I need to change my Start button to open another start menu app that I have. And how stupid is it that the IE button only opens up one web page instead of just the app? :x
Everyone,
Does anyone know how to set up a keyboard shortcut to the Start Menu? I want to be able to press a button on the keyboard to open the start menu. I can assign a button via the Send button (using button programming in Settings, a stock Windows Mobile feature), but I can't see how to get the the keyboard.
Any ideas? Thanks!
there is a key remapper program in the apps, themes, & software subforum that someone made that can do this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=554240
Hello all. I recently got the Bluetooth Motorola Keyboard and I was wondering if anyone would be able to explain how to change any of the hardware keys on the keyboard to open an application. Thanks in advance.
any ideas?/shameless bump
At this time there is no way to change any of the keys. There are people working on this at this time but so far nothing has come out of it. I have the same keyboard but haven't found any need to change anything. What are you trying to do?
I like the keyboard I just wish the messaging button was mapped and be able open the process list (last 5 apps running)
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I hope somebody figures something out with this. (I was just Google searching for something on this, found nothing and figured we'd have something here on the subject.) The messaging button for example, does nothing. If it atleast opened Google Talk that would make things easier. Would make my usual Talk/Browser/Gmail switching much easier when using the keyboard.
And being able to change the contacts key to something else wouldn't be awful either. I don't think I've ever used contacts on my Xoom besides looking at it once and noting a pretty interface. So many other apps would be more useful.
I may be able to help with this. Can someone zip and post up your "/system/usr/keylayout" and "/system/usr/keychars" directories and post them up?
You should not have a /data/usr/keychars and /data/usr/keylayout directories, but give me a copy of those as well if they exist!
Still need those files if you will please good sirs.
I have no idea how to find the files you need. I plugged in my Xoom but I could never get into the system files. I R DUM
here they are
I came across this in the AOSP dev site http://source.android.com/porting/keymaps_keyboard_input.html#androidKeymapKeyLayoutMapTitle
I checked out my system/usr/keylayout/ folder and it shows 3 vendor layout files. i'm guessing those are the moto keyboard.
It looks like it can be done. Although the your xoom would have to be rooted to push a modded file.
looks like someone fixed this!
http://tinyw.in/078
What about generic bluetooth keyboards? I've seen that many for example use Apple keyboards. I was thinking about getting a generic bt keyboard from eBay and remap the keys. Is there any chance that can be done?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016594
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onicrom said:
looks like someone fixed this!
http://tinyw.in/078
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B Dizzle said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016594
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No they didn't fix it. All they did was show how to change what was in the config files for the keyboards and add a WAKE function to an existing button function in order to wake the tablet with the keyboard.
What it looks like is being asked here is how to remap the default application buttons on the motorola keyboard (ie,.. messaging, browser, music, etc). The messaging button does nothing on the Xoom since it can't send text messages and the button was really meant to perform this function on the Atrix. There has also been questions as to how you could remap the browser button to another browser since setting the default browser to something other than the chrome one does nothing.
I've looked over that entire file and not once in there did it show a mapping for those keys to their respective functions. The function buttons have settings there, but I don't know if changing those would have any affect.
Anyone???
in case anyone didn't know, you can press the "search" key + a letter to open up applications. For example, "search" + T opens up Google Talk.
tlkid064 said:
Hello all. I recently got the Bluetooth Motorola Keyboard and I was wondering if anyone would be able to explain how to change any of the hardware keys on the keyboard to open an application. Thanks in advance.
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A bit late to reply, but maybe this can help you.
As 'gadgetluva' already mentioned, you can use the "search" key + a letter to launch some applications.
Previous versions of android allowed you to change the assignment of these in the settings. But somehow that option is gone in Honeycomb. The code to do it is still in there, but I didn't find any UI entry to it in the settings.
But, there is a dirty work around if you really want to change them. The application Task Switcher (there are multiple ones, I'm talking about the one from Jason Parekh) can be downloaded for free from the market. It's a nice and useful application, but you can also use it to open the hidden "Quick Launch" settings dialog. You do that by going to the settings of Task Switcher and choose Shortcut. That will open the "Quick Launch" settings dialog. In there you can (re-)assign the "search" key shortcuts at will.
It's a bit involved, but you only have to do this once ...
PS: Once you have Task Switcher installed, you can as well bind it to a key your not using with the free application exsbar. That way you also have a quick shortcut to switch between the running applications. A little bit like the Alt-Tab in windows.
Remap Search Softkey To Camera .... is there one specifically available for the Evo?? It would be great to have a designated camera button
Edit the file /system/usr/keylayout/supersonic-keypad.kl. The first 8 lines (without a # preceding them) define the action assigned to each key, and its behavior.
Just find the line that calls on the SEARCH action, change it to the CAMERA action, then reboot. (I gave it a quick try, and while the search button does launch the camera, it only does so on long-press.)
Some info about this can be found here.
Additionally, CM7 ROMs allow you to define custom actions for the search key, on tap and on long-press.
Also found this....costs 99cents but rather pay than taking the chance of messing up something
http://www.appbrain.com/app/buttonremapper/com.beansoft.buttonremapper
Apps make a great alternative to modifying files directly, especially considering it's easier to reinstall a few apps that make changes for you than it is to remember how to perform all your mods after an update or ROM change.
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In previous versions of Android I used Google Voice Actions within numerous other apps. I.E. Using a shortcut to start accepting speech actions immediately in Widgetlocker. It seems that in ICS on the Galaxy Nexus there is no dedicated "app" to immediately launch voice action input. There is only the Google Search app which defaults to entering text. I have looked in the Market and couldn't find a 3rd party solution.
Anybody experiencing a similar scenario or have an idea of a workaround?
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I share your frustration with this issue. I'm waiting on a solution as well.
Yes, I put in a request for this in the Themes and Apps section.
Soft key support with short press = search and long press = voice search would be ideal.
drtrmiller said:
Yes, I put in a request for this in the Themes and Apps section.
Soft key support with short press = search and long press = voice search would be ideal.
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I'll +1 that suggestion.