I bought a Keysonic Bluetooth keyboard a week ago, the on at the link below. It's optimised for iOS devices, but since the bluetooth protocol is universal there shouldn't be a problem. My issue is that the keyboard reverts to some kind of shortcut system randomly. One second I'm typing along then I hit 'E' and the Email app opens. Same with most other keys. The keyboard then randomly reverts back.
All the while the function keys up top keep working, the square symbol takes me home, the search symbol opens search, etc etc.
Help will be greatly appreciated, as I don't really want to go through the hassle of returning it. The local store is a bit iffy about these matters.
Thanks in advance.
http://www.scanmalta.com/eshop/peri...t-mini-wireless-keyboard-for-ipad-1-2-ip.html
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Anyone know how to keep the onscreen/soft keyboard available on the today screen? When you go into outlook, for example, the icon appears between the two soft keys, but on the today screen it does not. The one advantage of having it there would be the ability to start dialing a contact from the today screen so simply typing would open the phone application and begin sorting through contacts. It saves the step of hitting the phone button or sliding the keyboard open to do the same thing. Thanks for the help.
You can map one of the outside buttons to toggle keyboard, it'll pop up on Today.
Hi all,
i did update the rom on my rhodium with the latest one from HTC.
Now,in Opera,in landscape mode,with the hardware keyboard slided out,the soft panel button appears each time in lower middle of the screen,when i type an url in the top bar.
This is very annoying,as it hides the opera middle button for tabs,whicj i need often.
In the previous rom,with hardware keyboard slided out,the sip was simply turned off,or invisible.
Does anybody know,how to get rid of the soft input panel,when the hardware keyboard is slided our,or may be in landsacpe mode?
Thanks
Y.
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Very annoying.
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Looking into solutions but so far I have none. Any thoughts, anyone? Thanks in advance!
i use fakesip
although its an all-or-nothing solution, it completely replaces the soft keyboard, supposedly you can switch back by selecting a different soft keyboard, but that doesnt work for me and i have to uninstall to get the soft keyboard back (which is fine for me since i never use the soft keyboard)
Rather frustrating issue. Not sure if this is ROM related (I'm using AOKP M5) but I'm constantly crashing when typing in the Google Search widget or Places. It seems to happen more frequently when I type quickly, although it's also happened when typing slowly at times. This happens no matter if I use stock keyboard or SwiftKey.
Also, when entering the keyboard's number layout, it won't stay in the numbered layout. Will usually default back to the lettered layout while I'm typing. I'll have to fight with it to try and quickly enter in an address, but then it'll crash.
I don't get any force close errors for either google search widget or places, it just crashes to the homescreen. It doesn't happen anywhere else, not messages or any other search section, just google search widget and places.
Any ideas?
I've cleared data/cache for all related google apps including the keyboard apps and still the same thing. It's rendered those apps completely useless.
It could be not an issue with the ROM. I was having the same problem, but I was hitting the Home button accidentally.
It happens because the spacebar is right above the Home Key. You will need to adjust the way you type to prevent your fingers from pressing the Home key rather than the space button.
Actually, that's not the case at all. I've spammed typing various letters and it reproduces the crash. I don't have to be anywhere near the spacebar/home softkey for this to occur. This also doesn't explain why the numbered layout won't stay in numbered layout (will always switched to lettered mode after two numbers are typed).
I think if it were that easy of a mistake, it would be replicated everywhere, but it only occurs when I'm typing in Places or Google Search Widget.
Actually, now that I think of it, I used to get similar errors on my D2, so I stopped using it altogether. It's only just now that I have a layout on my Gnex where it's convenient for me to use, only it doesn't work! lol
I switch off Google voice typing in settings and at some point it switches back on again.
Have I missed something in the settings?
Workaround
I have battled with this problem as well. I am using Google Keyboard, and am very happy with it.
Today I found a decent workaround:
In Google Keyboard settings, there is a setting for "Voice Input key", under which you can either move the little mike button to the symbol keyboard, or remove it altogether.
I've been using an old Palm bluetooth keyboard with my android devices since switching from a Palm device several years ago. I just recently purchased a BT keyboard specifically designed for the Note 10.1 2014 and from first connection noticed this bar that pops up at the bottom of the screen whenever the keyboard is in use. The little button with the "^" in the corner doesn't seem to do anything. Not sure what it's for. Is this something that normally happens with BT keyboards and I haven't encountered it because I've been using an older Palm BT keyboard?
Looks like a placeholder for a nav bar, which the note don't need, or ads. Ad blockers which work with non-rooted devices produce such empty placeholders.
I'm not running any ad blocker (even though my device is rooted), but this only shows up when I first connect the BT keyboard??? Weird stuff.
Well, the black bar still persists except that I figure out a workaround to get rid of it. It's just a matter of connection order. I have to turn on the keyboard first, then turn on BT on the tablet, go to a text field and when the onscreen keyboard pops up just press the spacebar and on the external keyboard and I'm good to go -- no black bar and a completely functional external keyboard.
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Well, the black bar still persists except that I figure out a workaround to get rid of it. It's just a matter of connection order. I have to turn on the keyboard first, then turn on BT on the tablet, go to a text field and when the onscreen keyboard pops up just press the spacebar and on the external keyboard and I'm good to go -- no black bar and a completely functional external keyboard.
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this didnt work, did you end up figuring oout whwat causes this? im usung a galaxy note pro 12.2
I did not figure out any other way to avoid it happening other than the work-around I mentioned. I believe it's the auto-spelling-correct or maybe the auto-complete, but don't know for sure.
I have the same problem on my note 12.2. Simple install "External Keyboard Helper" from Play Store and enable the on screen keyboard and choose "External Keyboard Helper" if you will be asked. Now your BT keyboard is a soft-Keyboard and no black bar was seen again.