[Q] Switch keyboard types easily? - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm sure there used to be an easy way to change the keyboard type on the DHD, without having to go into Settings ie switching between QWERTY/Phone Pad/Compact.... I can't remember where this was.
Anybody know?

Hold down any text input box whilst selected, press input method and then choose your keyboard. Note that only the keyboards you have enabled in settings will appear.
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When I hold down a text input box I just get the paste option... unless I'm misunderstanding...?
Thanks.
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mjt said:
I'm sure there used to be an easy way to change the keyboard type on the DHD, without having to go into Settings ie switching between QWERTY/Phone Pad/Compact.... I can't remember where this was.
Anybody know?
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it was on win mo you could switch easly.... its always been like this in android

mjt said:
When I hold down a text input box I just get the paste option... unless I'm misunderstanding...?
Thanks.
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Do you have other keyboards installed AND enabled in Settings > Language & keyboard ?

Well, I've got the three standard HTC keyboards listed there... I don't see where one enables them as such, just a radio button to select the one you want to use.
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Oh, I mis read your post. As already said before, it's that hard to change on Android.

The workaround is to install an additional input method; I installed Swype. So I have qwerty on Swype and switch to phone-keypad on the default keyboard.

Has anyone got the gingerbread keyboard to work on desire HD, mine keep foreclosing whilst it works flawlessly on my desire.
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I have Gingerbread keyboard on my DHD, got it from market, using it for about ten days or so, didnt crash once.
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i can't use other keyboard, aaarg!

whenever I use another keyboard then the original touch input pinch to zoom is deactivated cross the whole phone, why is this and is there a fix for it ?
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This has happened to me and a reboot fixed it for me
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mardox said:
whenever I use another keyboard then the original touch input pinch to zoom is deactivated cross the whole phone, why is this and is there a fix for it ?
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I have Scandinavian Keyboard installed and hadn't actually noticed, but yes, while the default keyboard is being used there is no pinch zoom in the browser. As soon as I switch back, it works again.
It's not been a problem for me, as I only switch to that keyboard temporarily and switch back again — I prefer the default, but the other gives me access to characters like "ð" that the default does not. If I was using it full time, that would be a real nuisance.

How so I go to stock kb on fresh 3.2

The title basically says it all. How do I go to the stock android keyboard instead of the HTC one. The HTC one is always laggy for me after awhile so I want the stock one. How do I change it?
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Fresh 3.2 brings 2 keyboards: touch input and HTC_IME mod... just press and hold on any text field and select input method, from there you can switch to the other kb
Ok cool I got there once before and couldn't remember how. So is there a way to get the stock or the Droid x keyboard maybe. The HTC one just gets laggy on me and I want to so some testing to see what is better.
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Calibrating Screen on CyanogenMod 7

Hi,
I flashed my Desire with the Cyanogenmod 7 and was wondering, where I can calibrate the screen. When using the orignal rom, there was an option to do so. Now the screen does not really respond the way I like, especially when using the keyboard.
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Heinzelrumpel
No clue? Can't imagine there is no solution.
You mean when it asks you to type something on the keyboard? I haven't seen that in ages... maybe its only on sense roms.
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if you have the htc ime_mod you can calibrate that under the keyboard options.
just hit the options key in any input field and it will take you to the options.
then, calibrate should be under text input
Am I right in thinking this calibrates the keyboard and not the screen then?
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mercianary said:
Am I right in thinking this calibrates the keyboard and not the screen then?
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Right. I actually ment calibrating the keyboard. This might be only on sense roms. That was my first guess too

[Q] keyboard Dictionary

I just wondered is there any way of viewing the words the phone has saved as I've been typing as I have noticed a few times I've saved ones I didn't mean too. I would like to remove these from the dictionary if its possible?
This might help. This is in Sense 3.6, and is possibly similar in 4.0. Won't hurt to try anyway. Go to Settings-Language & Keyboard-and select the 3 line button in the right side next to Touch Input. It will be at the very bottom
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ZeroRilix said:
This might help. This is in Sense 3.6, and is possibly similar in 4.0. Won't hurt to try anyway. Go to Settings-Language & Keyboard-and select the 3 line button in the right side next to Touch Input. It will be at the very bottom
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Thanks; I will try this on my replacement when it arrives later today and hopefully it will be the same for Sense 4.0
It's settings, language and keyboard, HTC sense input, personal dictionary and then edit personal dictionary.
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(Q) issue with swiftkey and qwerty hardware keyboard??

So I downloaded swiftkey free version yesterday to test it out. Its nice but for some reason it is still on when I flip out into super-text/qwerty keyboard time. This makes using the qwerty impossible because swiftkey doesn't recognize the keys you type.
I think its probably a software glitch has anyone experienced this? I found the option to disable it when using hardware keyboards but it didn't help..
Thanks
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austriker27 said:
So I downloaded swiftkey free version yesterday to test it out. Its nice but for some reason it is still on when I flip out into super-text/qwerty keyboard time. This makes using the qwerty impossible because swiftkey doesn't recognize the keys you type.
I think its probably a software glitch has anyone experienced this? I found the option to disable it when using hardware keyboards but it didn't help..
Thanks
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You probably want to disable autocomplete for the hardware keyboard. There is a setting for this in the SwiftKey 3 settings menu Advanced section. With Hard Keyboard autocomplete disabled it works great.
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Haprog said:
You probably want to disable autocomplete for the hardware keyboard. There is a setting for this in the SwiftKey 3 settings menu Advanced section. With Hard Keyboard autocomplete disabled it works great.
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I noticed that and had it disabled. I think the problem is that sometimes when I flip out the keyboard it starts with the alt button so when I type it is all symbols and such. Simple fix is just to press that button when flipping open the qwerty, slightly annoying b/c its sometimes and not always but not a big deal.

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