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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.

change to keyboard with diferente button positions HELP!!

change to keyboard with diferente button positions
Hello, i'm waiting from ebay an keyboard for qtek 9000(in this case, T-mobile MDA) and it was a qwertz layout.
the question is, if I change the original keyboard to a new keyboard with diferente button positions such as Ok button,video call button and others, will pda recognize the diference and atribute right function to each button?
url for new keyboard from ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Keypad-Keyboard...yZ150774QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Tanks a lot!!!

luisarriaga said:
change to keyboard with diferente button positions
Hello, i'm waiting from ebay an keyboard for qtek 9000(in this case, T-mobile MDA) and it was a qwertz layout.
the question is, if I change the original keyboard to a new keyboard with diferente button positions such as Ok button,video call button and others, will pda recognize the diference and atribute right function to each button?
url for new keyboard from ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Keypad-Keyboard...yZ150774QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Tanks a lot!!!
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no i believe it will not.... the keyboard replacement you bought are just button pads... external only and does not contain the board that corresponds to the button press.... this means it will still follow the original keyboard format even if the buttons say otherwise... you could use a software however to remap these buttons to suit your new keyboard layout.

Universal Keyboard
Hi!
I have a Universal with a German keyboard running WM6 in English.
There is no need for any sort of special software to map the keys when you change from German to English. When you load a WWE WM6 your device will automatically have a US QWERTY layout. It will be then up to you to remember your Touch Typing 101 lessons.
It's generally not that bad with letters and numbers--just swap the Y and the Z. Punctuation is harder. When I first got my phone I printed out the keyboard layouts from both a German Vodafone manual and an UK manual and carried them around for reference. After two months I don't even notice anymore.
Good luck,
shrines

Hi,
Why are you suggesting that??? It's much easier to fix the registry for the german layout. That's what I have.
1. for the german keyboard on english ROM
2. get a registry editor (like Resco)
3. search the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\Qwerty]
4. edit - Layout in decimal to 66567 (from 66569)
5. softreset
(thanks to macznik)
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=910382&postcount=4
Cheers,
vma

i780 - Switching between Languages

I have installed another language on this device on top of English (based in ROM).
As you know, the hard keys have English letters on them.
I wanted to know what is the key combination to switch the hard keys between English and other languages?
As of now I am using the virtual keyboard only...which is a bummer.
For example in Tytn is was Fn+Space...

Try PqzII and you can define alt & control combinations and map yourself a new keyboard - switching on alt would give you access to what ever you would map to the keys.
What language did you put on? Hebrew? Did you succeed with sending/recieving sms correctly? What language solution did you use? Thanks.
Peace.

In the i780 the function FN+Sapce of TyTn and others is made by the key at right side of Shift, the second one from left on the last line.
Foe example, when i write a A, and pressing it change to Á À Â Ä...

Lugus von Thierfeld said:
Try PqzII and you can define alt & control combinations and map yourself a new keyboard - switching on alt would give you access to what ever you would map to the keys.
What language did you put on? Hebrew? Did you succeed with sending/recieving sms correctly? What language solution did you use? Thanks.
Peace.
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I will try it, but I just don't know what command to execute on this key combinations for changing the language...
I am using hebrew lang, and I can see SMS ok, no interface translation though.
I used Leng Extender for this.
I know that Eyron and PDAC will support this as well.

chaves said:
In the i780 the function FN+Sapce of TyTn and others is made by the key at right side of Shift, the second one from left on the last line.
Foe example, when i write a A, and pressing it change to Á À Â Ä...
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It should be doing that, but for some reason it does not find the hebrew font I added and does not change to it

[UTIL][10 APR 09] Phone (numeric only) keypad for WVGA screens

I use XPERIA and I need numeric keyboard. I didn't find it, but I wrote it. It's free.
Unlike many software input methods Phone Keypad covers large screen area
and has keys that are large enough to be typed with finger-tips, not with
a stylus. It is very handy for entering numbers. Phone Keypad also features
a close interaction with other Pocket PC programs. It runs as an input method
in Soft Input Panel (SIP), Pocket PC native technique for entering text.
I can be safely removed. Simple uninstall, without restart.
Future plans:
Your suggestions welcome.
Screenshot portrait and landscape is attached. These bitmaps is used as keyboard layout and may be changed, if you create any better.

Sounds nice, but do you have any screenshot of it?

Screenshots
yeah, screenshits will be great. just to know what were installing, because i'm tires of installing things that replace the original stuff, and have to hard reset to get back.

arci01 said:
I use XPERIA and I need numeric keyboard. I didn't find it, but I wrote it. It's free.
Unlike many software input methods Phone Keypad covers large screen area
and has keys that are large enough to be typed with finger-tips, not with
a stylus. It is very handy for entering numbers. Phone Keypad also features
a close interaction with other Pocket PC programs. It runs as an input method
in Soft Input Panel (SIP), Pocket PC native technique for entering text.
Future plans:
Your suggestions welcome.
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Oh, this is just awesome! Exactly what I made a thread about a week ago, although no one bothered to answer me. I'll install in a few minutes.
Suggestion: I'm swedish, and in the swedish language the letters å, ä and ö features prominently. Is it possible to map this to get swedish letters too, like on swedish cell phones? Å and Ä appears when you press the number 2, since it's the button used for the letter A, because Å and Ä carries resemblance to A. With Ö, it's mapped to appear at number 6, since it's similar to an O. Please consider this

screenie please

this very good idea.and it looks perfect.could you please put english letters as well?if you can make it like nokia keypad that would be lovely.good work mate.thanks.

AbdullaBHR said:
screenshits
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Be careful...

Amazing idea Arci01, but please let me make some positive suggestions:
1- add some screenshots, I recommend "cap sure": simple, free and small screen capturing app
2- you can improve the thread's title description following XDA-DEVS rules: [UTIL][10 APR 09] Phone (numeric only) Keypad of WVGA screens
This way more users will be aware (and interested) of thread contents
You can edit the thread's title by clicking "edit" (lower right corner) and then clicking "go advanced"
I use tinypic.com to upload screenshots taken with "cap sure", then I link them in my posts
Hope my 2 cents help
And again: congrats for your great contribution to the community

This SIP keyboard don't replace any installed software and can be safely removed. Simple uninstall it.

nice, very nice indeed..
I Don't suppose you want to carry on and create a full KB? it looks really good..

@arci01
Excellent work - and it is NOT black !!

I think it's good to have like this software.

quick question before i try this, does this mess up the SIP? (au button, word suggestions and such)
Looking good anyway

Redfly: accented characters

Celio Redfly is wonderful and works really well with my Xperia X1. But I can't write the accented characters frequently used in the Swedish language; åäö ÅÄÖ.
I've asked the Celio support and they say they have it "on the horizon for the future"... sounds to me it'll take a while.
Anyone here that can help me?

Personally, I've solved the problem (German umlauts in my case) with MagiKB Lite. I've set it so that for a lowercase accented character, I just have to press and hold the character I want accented for a second, for an uppercase character, I press the button right next to it for a second. When you are used to it, it works pretty well.

MagiKB Lite is da s***! I still have a lot to learn in that software but it solved my immidiate problem - now I have å's, ä's and ö's on my Redfly. Thank you bengtbeier!