My SX66 has the ugly, old black and white on-screen keyboard with the square "keys". My friends Dell Axim x50 has a sweet on-screen keyboard with blue round keys that looks really nice.
Is this a custom "skin" that Dell made? Is it available via a 3rd pary product? Reg hack? Copying the files from the Dell to the SX66? =)
Just looking for some info. I would love to upgrade my current ugly on-screen keyboard.
I don't know about the specific keyboard you cite, but PHM's Pocket PC PowerToys has a couple of alternate keyboards, including a blank one if you prefer to use the SX66's keyboard or a IrDA/Bluetooth one.
Combine this with some registry hacks I found over at Howard Forums, and you can switch the default keyboard. If you did a little registry spelunking on your friend's Axim, you could probably figure out how to transfer his keyboard skin.
Thanks for the response and info but I looked around and figured out what I needed.
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I've just got a M500 and having used a IPAQ H2210 I'd much prefer the keyboard from that. For those who don't know it's just like a real keyboard where you have the numbers in row over the keys. Hope someone can help.
you can set this in settings - input (or when keyboard apears, klik right down corner and select options) and set the keyboard to small keys, you get the same then
goodluck
That's exactly what I wanted thanks willumpie82. Don't know why the default isn't small keys? It's not like there's much difference.
Can we "downgrade" to the WM5 on-screen keyboard layout? I dont like skins that waste room, I just want the good old fashion WM5 version I have used over the last 2 years back!
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Dan
*bump* thanks for any input....
Have I stumped this board?
The base Keyboard dll are pretty much the same in WM5 and WM6. If you don't like the skin used on your WM6, you can always cook a new rom from it and replace the keyboard related files - well that's basically the idea but on how to cook and what to replace a bit of research will have to be done of course
one can also just install the skin one wants and use that no building a full rom is required
Try this package, it includes the original white with black letters and alot of others. It should work with your cooked WM6 rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324049
I figured this out a while ago and forgot about this topic. I am replying to help any searches people may have.
Solved.
To change the keyboard layouts:
While in notes/messaging/email/etc (where you can write) press the arrow to the right of the keyboard. This will open up the menu.
Be sure thet "keyboard" has the dot to the right of it.
Choose "options"
On the first "Input Method" tab, simply choose "small keys".
This will add the numbers on the top row as well as a few other keys that are missing with the "large keys" option.
Hope this helps someone. Cheers,
I'm a pretty big fan of TouchFlo 3D on the TP2, but I have a few Today Plugins which I really can't afford to lose. I found a solution which allows you to toggle between two today screens. One with my plugins, and the other with TouchFLO. It's called Second Today. (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=37867)
Has anyone gotten this set up correctly on their TP2? I can't figure out how to assign one of the softkeys in TouchFLO to toggle the second today. I've edited the registery, and I've also used softkey manager with no avail. Anyone have any idea;s?
Rhodium Keyboard controller
Hi,
You can do this with the Rhodium Keyboard controller. You can assign actions to buttons when press and hold, double click or single click. It works great
Here is the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=554240
Daan4suz
I use a third-party Asian IME (input method editor) to display Asian characters.
This IME used to work really well with other phones, but with TP2, some of the symbols don't come out well.
For example, Fn+H comes out as "\", not ";" , and Fn+J comes out as "/" not ":". The latter problem is very annoying, because it basically prevents entering web address with the sliding keyboard.
When I raised this issue with the developer, they said the IME has worked with almost every PDA-phone, including Touch Pro, but the non-Microsoft standard keyboard layout of Touch Pro2 is keeping it from working properly and there is nothing they can do about it.
Is it true that the keyboard layout of TP2 does not conform to some kind of Microsoft standard?
If so, is there any way to fix it?
hi, i switched over from a Blue Angel then to an Opal (which broke c/o a big bamboo spear) to an MDA.
which ROM here uses a virtual phonepad like the HTC Touch series use?
i searched for some here, but they all have this bar on top that forms words (kinda like a T9 that can't be removed, even though its off) whenever you tap a key, not like the regular one (i remember on my Opal) where you tap a key and it inputs it (something like a Nokia's keypad scheme or other brand's candy bar phone keypad scheme)
mmm there are many virtual keyboards like Swype... or EZinput... or resco or... try to search and tell us wich one was that
i found what i was looking for
the opal phonepad one