keyboard short cuts for spiel

[Dennis Long]

Hi, can someone please post a list of keyboard short cuts for spiel?

[Peter Vágner]

Hello,
You are insisting on having this properly answered so here is what is
currently implemented:
capslock is reffered to as spiel key.
Capslock + arrow keys emulate a D-pad doing similar actions like single
flick left / right / up / down.
capslock+right navigate forward
capslock+left navigate backward
capslock+up decrease granularity i.e. change from word to character
capslock+down increase granularity i.e. change from character to word
capslock+ctrl+right scroll forward
capslock+ctrl+left scrol backward
escape same as pressing the back button
capslock+escape same as pressing the home key
capslock+ctrl+up open notifications
capslock+ctrl+down start say all
capslock+b speak battery level
capslock+t speak current time

Greetings

Peter

[Nolan Darilek]

Thanks, Peter, I was going to suggest that as an exercise for anyone
wanting more familiarity with the code. You beat me to it.

[Drew Mochak]

That's really awesome given that most android keyboards don't have a
capslock.

[Nolan Darilek]

Yeah, I haven't had a QWERTY phone since 2013, and didn't know any were
still being made. Based on my memory of them, I couldn't think of a
keyboard modifier that would do the job, so I built it for the external
bluetooth keyboard I use with my tablet.

What does TalkBack use?

[Hareth alhamdany]

Hi Nolan,
TB uses ctrl+alt.
best

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[Nolan Darilek]

Thanks, I may switch that over. Don't particularly care what the key
combination is, I just picked something that worked and facilitated
testing. :)

[Dennis Long]

no your not correct. it's alt shift

[Dennis Long]

alt shift.

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Subject: Re: keyboard short cuts for spiel

[Dennis Long]

please do switch it to alt shift.

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Subject: Re: keyboard short cuts for spiel

[Drew Mochak]

I think they first used ctrl-shift, which was similarly problematic in
that android keyboards don't use ctrl. So after people like myself
complained about this they switched it to alt-shift. That's my
recollection, anyway. And you're right, android qwertys are insanely
rare--the only one I know of worth getting these days is the Galaxy
Relay, and even that's old (think S3, without LTE) These days I have a
oneplus and Rii mini bluetooth keyboard but I don't think it has a
capslock either. A lot of the bluetooth keyboards are stripped down in
order to make them smaller, to fit in pockets and the like.

[Hareth alhamdany]

yes i just rechecked it.
it was ctrl+alt
and its been changed since jb4.3
I just rechecked the list i have,
didn't use an external one sense jb 4.1
and the list i have as below:

For the initial keyboard support these key combinations are supported
for Talkback:
>

> - ctrl-alt-right Move accessibility focus to the next element
> - ctrl-alt-left Move accessibility focus to the previous element
> - ctrl-alt-up Move accessibility focus to the first element
> - ctrl-alt-down Move accessibility focus to the last element
> - ctrl-alt-enter Click on the element with accessibility focus
> - ctrl-alt-h Global home gesture
> - ctrl-alt-backspace Global back gesture
> - ctrl-alt-n Open the notifications drawer
> - ctrl-alt-r Open the recent screen
> - ctrl-alt-z Suspend TalkBack (this was here previously)
and after they changed it:
The following keyboard shortcuts are available for devices running
Android 4.3 and above.
Action
Shortcut

Navigate between elements Alt + Shift + Arrows
Click focused element Alt + Shift + Enter
Back Alt + Shift + Backspace
Home Alt + Shift + h
Recent apps Alt + Shift + r
best.

[Drew Mochak]

Key word is initial. You're quoting the beta announcement, yes? They
changed it because android doesn't use control for anything (that I Know
of) so most phones with keyboards don't have it.

[Hareth alhamdany]

BTW those i don't think they cover all hotkeys availeble.

[Hareth alhamdany]

don't kno if it was beta or not,
I remember nead to use one of my usb keyboards so at that time googled for it,
and used the ctrl+alt as, i recall.
that was like 2 ore more years ago.
best

[Dennis Long]

exactly it would be great if spiel could change this.

[Hareth alhamdany]

Sorry about the outdated info,
and thanks for the correction Dennis.
best regards

[Cleverson Casarin Uliana]

Do not forget Google's project Ara, which will allow people to build
smartphones from a multitude of components including physical qwerty
keyboards.

Cleverson

[Felipe Nery Ibarra]

Hi Nola:

please don't change the modifier key. At least allow the user to choose the preferred modifier key.
capslock key is more confortable to use than Alt+Shift on a Bluetooth keyboard or a PC Keyboard.

Cheers.
Felipe.

[Drew Mochak]

Actually, it'd be really neat to be able to set not only the modifier key but also make your own keyboard shortcuts to do whatever you want.

[Drew Mochak]

I don't think project Ara is google, actually? I thought they were their
own thing. But yes I am watching that with some interest.

[Dennis Long]

I will build one with a keyboard. I am currenly using a captivate glide.

Dennis Long
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[Dennis Long]

I agree.

Dennis Long
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