On Screen Keyboard (pen style) Help

[slimjon]

After upgrading to WM6.5, I can no longer access the smallest on-screen keyboard. That's the one that requires the pen and has a separate row for numbers.

Does anyone know how to reactivate it?

I do lots of typing with letters and numbers combined and having to hit shift or hold the number key is a waste of time.

Thanks for any suggestions!!!

[slimjon]

This is the keyboard that I am looking for.

keyboard.jpg

[AZTECHKA]

Slim... It looks like the Stock WinMo 6.5 ROM is missing that keyboard.
I had not even noticed it gone till now. Not sure if there's a cab out there. I'll keep an eye out for it.
But It looks to me like you're just gonna have to hit that extra key if you wanna type a number while using the on screen keyboard. I guess I hadn't noticed due to the awesome physical keyboard our device has.
Good luck with this.
p.

[slimjon]

I found a series of files in the WINDOWS directory on the phone. One is named PQ_Bg.??? It is some kind of image file and holds the outline of the keyboard.

Is it possible that this will take more than a registry edit?

[eric12341]

the option is in the stock 6.1 which is an all around better rom than the stock 6.5 so u can flash that. i also think that clicking that arrow to switch to any other type of keyboard or pulling out the stylus to use it actually takes more time than pressing and holding on a key for a number.

[slimjon]

Originally Posted by eric12341

the option is in the stock 6.1 which is an all around better rom than the stock 6.5 so u can flash that. i also think that clicking that arrow to switch to any other type of keyboard or pulling out the stylus to use it actually takes more time than pressing and holding on a key for a number.

It depends on how many times you have to enter a number while you are typing. In my case many. I also use excel often on my phone, which is not the most finger friendly application, so the pen is helpful to have out anyway.

There are few things that I miss about WM6.1 (for one, the old start menu with the recently used applications right across the top), but 6.5 has been pretty stable for me, and the few improvements make it worth keeping. I just want my keyboard back.

[slimjon]

Bump TTT

[Jeremysjunk]

Has anyone figured this thing out yet? I also need that old keyboard! They keyboard is the only one that has ctl button on it witch is nice for when you need to copy and paste or select many items individually for copy or deletion. Just checking to see if anyone is still working on this.
Thanks,
Jeremysjunk

[SweetBearCub]

Just an FYI, (in case you didn't know..) but you can access Cut/Copy/Paste by using your stylus to drag over the text you want to copy (or you can also select text with the hard keyboard by holding down shift and using the arrow keys), then just long press on the selected text with the stylus and a popup menu will appear with the options.

Good luck!

[eric12341]

in some apps (like MS facebook) that menu does not appear so there goes that idea