keyboard

How to figure out which key was pressed on a BlackBerry

What I want: To know when the user has pressed the button that has the number '2' on it, for example. I don't care whether "Alt" or "Shift" has been pressed. The user has pressed a button, and I want to evaluate whether this button has '2' printed on it. Naturally, if I switch devices this key will change. On a Bold 9700/9500 this is th...

Changing some character shortkeys for visual studio or any text editor

Hello everybody how can i change some shortkeys on my keyboard ? for examle i prefer use alt + f for { this character. ...

Can I remove iPad Keyboard 'hide keyboard' button?

Hi, Looking at the iPad's UIKeyboard I'm noticing a 'hide keyboard' button in the bottom right, which I would very much like to get rid of. Is this allowed and possible? I'm not sure of the proper name for the button so google isn't helping me a great deal. Many thanks ...

Passing different values from different form filed to javascript possibly on pressing enter

I need to pass a value to javascript from different form fields when the user hits enter, i.e.: a=form1.value b=form2.value etc. How can I do this? ...

GWT: Wrong Key Codes generated with a French keyboard

On any french keyboard(AZERTY) the dot char '.' is generated with (Shift + ;) combination while the percent char '%' is generated with (Shift + ù) combination So when I type one of the above combinations in a GWT text area to write '.' or ' %', the key codes generated for these events are KEY_DELETE in the former case and KEY_LEFT in th...

Wmode transparent and symbols issue with foreign keyboard

Hello, I have the known issue with wmode transparent and input textfield in my page. I know that the question is often asked but I have a special situation with that case. I need to embed my swf with wmode=transparent but in my swf I have an input textfield and the bug with "@" or "." symbols exists. I have a french keyboard and I dec...

How can I make my Windows Forms application 'listen' for global key presses?

I'm making a little application for taking notes. So when I type 'note' anywhere on my computer, my window will pop up and show me a textbox for me to type something in and save it to XML. I'm stumped on how to get the program to 'listen' to my keypresses. I'll have the app running on the system tray if that's any help. :) ...

JButton keyboard shortcuts

Hello, I have two JButtons and I would like to allow them to be used by the Arrow keys whenever the JFrame is in focus, Can anyone point me in the right direction about this? Thanks ~ Kyle ...

html textfield in WebView in an Android application is hidden by the soft keyboard

Hello, I have an Android application that is a TabHost with a WebView. I use it to load a specific html file that has a text field in its bottom part. When I touch the html textfield, the soft keyboard pops up, and hides the textfield, so that I cannot see what I have typed. Here is the layout: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> ...

Is there an HTML attribute to tell smartphone keyboards to show special email keys?

I notice that when using my touch-screen smartphone (no physical keyboard) that when an app asks for an email address to be entered in a textbox, the on screen keyboard is modified slightly to provide specialized keys that enter blocks of text, like '.com' or push some characters to the foreground key, like '@'. Is there an HTML attribu...

iPhone: Having trouble figuring out how to scroll a UITableView with custom UITextField cells automatically when entering text

Ok, I know this seems like a duplicate question, but don't think it is. I actually have this implemented already (thanks to this SO question), but it seems sluggish. I am willing to tweak it a bit, but I ran across a demo app by AboutObjects that seems to have exactly the right functionality with absolutely no code doing it. I have looke...

Best keyboards for emacs?

For emacs users out there, what are your recommended keyboards? Bonus points for keyboards that: Have no capslock key. Instead, a control key in that position. Alt keys that are closer to the center, and easier to use with meta key combos. I find alt keys too far to the left to be a bit awkward to hit with my thumb in some key combos....

How to determine the current IME in Android?

I have an application where I would like to warn the user if they are not using the default Android softkeyboard. (i.e. they are using Swype or some thing else). How can I check which input method they currently have selected? Thanks ...

How to capture shift-tab in vim

I want to use shift-tab for auto completion and shifting code blocks visually. I have been referring to Make_Shift-Tab_work . That link talks about mapping ^[[Z to shift-tab . But i don't get ^[[Z when i press shift-tab. i just get a normal tab in that case. It then talks about using xmodmap -pke | grep 'Tab' to map tab keys. Accordin...

What does the 0x80 code mean when referring to keyboard controls

Hi, what does the 0x80 code mean when referring to the keyboard controls in C++ Windows environment? For example, if(GetKeyState('K') & 0x80) { //do something } Thanks everyone! ...

AutocompleteTextView: on "NEXT" highlight next TextView, on "DONE", make keyboard disappear

hi all, I have two AutocompleTextViews and I want to switch to the next if the user presses "NEXT", and make the virtual keyboard disappear when he hits "DONE" at the second AutocompleTextView. So far, the buttons "NEXT"/"DONE" do nothing at all.... Unfortunately I found no resources addressing this problem. Any suggestions? thx ...

Disabling repeating keyboard down event in as3

now I'm trying to make the keyboard events to stop repeating. My idea was to have a true and false condition for when the key is pressed so that it wont repeat if the key is down already. //Mouse Event Over keyCButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, function(){gotoAndStop(2)}); //Variable var Qkey:uint = 81; //Key Down Event st...

Force keyboard to show up via button (iPhone sdk)

Hi , i have an UITextView and i don't want check editable option ,how can call keyboard via a button ? this code doesn't work for me ! -(IBAction) yourButtonClick { [myText becomeFirstResponder]; [self.view addSubview:myTex]; } thank you . ...

iPhone keyboard doesn't appear when entering a UITextField

This has to be some kind of newbie blunder that I just cant see, and Id be grateful for hints as to what to check or where to look. I've followed an iPhone tutorial that has a UITextField, making sure I connected the IBOutlet for the text field, and it seems to compile properly (no errors or warnings). But when I run it under the simula...

How to make softkeyboard candidate view not block application view?

Hi, I am playing with the Demo SoftKeyboard the comes with the Android SDK. In portrait mode when the candidate view is shown, it doesn't move the app up as the default android keyboard does. Hence it covers part of the application view. What should be changed in order to make the candidate view in the demo softkeyboard behave as the ...