Keyboard entry when no keyboard is displaying

geneven1 · 06-14-2011, 05:41 AM

I am on a chess site looking at a chessboard. I need to input the letter F but I don't have a keyboard displaying. This would flip the chessboard so I could see it from a different point of view. Is there a way to do this? If I am using my Nokia N900 and looking at the same chessboard, hitting the letter f on my physical keyboard flips the display.

sarah11918 · 06-14-2011, 05:47 AM

On the EE, if you hold down the menu button, you can force the onscreen keyboard to appear / disappear. I'm assuming it's the same on the PE.

geneven1 · 06-14-2011, 05:57 AM

Thanks. I am in the browser xscope6. When I hold down the menu button I get a bunch of options such as save page. I will try other browsers.

sarah11918 · 06-14-2011, 06:01 AM

Then try different buttons on that side. I could be misremembering the button, Sorry. But for sure one of them brings up the keyboard, and probably should even in an alternate browser. I thought it was menu.

(And I'm sure you understood, but just to be clear, I meant a long press.)

geneven1 · 06-14-2011, 06:03 AM

Aha! Holding down the menu button works in the Dolphin mini browser! Thanks again!

sarah11918 · 06-14-2011, 06:07 AM

Good, so I'm not crazy!

Strange that it wouldn't work in your first browser, though. I think it even works when you're not running any app. I thought it was supposed to be the universal shortcut to always get to the keyboard. I guess it *mostly* works.

06-14-2011, 05:41 AM	#1
geneven1 Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: P. Edge, Kindle, N800-810-900	Keyboard entry when no keyboard is displaying I am on a chess site looking at a chessboard. I need to input the letter F but I don't have a keyboard displaying. This would flip the chessboard so I could see it from a different point of view. Is there a way to do this? If I am using my Nokia N900 and looking at the same chessboard, hitting the letter f on my physical keyboard flips the display.

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06-14-2011, 05:47 AM	#2
sarah11918 Tablet Enthusiast Posts: 335 Karma: 30400 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Aura One (formerly: Asus Eee Note, enTourage eDGe EE, Nokia N810)	On the EE, if you hold down the menu button, you can force the onscreen keyboard to appear / disappear. I'm assuming it's the same on the PE.

06-14-2011, 05:57 AM	#3
geneven1 Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: P. Edge, Kindle, N800-810-900	Thanks. I am in the browser xscope6. When I hold down the menu button I get a bunch of options such as save page. I will try other browsers.

06-14-2011, 06:01 AM	#4
sarah11918 Tablet Enthusiast Posts: 335 Karma: 30400 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Aura One (formerly: Asus Eee Note, enTourage eDGe EE, Nokia N810)	Then try different buttons on that side. I could be misremembering the button, Sorry. But for sure one of them brings up the keyboard, and probably should even in an alternate browser. I thought it was menu. (And I'm sure you understood, but just to be clear, I meant a long press.)

06-14-2011, 06:03 AM	#5
geneven1 Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: P. Edge, Kindle, N800-810-900	Aha! Holding down the menu button works in the Dolphin mini browser! Thanks again!

06-14-2011, 06:07 AM	#6
sarah11918 Tablet Enthusiast Posts: 335 Karma: 30400 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Aura One (formerly: Asus Eee Note, enTourage eDGe EE, Nokia N810)	Good, so I'm not crazy! Strange that it wouldn't work in your first browser, though. I think it even works when you're not running any app. I thought it was supposed to be the universal shortcut to always get to the keyboard. I guess it mostly works.

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