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[bug] New thread, reply, quick reply text boxes defaulting to EN-US keyboard layout?!

Edit: This bug is now resolved.
Hi, just something I've noticed - when using the Quick reply box on this forum, for some reason (at least on my PC, but I'm pretty sure it's not a problem at my end because no other forum does it) it modifies the input locale to the US English keyboard layout, so if I hit Shift+2 (which on my PC normally produces the inverted comma " symbol) I get an ampersand (@). And of course, to get inverted commas I have to hit Shift and the apostrophe key (which on EN-UK keyboards produces the ampersand, but on EN-US keyboards it produces inverted commas: " ).
This is _really weird_, and it's not the only wrong key mapping: check this out...
Ok, so this is what I get when I hit Shift+number keys (along the top).
I should get (in order): !, ", £, $, € (which is on the same key as $, to get it you type Alt Gr + 4... US keyboards don't have an Alt Graphics key!), %, ^, &, *, (, ) ... What I actually get is !, @, #, $ (for some reason Alt Gr + 4 makes my cursor jump outside of the text box), %, ^, &, *, (, ) - which to me looks like EN-US keyboard layout.
I also have incorrect mappings on some of my other keyboard symbol keys, for example the tilde/hash key (next to the Enter key on the middle row on a UK keyboard) gives \ and | - which on UK keyboards are right next to the left shift key (they also work in this text box, but the hash (pound key, heh) is on the 4 key, which is wrong.
It's really bizarre, and it's never happened to me on any other forum (including other vB forums!) so I can only assume the input locale is incorrectly set on the forum config... Is it set to Unicode, or En-US or another specific locale or what? 1044 is Unicode English if I remember correctly, but I've not adminned a vB forum for a faiiiiiiiiir while so I honestly couldn't give any more help than this :/
It's not a terminal flaw, it's just REALLY. ANNOYING. when you're typing stuff and it screws up all the symbols :/

Can't reproduce it on firefox under linux... my spanish keyboard layout is working perfect: ñññ

Hi Christopher,
I can't for the live of me think of anything that would do this.
Nevertheless I checked the vbulletin settings and changed a setting, although I don't feel it should be the problem (it doesn't need to be on so it's worth a try).
Please let me know if this changed anything for you, since I'll turn it back on if it didn't.
Thanks in advance,
Flar

Dont see an issue with my swiss german keyboard.
IE6 XP

My Keyboard is fine - 2 and " - there you go...

""@@ - working fine on my (new) laptop. Running XP Pro, installed it fresh over the XP Home install (yeuck, why can't vendors understand that sometimes end-users WANT the Pro versions?!)
Just tried loading up the same thread, hitting Quick Reply in both IE6 and Flock, and the problem is fixed now - so I'd love to know what you changed!
All sorted now, thanks for taking the time to investigate and solve whatever it was which was causing this to happen, because it was really driving me nuts.

Input Metoth on Schaps 3.57

Hi,
I was wondering how to get the t9 utility when using the qwerty keyboard (sliding one, no touch screen one)
It was before, but know after install this ROM is no longer there
Any help please?

Hi Sniuk!
If I'm understanding right you want the word completion aka t9 (full words are suggested when typing few letters)..well just follow this explanation..
Go into the Settings screen..you'll find the "input" icon (placed between buttons at left and lock at right..)..just select and press it..a new screen will be in front of you..right?just look at the bottom..find and select the function "Word Completion" and you are in, just put a tick on "Suggest words when entering text" and..here you go!!
Settings-->Input-->World Completion-->Tick on Suggest Word Completion..

thanks for your answer but...
i havent got that "Word Completion" ... that`s the problem
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I`ve been looking on all settings for it, but i cant find it.
i`ll update soon to schaps 3.54b or c , will see if there is that function on it.
cuz i really miss it
thanks again for answer me
regards

Thats weird...I had it with 3.57a. But now have flashed 3.54c which also has the 'word completion' tab.

ummm... might be a compatibility issue
i just flash it to 3.54c and it was the word compl. tab there, but after install japanese input and lets japan6 soft , it disapears >_<
...so I can't have both on my hermes?

Turn off xt9?

I recently switched to a newer 6.1 ROM from someone here (it rocks). My first question was how to turn off xt9 when I am typing? With my old windows 6.1 I set it to ABC so it just let me type... without trying to be smart.
For bonus points how would one go about using "Sliding Panel" as my home screen, but without the annoying "getting started" bar.. maybe replace it with a weather bar?

