Stinkfist said:
Seriously...is there no way to permanently disable this onscreen keyboard? It is ridiculous!
Does this happen with all WM5 devices?
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See my post in another thread "Disable virtual keyboard via registry"
why would you go and do that. Install TenGo and you'll see a better on screen keyboard.
weezy said:
why would you go and do that. Install TenGo and you'll see a better on screen keyboard.
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Tengo seems like a cool app but I think the real quest in this thread is about preventing the virtual keyboard from auto-popping up. Couldn't tell if Tengo has a mode where it does not pop-up unless the keyboard icon is explicitly tapped.
I have a mogul, and I was wondering how you type certain keys on the keyboard. Ideally, I would like to be able to type escape, ctrl- and alt- keycombos on the physical keyboard, but if that's not possible then I'd like to be able to do that using the SIP keyboard. Also I'd like a way to type F-keys using the SIP keyboard.
I tried using AEKMap, and it simply didn't work. I noticed that on the PocketPutty homepage, it shows a SIP keyboard with an alt key, and another SIP keyboard without one. I have the latter, and I would like the former.
Anyone have any ideas? I think it's ironic that I can type any international character I want, but I can't type basic things like escape and alt.
I don't think windows mobile supports those keys anyway, which is probably why we don't have the option of using them anywhere.
That's not true. Many WinMo apps display ctrl+ shortcuts and the soft-keyboard contains those keys.
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I don't think windows mobile supports those keys anyway, which is probably why we don't have the option of using them anywhere.
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You can definitely use ctrl, I use it to paste when the press and hold menu doesn't come up in some aps.
I've used it on soft keyboards, but is there a way to use ctrl from the slide out keyboard?
Just got my HD2 and fired up Putty to check it all works and realised there's no CTRL key on the included keyboard?
Any workarounds?
Biffy said:
Just got my HD2 and fired up Putty to check it all works and realised there's no CTRL key on the included keyboard?
Any workarounds?
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Install other keyboards
Which though? I've tried searching but can't see an obvious candidate. Finger keyboard doesn't seem to have one.
You might give MIDPSSH a shot. Java based SSH client. It's a bit finicky, but once you get used to it, you have all special keys available quickly.
Key is to open the Menu once you are connected and have the prompt, then go to menu>type to type right on the prompt (or hit INPUT and type in a new screen, not sure why it was designed like that). There are also all special keys there for tapping (when using the MENU). if the text is too small, go to SETTINGS and change the font size from "tiny" to "device".
Link: http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/
It actually works pretty well.
In browser
page up/down works
esc works
power button- turns tab screen off
home screen
space bar brings up google search
arrows moves screen
not sure how i scrooled and selected widgets (pressed a lot of buttons)
And menu button works
Agreed. I've only used a dell keyboard for a while but it worked just fine. Better than the horrible default keyboard (I'm used to swype)
What do you use for a mouse (or do you have to touch the screen after typing?) This is the part I've been trying to figure out.
jamerican413 said:
What do you use for a mouse (or do you have to touch the screen after typing?) This is the part I've been trying to figure out.
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Yes, or you could use the arrows.
Cable-free free keyboard for your tablette !
Go to the market and load the free utility called "Wifikeyboard".
After just a few extremly easy parameter settings on the tablette only, the keyboard of ANY PC connected to your WIFI network can be used to fill-in ANY input field on your Android tablette !
It supports international keyboards (in my case - french AZERTY) perfectly.
In fact, you type into a field in the window of your prefered internet browser on your PC and the text you type is echoed on your tablette - which means that you can even cut/paste on your PC large text that your want to "type" in your tablette!
I now use an old lightweight netPC as my long text input device/wordprocessing/mail into my tablette.
Clever, isn't it ?
PS : By the way, you can use a USB cable to the PC too. But why bother with cable ? I dont see any reason but the lack of local WIFI.