Nexus 7 2013 & 4.4.4
Have installed Hacker's keyboard & prefer it as it is more like a real keyboard with a numeric top row & arrow keys & escape key. Cannot change the default keyboard even if the settings claim that it did; even disabled the Google keyboard & it still won't be done.
With the Google keyboard, even changed the advanced setting to allow different input method & selected Hacker keyboard BUT the Google keyboard remain stuck.
Interesting thing is that I have the System Panel installed as the task manager; the SP showed/named the Google keyboard as an ASUS keyboard! Gather it is the same but does the name change mean that the ASUS keyboard is hard coded somewhere?
Read popup keys can't be done on the tablet but I just want to use the Hacker's keyboard if it can be done on the Nexus 7. Am using the Hacker's keyboard on 3 other tablets.......
I use Hacker's Keyboard on my Nexus 7 with no problems. Make sure that it's selected as your default input method, and tap-and-hold in a text input area so the Input Method box pops up, then select Hacker's Keyboard.
Telyx said:
I use Hacker's Keyboard on my Nexus 7 with no problems. Make sure that it's selected as your default input method, and tap-and-hold in a text input area so the Input Method box pops up, then select Hacker's Keyboard.
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THANKS! I've only used the Hacker's keyboard in landscape mode on the Tab 2 & the A700 & Nook HD+ have a larger screen so that the numeric keys showed up in portrait mode. Your reply of using a keypress worked with doing it on the keyboard as it popped up the numerics & when in the numerics a long keypress popped up what one would get when doing a shift+numeric key as in the "&".
Guess I didn't try hard enough & should have tried both portrait & landscape mode for keyboard visualization. I am at that age that is quite cluttered & maybe solidified so ideas have a hard time to sink in.
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is there another keyboard that has arrows like the one on the bottom of the stock 2.2 keyboard? i like the stock keyboard in all but its not like the multitouch droid keyboard. i wish someone could put those arrows on that keyboard
Swype has a special editing keyboard, by swyping from the Swype key to the SYM key.
Alternatively, there's a keyboard called Full Keyboard in the market. It's not great for day-to-day typing, and doesn't have a horizontal mode, but it has all of the editing keys you could want (arrows, del, insert, etc.) as well as Ctrl+*letter* keys, making it great for SSH sessions in ConnectBot.
I've been using the demo of Smart Keyboard, available in the Market. You tap the number key twice and it brings up a screen with arrows, a delete key, Tab and and Enter key. Then you switch back by hitting the ABC key. The skin I'm using is the iPhone skin. It has small spaces between the keys. It works for me.
I really like SwiftKey the best. It not only guesses the words you're typing, but also the next word. Works really well, but no arrows.
I also found a useful little app that allows you to have a virtual trackball, called Virtual Trackball. It's useful for moving around when you're trying to edit text. It also allows for a virtual d-pad. It's in the Market and costs .99 Euro. I think it's worth it. The developer is very responsive and is adding more features. I used to have trouble with it going away when running a lot of apps, but the new update seems to have made it persist better. If it disappears, you just hold on the home key to bring up recent apps and turn it on again.
I do quite a bit of number entering into spreadsheets and it is quite a pain to have to change to the number pad in my keyboard (Swype) each time I go to a new line (DocsToGo excel sheets) is there .. or can I easy write a Keyboard that defaults to a calculator like number pad so I can just switch keyboards when I am going to do excel sheets and not have to select on every line.
searches in the market have come up empty.
there is an app on the market called numberpad keyboard by a guy named Matt F might be what you are looking for its $3.99
thanks for the suggestion but I would love to have the + = and such if I'm gonna spend money on it.
Have you tried GoKeyboard?
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Use the Samsung keypad thats on the phone, it has that kind of keypad
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Hacker Keyboard - 5 rows portrait mode will always show numbers at the top row - a little tiny though.
Perfect Keyboard - in compact mode, the 123 button will switch to a large numpad layout, or choose split layout, which always displays (small) numpad in the center area. Available in Lite mode, which is pretty good already.
Those who like the stock Android keyboard should give Perfect Keyboard a try for more customization.
I have been trying most of these ... but my issue is that each work on the assumption that you "normally" want to enter text with letters and so therefor start with that as the keys. My hope is to get it to always default to a Calculator view (optimally in one application and in a layout just like the "123" in swype)
I appreciate the suggestions I have started down the rabbit hole of writing my own keyboard setups... or maybe I can change a setting that allows the default to change with some sort of terminal cmd.
I'm under the impression that GoKeyboard can be set to default either screen. T9, # pad, or letters. If not its just a swipe to the left. ??
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JohnnyEpic said:
I'm under the impression that GoKeyboard can be set to default either screen. T9, # pad, or letters. If not its just a swipe to the left. ??
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I will get in there and play with it a bit more thanks for the info.