Oh to turn off xt9 start a new text message and press alt+space and then you should be able to select ABC mode... and it should save this mode.

Download xt9
ok, I don't think I'm getting 100% what you are saying. First of start with installing et9 on your device.
Here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=374890
Then go to text messages and press (space+fn) change to abc. ready to go..
Getting started- you can remove it simply by going to it and choosing the add/remove getting started...
Here are weather apps, feel free to choose.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406781

yay alt + space was it, keep forgetting.
So a weather app came with my rom.. but it only shows up under a few of the ugly home screen layouts. I want it to show up under "Sliding panel".. will the ones you linked?

dead-cycling

I ask this again, as my question was embedded in my other posts :
How do you get dead cycling to work ? On my TyTN, when writing an email for example, if I type "e" then "Fn" + "Space" it used to role through the "special caracters", "e"->"é"->"è"->"ê".
Looking at the "eT9DeadKeys.txt" file it looks like this should also work on TP2. What's the key combinbation to make it work ?
Format:
// c0, c1, c2, c3,..ck, where
// characters on the first column (c0), trigger the dead-cycling
// (c1,...,c3,c1..) when Symb + [first column character] on SP,
// or Fn + Space (PPC) and the current character macthes character
// on the first column.
Thanks
Harvey

Does this no longer exist on TP2 ? It worked on TyTN. Does anyone know how to make it work on TP2.
Thanks for help, I find this feature really useful, it would be a shame to have lost it.
Harvey

Not sure if it works as I haven't got one yet... but I read that if you pressed and held a key the alternates for that letter would show up (i.e. the accented variants).
give it a try,
wait, here's the bit from the manual:
To enter accented characters
1. Tap and hold a key with accent options (for example, vowels) to display the accented characters bar.
2. Slide your finger left or right on the screen to select the accented character you want to enter.
3. When you have selected the character, release your finger to enter it.
Tip You can also use the Numeric and Symbol mode to enter accented characters.
For more information, see “Using Numeric and Symbol Mode” in this chapter for details.

Thanks, but that is not exactly it... what you describe is on the virtual keyboard, and it works fine (tap and hold then move your thumb onto the one you want and finally realse).
Unfortunatly, this doesn't work on the physical keyboard. If you hold key pressed, it simply repeats it.
Surely some one can say whether this has simply been lost between TyTN and TP2.
Does no one use this feature on TyTN ? I found it great, just type the caracter you want then "Fn"+"Space" to get all the "accent" versions. It alos worked for "(" -> "[" -> "{", and other similar, virtually, you could get any symbol without ever using the symbol pad.
Has any one else noticed this has gone missing between TyTN and TP2 ???
Harvey

mapping the "ok" button is driving me crazy! FOUND SOLUTION!!

hey people, i've been searching for over two hours on how to map the "ok" button to do what it normally does...
i'm on energy rom right now, with everything necessary installed to map keys on my att tilt 2.
what action do i map the "ok" key to?
i've searched and:
i cant find "back to previous screen"
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4754390&postcount=75)
if you map it as close window, and you click the windows key and the ok, the windows key no longer works
(forgot where i found that piece of advice)
what do i do?!
and sorry if its been answered many times, i really cant find it!
EDIT:
FOUND THE SOLUTION, at the bottom of the page. WORKS FLAWLESSLY!

Funnily enough I had to search to see what you were talking about. I assume the OK key on the keyboard.
I can only guess the best mapping would be to the OK in the upper right hand of menus for programs.

What ok button? A hardware button or a software button?

on the att tilt2 theres an "ok" button between shift and home on the keyboard.
i dont know what to map the button to in order for it to work like it supposed to in the original rom and i cant find the solution anywhere.

Bottom row from left to right:
Tilt2: shift, OK, Home, comma (mail), space
TP2: FN, Mail, SMS, comma (SYM), space

Sorry, don't think that there is a solution for mapping the OK button yet. The best you can do is to map it to minimize the current window. This is one of the reasons why I'm switching to RRE's rom, as it includes the AT&T keyboard dll. I use text/email a lot with the keyboard out and want to be able to use the ok to close the message and go back to the message list. You can only do that if the original OK functionality is present.

best bet is to use this program to do so...works great!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4434797&postcount=1

Solution FOUND:
download this cab:
http://blownfuze.org/files/AEBPlus.CAB
(courtesy of Doug Simmons)
install and use to map the "ok" key as "ok/close"
works like a charm! thanks for all the advice anyway guys!