i have android 2.2 at the moment. is there a way to get the old style of search behavior on android 2.2? where you double tap the search key and the whole phone search comes up?
thanks!
Are you talking about being able to search for content on the phone? If so hit search key, tap the icon to the left of the text field, and select the things you want to show up in searches.
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zanderman112 said:
Are you talking about being able to search for content on the phone? If so hit search key, tap the icon to the left of the text field, and select the things you want to show up in searches.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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thank you but while i did mean being able to search for content on the phone, i meant something more like in 2.1, how whenever even if you're in the browser, if you press search once, it'll popup the browser address bar field, and if you press it again, it'll pop up google search for content on your phone. the google search wasn't its own application back then, but it is now.
basically the advantage to what i'm talking about over what we have now, is that you don't have to be on your home screen to bring up the phone-content search, you can be anywhere and double tab search, and also the search phone-content thing loaded a lot faster on 2.1 when it wasn't an application, than it does now.
do you have any idea how i can get this functionality in 2.2?
danielseeksGod said:
thank you but while i did mean being able to search for content on the phone, i meant something more like in 2.1, how whenever even if you're in the browser, if you press search once, it'll popup the browser address bar field, and if you press it again, it'll pop up google search for content on your phone. the google search wasn't its own application back then, but it is now.
basically the advantage to what i'm talking about over what we have now, is that you don't have to be on your home screen to bring up the phone-content search, you can be anywhere and double tab search, and also the search phone-content thing loaded a lot faster on 2.1 when it wasn't an application, than it does now.
do you have any idea how i can get this functionality in 2.2?
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Don't think you can.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
I came from webOS and am search and go addict ("just type" is amazing). I don't use a launcher or really any app shortcuts so when I want to launch something I hit the search button and they start typing.
Problem is the results appear to be limited to show only 2 for each search type (2 contacts, 2 apps, etc).
Does anyone know how to increase this? It is not in settings.
bump. Anybody?
I'm interested in increasing the number of recently accessed results when hitting the search button. It only shows 2 per type.
Am I missing some way to easily navigate back to the forum page when I'm at the bottom of a thread of postings?
vBulletin (that's not what we're using here, right?) has a dropdown at the bottom of every page where you can select a forum to navigate to, and by default it always has the current forum being read already selected, so you can just hit GO.
Here in XDA I get to the bottom of a page and can't figure out how to get back to the topic listing, except by going back to the top of the page, and clicking on the forum name in the forum->subforum->threadTitle navigation.
This is very cumbersome.
Pressing the BACK button on the keyboard is certainly an option, but this suffers from not updating the topic listing page, so I can't easily see which threads have new posts since I last visited them.
Sorry for the small novel explaining this.
If you use Chrome then you could use the XDA Toolbar (see my sig), made by one of the handsome and witty intelligent devs of this very site
It currently has a "Jump to top of page" button on it, which will halve your problem, but there will be a release soon that will include the ability to double-click that very same button and go to the parent forum (exactly like what you're asking for). The advantage of this is that you have to be neither at the top or bottom of the page to use it.
If you don't use Chrome, get used to pressing the home key a lot
Thanks for the response! Yes, I found the 'top' line quite a while ago, but never thought of using the home key. That helps a lot.
I look forward to the upgrade!
I am having a problem with the quick search and kindle fires pop up keyboard. If you use the quick search within a forum the keyboard pops up then disappears. This is using the stock kindle Kb and Swype. And dolphin HD and silk as well.
The only way to search and have the keyboard stay up is to go into advanced search. Then both keyboards work fine.
Just wondering if it might be a glitch in the web coding.
When I say quick search I mean clicking the search button within a forum typing in the search field that pops up immediately.
Does it the same way in search this thread too.
BTW, I just checked it out on my droidx and it behaves the same with Swype and also the multi touch keyboard.
Not sure if I was clear in my first post.
I am talking about searches on THIS forum. XDA-Developers.com
I am not talking about searches in general.
I am talking about the specific problem happening on this forum!!
Are you referring to the Contextual Search "pop-up"?
That probably was never intended for mobile use but you can easily turn that off in your User CP > Edit Options or this URL:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/profile.php?do=editoptions
and uncheck "Enable Contextual Search"
Thanks for the reply. No I am not referring to the contextual search. That it's already disabled in my cp.
If you look right above the first post in this thread there is a "search this thread" button on the right. If I click that, a search box comes up right below the button. It is in that box that I am having the problem. Same for the "search this forum" button on the forum index.
The only way to search is to then go into advanced search. Then the keyboard will stay up so I can type.
Btw, thanks again. I realized I may not have been real clear in my first post.
