keyboard

laptop-usb adapter emulates a keyboard and mouse

. I have a keyboard that does macro's (comfortkeyboard) and it's convenient to remember long passwords; but it doesn't have an SD card for backup; and, that brand of keyboard is too expensive . . to replace it, some adapter device (or fully software solution and a cable hack?) should connect a laptop's {ethernet, usb} to another computer...

Simulate Tab Key Press in iOS SDK

When a hardware keyboard is used with iOS, pressing tab or shift-tab automatically navigates to the next or previous logical responder, respectively. Is there a way to do the same programmatically (i.e. simulating the tab key rather than keeping track of the logical order manually)? ...

Within an iOS app how do I detect that the user has pressed one of the arrow keys on their external keyboard?

I have a couple of iOS applications which present inherently linearly organised information, allowing the user to move forward and backward through the data with on-screen controls. I would like to allow users with the keyboard dock or a paired bluetooth keyboard to use the arrow keys to move back and forth as well. Since the apps are ...

Logic for 9 key keyboard to print qwerty keys

I have a device which has got 9 keys just like an ordinary mobile phone. I want to print normal alphabets like ABCD using these 9 keys exactly the way mobile phones let you do it. This is an embedded system programming project. I am unable to figure out the logic to implement this functionality. I am detecting keys by polling and not...

Shortcut key (background) program for typing out entire words/sentences. How to start?

I want to make a shortcut program that waits for a specified keyboard key or combination while I'm busy in another program. When I type the phrase or keyboard combination my program should respond with a sentence typed out like I typed it all out myself. So for example if I type 'xso' it will type out 'Stack Overflow' entirely. I am no...

Determining Host Key

How do I determine the host key of the keyboard of my system ? ...

How can I disable the "Help" key under OSX?

I like to use the "Del" key when I type, but often miss and hit the "Help" key by mistake, which can be costly (another window opens, sometimes steals the focus, etc.). I'd like a software solution such that hitting the Help key does nothing. Yes, I've tried remapping it. There are a ton of resources around on how to rebind keys under...

Key pressed on form

Hi! I have an windows forms application, with a form that holds 2 tabcontrols and a grid. I'd like to catch the pressing of esc key on any on this controls. The question is : is it a simpler way to do that without subscribing to the keypress event on each control ? Thanks! ...

How to know if .keyup() is a character key (jQuery)

How to know if .keyup() is a character key (jQuery) $("input").keyup(function() { if (key is a character) { //such as a b A b c 5 3 2 $ # ^ ! ^ * # ...etc not enter key or shift or Esc or space ...etc /* Do stuff */ } }); ...

How can I remove the Android Sample Soft Keyboard?

I have run the sample soft keyboard provided in the Android SDK on a real device. I now would like to remove it from the list of available keyboards in settings. I have searched the web without any hits. It also shows up on one of my emulators too. I'm sure it's probably an obvious answer, but I just can't figure it out. Any help wo...

Stopping orientation change with side-keyboard (Android)

I am wondering how I can make the orientation of the screen permanent, even when the phone has a slide-out keyboard. This is the code I have: <activity android:name=".AppName" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait"> Thanks. ...

autosuggest - to activate key board arrow to view the list

Hi All, http://localapartmentdeals.com/ on the above site there is a location bar and if you type any state (US) it will display an autosuggest list but it will not allow key board strokes to select the list, eg: no down arrow is working there. any help please thanks deve ...

Disable numbers and punctuation button on iphone keyboard

Hello, I have a UITextField that brings up the keyboard. I just want the user to input alphabets and not numbers or punctuation marks. How do I disable the numbers and punctuation key on the default keyboard that pops up. Thanks. David ...

Windows keyboard for MAC

How do I map a Windows USB keyboard to MAC? Looking for ways to map the following: External -> Mac ----------------- Win Key -> Command Fn Key -> Scroll or Pause I have a http://us.kensington.com/html/17167.html ...

Keyboard navigable UI in Flex?

So I know that there's support for keyboard navigation a la 508-compliance or accessibility in Flash/Flex, but that's not what I'm after here. I'm going to be building a ten-foot UI (an on-screen UI for a device connected to a large television, to be used in a conference room with a remote control). I'm looking for an elegant way to na...

Menu key not working on Firefox and Chrome

I have a flex application that has to be accessible (keyboard navigation, screen readers, etc.). My problem is that the right click menu (context menu) that is displayed when you right click on the application is not available without using the mouse on certain browsers. I'm talking about the menu key on windows keyboards or the shift+F1...

Delete DataGrid row (WPF) by clicking Delete key button

Hi, I have WPF 4 desktop-based application. In one of the windows of this application I have DataGrid with data, binded with SQL Server database (via ADO.NET Entity Framework). In order to manipulate with data I have delete button, that deletes selected row from DataGrid and call SaveChanges() method. Now I want to add support for keyb...

Most common keystrokes?

Does anyone have a list of the most commonly pressed keys on an English QWERTY keyboard? ...

How to get rid of bad typing habits?

Hi, I type on a keyboard for more than 15 years and during that time I developed my own system. I use about 8 of my fingers 80% of the time, but I haven’t trained myself to use a proper touch-typist finger layout. E.g. I use my forefinger a lot where I could use other fingers for the keys instead and don’t move my fingers so much other ...

Inject Keystrokes

Is there a way to inject keystrokes into the JVM on the Android platform? I'm looking for something like java.awt.Robot but I don't think that's available on Android thanks ...