No dedicated menu button - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

I found there is apps I need to press menu to get to a screen but there is no menu or dots... For example holo launcher HQ I have to press menu in order to hide apps but I can't! Is there a workaround? Thanks. I tried googling but I don't think I am phrasing my issue right.
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Touch and hold?

Sorry, no new info to add.

One example is in holo launcher HQ in the app drawer. I'm supposed to press menu to enter 'hide apps' ....can't touch and hold there. There's no way to add a menu button to the onscreen nav bar?
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Cancel this dumb question. I discovered the settings in the launcher settings. Its optimized for the on screen buttons, oops
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No more menu button, so how do you...

So Google's axing the Menu button and encouraging developers to do the same, and we know moving forward, a lot of OEMs will switch to three button, or buttonless phones.
My question is, how would users, and how do G.Nex owners access this menu from the home screen:
(That's the menu that pops up when you hit the menu button on the home screen on a Nexus S)
Bottom right... The one with three dots. That's our menu button for the Galaxy nexus.
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You don't
Wallpapers: Long press on home screen
Settings: Drag down notification bar and click settings icon
Manage Apps: Long press icon in app drawer -> app info OR settings -> apps
alexluckett said:
You don't
Wallpapers: Long press on home screen
Settings: Drag down notification bar and click settings icon
Manage Apps: Long press icon in app drawer -> app info OR settings -> apps
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Ah, brilliant. Thanks.

[Q] Can I Add A Menu SoftKey On 4.0.4?

Can I add a menu softkey on 4.0.4? Would this menu softkey work for all apps? I really dislike it when the menu button shows up on the stop right of the screen on some apps and really miss having a permanent menu button at the bottom.
I know that bigxie's apex 1.2 has the option to add both search and menu soft keys to the nav...pretty sure there are a couple other roms that do the same
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Buddy Revell said:
Can I add a menu softkey on 4.0.4? Would this menu softkey work for all apps? I really dislike it when the menu button shows up on the stop right of the screen on some apps and really miss having a permanent menu button at the bottom.
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AOKP Build 26 (4.0.3) has this as an option under ROM control - works well! It even lets you change the color.

Softkey Menu Button Question

When u mod ur softkeys to include a menu button, does that menu button work for apps like Google Voice and Chrome, which normally have their menu button on the upper right hand of the screen?
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[Q] Apex: how to cancel TableUI mode? (solved)

i was playing around with Apex Launcher and decided to try its TabletUI.
but once i enabled it, i found no way to call up the Apex settings to cancel this mode.
now im left with a few blank screens (as i have no shortcuts added yet), no dock, and just the 3 virtual buttons (which do not help)..
any one can enlighten me? tia..
Press the menu button then apex settings .. or find the apex icon in the app drawer
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XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
Press the menu button then apex settings .. or find the apex icon in the app drawer
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which menu button? i only got "Back", "Home" and "App List" buttons..
i tried tap, long tap, double-tap on these 3 buttons, and none of the actions can bring me to the apex settings..
when i pressed "Apex icon" in the app drawer, i was returned to the home screen again..
Hit the 3-dot menu button in the app drawer. Nova has a menu button on the home screen search bar
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Hit the 3-dot menu button in the app drawer. Nova has a menu button on the home screen search bar
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Yep, 3 dot menu in app drawer --> apex settings --> homescreen --> its near the bottom
thx for ur replies.. i got similar answer from apex thread..
forgot to mention that my way of entering the app drawer is by clearing apex data and return to stock launcher..
when in tablet mode, i cant find the "menu" (6-dots) button in the home screen..
and i figured out why i couldnt see the button that enters app drawer.. cos its on the google search bar!
and before turning on the tablet ui, i had disabled the option "Show persistent search bar" in apex settings..
that pretty much ended every possible way of returning to the apex settings when in tablet mode (along with disabling tap, double-tap & long-tap actions)..
iamelton said:
thx for ur replies.. i got similar answer from apex thread..
forgot to mention that my way of entering the app drawer is by clearing apex data and return to stock launcher..
when in tablet mode, i cant find the "menu" (6-dots) button in the home screen..
and i figured out why i couldnt see the button that enters app drawer.. cos its on the google search bar!
and before turning on the tablet ui, i had disabled the option "Show persistent search bar" in apex settings..
that pretty much ended every possible way of returning to the apex settings when in tablet mode (along with disabling tap, double-tap & long-tap actions)..
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Double tap the home screen you should see a menu. Or just long press the home screen and add the Apex actions /Apex settings".
thx for all the replies, and to prevent others from repeating my mistake, here is a summary of what i did (and what should be avoided)..
(1) disable "Desktop double tap" & "Desktop long press" actions in Apex Settings -> Behavio(u)r settings
(2) disable "Show persistent search bar" in Apex Settings -> Homescreen settings
(3) enable "Use tablet UI mode" in Apex Settings -> Homescreen settings
this series of settings will effectively make ur N7 stuck in tablet mode, and the only option now is "Notification bar -> Settings -> Apps -> Apex Launcher -> Clear data"
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Press the menu button then apex settings .. or find the apex icon in the app drawer
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I meant the hardware capcivate (or however you spell it lol) menu key
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XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
I meant the hardware capcivate (or however you spell it lol) menu key
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is there such a key in nexus 7?!

How to change what opens when you long-press home button?

When I long-press Home button it opens Google app, but I would like to change to DuckDuckGo, I had it working on S5 but I can't find where to do this in the Note 7 settings?
Try this? It's for a different app but this is how I can get home button launcher to launch any app while holding the home button instead of Google assistant.
http://dynamicgandroidapps.svn.cloudforge.com/main/sites/m6/marshmallow.html
You can set in the app whatever you want to launch while holding the home button.
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Hello! I'm John, and i got a problem with long-press action on home button on my Eurostar-Onyx running Android 6.0...
the problem is the long-press action launches overview insted of now on tap, then overview button was set as menu! Thats what i hate about OEMs...
Is there any way to change it?
help me pls....! Thank you
try "all in one gestures" in, play store

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