[TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

I don't know how I missed this after a year of being a member here (if it was indeed posted already), but this simple registry edit allows you to move your soft keyboard all over the screen (don't forget to soft reset). Here is the posting i found at pocketnow.com:

"There is a variety of native Windows Mobile Professional SIPs (Soft Input Panel): Keyboard, Transcriber, Block Recognizer, Letter Recognizer and there are those implemented by manufacturers like HTC and others: Phone Keypad, Compact QWERTY, Full QWERTY, etc.

What do all these have in common besides being all SIPs? They’re all docked on the bottom of the screen, so that if there’s something you would like to read and it is currently covered by the presently brought up SIP, you have to scroll down. Not anymore! Edit your registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\SIP and change the value of Dragstyle from 0 to 1, followed by a soft reset. The result can be seen in the image below, regardless of your favorite SIP, you now have the option to drag it anywhere on the screen (and off) by tapping and holding on the black band right on top of it and dragging and dropping it to your liking."

http://pocketnow.com/html/portal/new...ge/DragSIP.jpg
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=por...t=news&id=6446

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Re: [TIP] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

this is old news for me since this used to happen on no2chem's mogul roms... i never liked the idea of it though

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Interesting, well there have to be people like me that never got the news and find it useful... it's just now surfacing on sites like pocketnow.com and 1800pocketpc.com (although they do get news late), so i figured it might be worthy of a post.

I find it very useful though (unless there's something i don't know). At first I was worried i'd drag it off the screen, but it snaps back to place when you close and re-open. On some sites, it doesn't show where i'm typing and I have to constantly close the keyboard to see if i'm typing in the right info... so I'm definitely gonna keep this option.

Re: [TIP] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

Hah what a nice little tweak! Thanks for posting

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

it was a posted today. its not good. it shortens the screen. either way, old news. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49529

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

I tried it a few weeks ago and couldn't stand the black bar across the top of the keyboard, so I put it back.

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

that and the bottom of the screen getting shorter.

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

Same here, I don't recommend this at all. By the way, it doesn't give you "more viewing room". If anything, it's less.

~John

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

Are the black bars what you use to move the KB?

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yes, but dont even waste the soft reset. its junk.

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

oOo thanks for the suggestion

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

for those who use Sktool, that tweak exisits under Tune up...I used it and didnt like the addition of that phat bar on top of the kb, phuk it I let it go...:mrgreen:

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

yeah i dont like the black bar... no thanks i'll pass

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

Thanks for the feedback.
Seems cool to me though... you may lose a little space in the default position cause of the black bar, but you're able to see the bottom of pages when you move the keyboard - so you are gaining that view if you actually use the feature. Besides, you have to have somewhere to grip the keyboard... different strokes for different folks I guess. The pocketnow post says it works for all SIPs, so maybe it'll help those with bigger keyboards.
I like change, so I'm gonna play around with it for a while at least. lateR.

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

I too like change but that is lots of real estate that that phatty bar takes man. I rather hit the kb once and minimize it rather than dragging it up down ,side ways.....nah man,no worky good with me, fogget bout it:mrgreen:

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

yessir that's how i roll... er i mean scroll lol!

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

Thanks lipidfats, can't say I'll be using it on mine, but it's always nice to see new tweaks discovered and shared! :)

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

cant agree anymore than i do... thanks lipid

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

I just realized...

The thread title is a bit off. Technically this reduces your viewing room!

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

there you go, now that is a title saumaun.:mrgreen: if you wana see less do this tweak..if you wanna lose somw real estate and do a refi do this tweak:evil4:

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

I tried this tweak and loved it, however the line I type my text in has reduced in size to the point that I cannot see what I am typing. It also seems as though the scrolling down arrow has disappeared in applications like PIE after opening and closing the on screen keyboard. It's like it's too far low and is simply off the bottom of the screen

Re: [TIP/REG. EDIT] Drag your soft keyboard anywhere you want for more viewing room!
 

Augie, just rever back to what you had b4 in the registry, you may have a bad input somewhere there, this only supposed to let you manipulate the kb position..nothing else

reverse in your case: from 1 to 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\SIP and change the value of Dragstyle from 0 to 1, followed by a soft reset