I've been trying out 3rd party keyboards from the market on the N7 and, besides some of them being a little behind (buggy with JB), most of them come up short in one or more of these key areas...
1. Trace (aka swipe) input
2. Has directional keys to move the cursor around
3. Uses Google Voice Type for voice input (IE text appears-as-you-speak, not some built-in pre-ICS style wait-until-you're-finished thing)
This is basically the HTC trace input keyboard that I'm describing. There are a few that do 1, fewer still that add 2 and none that I know of (besides stock) that do 3. I was using Swiftkey originally (0), then on to TouchPal for awhile (1). Ultra Keyboard is currently the best (1, 2) and it appears to use the Google voice recognition but does not show input on the fly. On the plus side it's very configurable and seems to be bug free (so far) with JB.
rwb2073 said:
I've been trying out 3rd party keyboards from the market on the N7 and, besides some of them being a little behind (buggy with JB), most of them come up short in one or more of these key areas...
1. Trace (aka swipe) input
2. Has directional keys to move the cursor around
3. Uses Google Voice Type for voice input (IE text appears-as-you-speak, not some built-in pre-ICS style wait-until-you're-finished thing)
This is basically the HTC trace input keyboard that I'm describing. There are a few that do 1, fewer still that add 2 and none that I know of (besides stock) that do 3. I was using Swiftkey originally (0), then on to TouchPal for awhile (1). Ultra Keyboard is currently the best (1, 2) and it appears to use the Google voice recognition but does not show input on the fly. On the plus side it's very configurable and seems to be bug free (so far) with JB.
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I might be wrong for the tablet version since I am using the phone version of Swiftkey on my tablet and phone(only have my phone on hand at work atm), but if you press the "123" button then the "{&=" button it will bring up direction keys.
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lostchopstik said:
I might be wrong for the tablet version since I am using the phone version of Swiftkey on my tablet and phone(only have my phone on hand at work atm), but if you press the "123" button then the "{&=" button it will bring up direction keys.
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This seems to work on Swiftkey 3 Tablet as well, so I stand corrected. Sorry. I guess what I should have said is directional keys that are always visible on the standard keyboard.
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rwb2073 said:
This seems to work on Swiftkey 3 Tablet as well, so I stand corrected. Sorry. I guess what I should have said is directional keys that are always visible on the standard keyboard.
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I believe thumb keyboard has directional keys always showing if you use the small nexus 7 layout
Also it has jellybean voice dictation included.
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Just to follow up here. Thanks for all the suggestions. I tried a few others and have settled on Ultra Keyboard. Besides the live dicitation, it does everything. Very configurable, and prompt responses from the dev to questions. Go Keyboard also does everything besides live dicitation, unfortunately it's showing (right now) as incompatible on the market.
I use the stock keyboard when i need to type normally. But my standard keyboard is the ics themed Swype beta by djdarknight. Super easy and lightning fast to use with a stylus. Give it a try if you're still looking for a trace type input. The voice typing feature is broken I think but you can make the arrows show up by holding 123.
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Is there anyway to change inputs methods on the fly so to speak? in my galaxy and galaxy s2 a long press would being up a menu and u would be able 2 change the input method by that but i have noticed that on the gs3 it doesnt give you that option. am i just missing something in the settings? the main reason i ask is b/c i manly use swype but sometimes with longer messages ill use the better keyboard and its kind of a hassle 2 have 2 go into settings and change it back and forth. thank you
I'm on stock S3 and also mainly using swype. I've noticed that while the swype keyboard is open, you can change the input method by pulling down on the notification bar. It's not as convenient as simply holding a button but since you're already texting and the keyboard is open, it's only an extra step to access on the fly.
sewhuy said:
I'm on stock S3 and also mainly using swype. I've noticed that while the swype keyboard is open, you can change the input method by pulling down on the notification bar. It's not as convenient as simply holding a button but since you're already texting and the keyboard is open, it's only an extra step to access on the fly.
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thank you for that info, sewhuy! Adding that it indeed is there in the notification area no matter what your default keyboard is. I'm now doing this to change between SwiftKey and LastPass.....it's things like this that i hope they really focus on and improve in key lime pie .....long press in the text box indeed would be the best solution.
This Rom, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748818
has the mod that allows you to change input methods on the fly...
The rom is awesome, please check it out!
I'm trying to figure out how to get the stock keyboard to show long press keys behind the main characters. TWRP has a stock looking keyboard with long presses available and a few roms have stock keyboard with long presses showing up as well on the stock keyboard. Is there some setting im missing or is there a custom google keyboard apk I can install? Any help would be appreciated, id love to not have to toggle between the multiple levels of the keyboard to find question marks etc.
using the keyboard right now and i don't think there is an option for that. then again the scheme is straight forward in my opinion. long pressing a letter leads to variants of that very letter (e.g. æãåāàáâä). exception to that rule is the top row, which additionaly has the shown numbers as longpress-default. other commonly used special characters can be accessed by using the period-key.