In the settings menu, there is an option to rearrange the soft touch buttons at the bottom of the device. I've tested out the gesture type nav bar and find it to be less useful than a traditional button array, but of course, individual milage may vary.
However, in the options, there are some additional buttons that can be added. Most notably, a little "crosshair" looking button (which I've stuck conveniently between the "home" circle button and "app switcher" square button. This button opens a little quick drawer with a handful of useful apps, but in not finding a way to edit this list. However, if you download and install the LG Calculator, at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0UKZBoopyRhanNQQzR2V1hTeUU/view?usp=drivesdk, it will automatically be added to this list. Quite handy, if you're using this Qslide drawer.
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In the settings menu, there is an option to rearrange the soft touch buttons at the bottom of the device. I've tested out the gesture type nav bar and find it to be less useful than a traditional button array, but of course, individual milage may vary.
However, in the options, there are some additional buttons that can be added. Most notably, a little "crosshair" looking button (which I've stuck conveniently between the "home" circle button and "app switcher" square button. This button opens a little quick drawer with a handful of useful apps, but in not finding a way to edit this list. However, if you download and install the LG Calculator, at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0UKZBoopyRhanNQQzR2V1hTeUU/view?usp=drivesdk, it will automatically be added to this list. Quite handy, if you're using this Qslide drawer.
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Thx, Dathaniel!
Any ideea why it looks a little weird?
I mean streched
Here's another handy in that can be added to the Qslide drawer, a web viewer that can pop out like a window:
https://m.cafe.naver.com/ArticleRead.nhn?clubid=23704855&articleid=710459
It should be noted, I had a hell of a time getting this to download. There's a download link at the bottom of the article for the apk. When you click it, it resets you too the top of the page. I just had to keep scrolling down and clicking it, eventually it downloaded. I'll try to post the apk on a friendlier file hosting site tomorrow, if I have time.
It seems like there is also a basic Memo app that can be added, but I'm still digging around on Korean internets for it.
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Thx, Dathaniel!
Any ideea why it looks a little weird?
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No idea. Mine looks the same though. Functions just fine. In fact, I think that it having the parentheses button is actually a really cool feature.
So, this web viewer
The web viewer I linked is a little funky. Its homepage is the search engine "Naver" which is SK's popular search provider. The language for the browser is Korean, and I'm still digging around for a way to add a translation, or set the default language to English. As it is, searching for Google brings you back to normal, Western internet pretty quick, but I'd like to find a way to set the homepage to Google or something.
I'll let you guys know what I come up with.
Thanks really appreciated!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zero.qslide.notes
Boom. Here's a QSlide notepad, which automatically appears in your QSlide Drawer when installed.
Dathaniel said:
The web viewer I linked is a little funky. Its homepage is the search engine "Naver" which is SK's popular search provider. The language for the browser is Korean, and I'm still digging around for a way to add a translation, or set the default language to English. As it is, searching for Google brings you back to normal, Western internet pretty quick, but I'd like to find a way to set the homepage to Google or something.
I'll let you guys know what I come up with.
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Opera has the simplest translator built in.
Dathaniel said:
Here's another handy in that can be added to the Qslide drawer, a web viewer that can pop out like a window:
https://m.cafe.naver.com/ArticleRead.nhn?clubid=23704855&articleid=710459
It should be noted, I had a hell of a time getting this to download. There's a download link at the bottom of the article for the apk. When you click it, it resets you too the top of the page. I just had to keep scrolling down and clicking it, eventually it downloaded. I'll try to post the apk on a friendlier file hosting site tomorrow, if I have time.
It seems like there is also a basic Memo app that can be added, but I'm still digging around on Korean internets for it.
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Here it is:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhn.android.navercafe for accessing more apps there.
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Here it is:
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I'm getting a 404 error from the link you've posted.
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I'm getting a 404 error from the link you've posted.
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https://www.mediafire.com/file/wcfjt6dyg6v6i54/Q1.1.1.apk/file
Show us the final results in one screenshot, please.
I found the QSlide notes app. It was hiding right under my nose.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zero.qslide.notes
Installing this adds qNotes to the qSlide drawer to quickly take notes, which can then be reviewed later in the ordinary QMemo+ app.
Next up, I'm looking for a quick torch, and a map for the qSlide drawer. After taking out the defunct TV app, that will give a complete set of 12 qSlide apps.
Quick Torch
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yoavst.quicktorch
Appears in the qSlide Drawer, helpfully. Unhelpfully, it doesn't illuminate the camera's flash LED, just lights the screen up white.
I miss QVoice floating in qslide