Shift and Ctrl keys don't work on external physical keyboard
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:14 pm
I've used SMART Keyboard Pro on my phone for years and it is by far the most powerful keyboard app available on Android (IMHO) and the only one that supports auto correct and auto texts on physical keyboards (like the Motorola Droid series). I would love to use it on my tablet (Asus Transformer running Android 3.2) but there is a serious bug that renders these features unusable on external physical keyboards.
If in settings you configure General Settings > Physical Keyboard = On then on external physical keyboards the following problems occur:
* The Shift key no longer works with number or symbol keys. This means, for example, while you can enter a 4 you cannot enter a $ (Shift + 4). The same goes for punctuation. You can enter a ; but not a : (Shift + ; ). You can enter a / but not a ? (Shift + /). This severely cripples the keyboard. Entering capital letters works fine.
* The Ctrl key only partially works to perform shortcuts like Cut, Copy, Paste. Ctrl+X simply replaces the highlighted text with a capital X, but Ctrl+V will insert a capital V followed by the contents of the clipboard.
If you configure General Settings > Physical Keyboard = Off then all these problems disappear, but then you lose the auto correct and auto text features that make Smart Keyboard Pro so valuable and unique.
This problem has been mentioned many times in the forum with a variety of external keyboards on multiple different Android tablets:
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... rmer#p8331
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... rmer#p8103
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... rmer#p8068
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... rmer#p7974
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... oard#p8389
I would ask the developer to please look at this issue. Android tablets are becoming more common everyday and many people use external keyboards to improve their productivity. Smart Keyboard Pro could be a viable solution for them once this issue is fixed.
Still, thanks for building an awesome keyboard app for smartphones.
If in settings you configure General Settings > Physical Keyboard = On then on external physical keyboards the following problems occur:
* The Shift key no longer works with number or symbol keys. This means, for example, while you can enter a 4 you cannot enter a $ (Shift + 4). The same goes for punctuation. You can enter a ; but not a : (Shift + ; ). You can enter a / but not a ? (Shift + /). This severely cripples the keyboard. Entering capital letters works fine.
* The Ctrl key only partially works to perform shortcuts like Cut, Copy, Paste. Ctrl+X simply replaces the highlighted text with a capital X, but Ctrl+V will insert a capital V followed by the contents of the clipboard.
If you configure General Settings > Physical Keyboard = Off then all these problems disappear, but then you lose the auto correct and auto text features that make Smart Keyboard Pro so valuable and unique.
This problem has been mentioned many times in the forum with a variety of external keyboards on multiple different Android tablets:
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... rmer#p8331
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... rmer#p8103
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... rmer#p8068
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... rmer#p7974
* http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... oard#p8389
I would ask the developer to please look at this issue. Android tablets are becoming more common everyday and many people use external keyboards to improve their productivity. Smart Keyboard Pro could be a viable solution for them once this issue is fixed.
Still, thanks for building an awesome keyboard app for smartphones.