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[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
German layout is included, if that's what you're asking.

Run FingerKeyb Config (it's in Start menu > Programs) and select your language.

As for the Chinese, Korean and Japanese, we can't make those since we're not familiar with your keyboard layouts. As with all the layouts except English, Russian and Croatian, they were made by our beta-testers or users here on XDA.

If you would make a layouts for some of those languages, we'd gladly include it in our next version.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
sorry, rozenthal

may be i'm wrong but as far as i can remember german layout is not directly included in installation-cab. i had to paste it myself after installation (made by chris cross).

@megolk

you can find german layout here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3400939&postcount=156

which type you need (vga, wvga, qvga, wqvga) depents on your device you are using.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Chris Cross:
@RealGunman: I've been gone the whole weekend and got back this afternoon. I've read all the posts since I was last here on Thursday. It looks like you solved your problems, except for the landscape issue - right?

Since I've been dealing with different people, different resolutions, different skins etc..., can you refresh my memory as to what exactly is wrong? Could you also upload your current txt landscape files for types, digits, global, german and XL german so I can take a look at them?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Megolk:
i already tried but it did not work, i get a window with "Error"

i'm too stupid to...

i will wait for a new version and hope there is german layout (qwertz) then contain.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
hey, guy

i really missed you... :D

yes, i solved my probs and even realized some wishes in your portrait layout (with help out of the thread of course ;)) and it works really fine!

only little thing left is that fingerkeyb starts in numeric mode when switching over from htc keyboard. how/where can i change this behavior?

landscape mode still doesn't work. and i'll send you all the files, when i'm back home, because i'm at work again. at least up to 10 pm. so i'm not able to send you the files at the moment.

by the way rozenthal wrote that new version of fingerkeyb perhaps will start next week. did you deal with some beta german layouts, yet?

hey, i want to have a device with bigger display than my kaiser has!!! ;) for the moment i'm interested in the htc touch pro2 - with vodafone branding of course. hopefully it comes very soon...

regards
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
which device are you using? which resolution does it have? did you choose the right .cab?

may be chriss cross can help to deal with your prob. i'm even quite sure!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Megolk:
i have a MDA Vario III

i hope so, yes - qvga

i think, i have problems with copy the files, i'm not sure whether I've made the right.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
yes, you were right with qvga-cab!

how to install you can read in post 1 of this thread. by the way in my opinion the safest way for pasting the new layout(s) is via active sync...

when i'm back home - nearly 10 pm - i'll post my german qwertz layout chris chross made for me. it works fine on my kaiser and hopefully it will do also on your device.

but it's only portrait mode. landscape doesn't work up to now.

EDIT: i think it's the easiest way for you if i post my whole skins-folder as zip. so you only have to unzip, delete your original skins-folder and paste my...

cu
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Mc-Fly2009:
@Chris Chross

Nice to "see" you back. :-)

If you like some more tester, no Problem.

And I haven´t find a solution for landscape as RealGunman wrote.

The normal layout works with some proplems, but it works.

Cheers

Mc-Fly
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Megolk:
cool, that would be great - many thanks

ok, i use the hardware-keyboard in landscape mode at the moment until the problem is solved
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
okay, here you are...

View attachment 166763

just have a try and report please if it works or not.

good luck! :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
hey, chris

as you can see i uploaded my whole skins-folder for megolk. folder contents of course every file i'm using and also these ones you wanted to get. hopefully now you can solve my prob with your xl-landscape.

thx in advance - as always, you know!!! ;)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
@chris cross

hey, do you have the portrait layout also with the page- or arrow-keys like this one (copied from rozenthal avatar):

or would be the resolution of my kaiser to small???

oh, and still another question:

is there any function in keyb included to "select all" like you do with "strg (ctrl) + a"? i do know how to copy and paste and so on, but this function i haven't found so far...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Megolk:
super, big thanks, it works! :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
that's the way i like it!!! :D

but all your thx and good wishes have to go to chris cross - 'cause it's only his merit!!! ;)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Chris Cross:
LOL - thanks - it's nice to be missed. :)

I'll take a look at your whole folder and then respond to this later.

Yes, I've been doing beta testing for the new version. I think everyone is going to be very pleased with the upcoming changes. :) I won't say anything more, because it is up to Exidler and Rozenthal to decide what is said. This week I will be tuning up my skins to make sure they are well suited for the new version.

The Touch Pro2 is nice. However, I prefer not to have the bulkiness of a hardware keyboard. I currently have a Touch HD with Dutty's 2.1 ROM, which has the new Manila on it, with landscape mode, new Contact card style etc... I can tell you that having a WVGA resolution is great!

Oh, and if you don't like the branding on a new phone, you can always put a new ROM on it.

Okay, I'll try to respond back tonight, but there is a good chance I won't get to it until tomorrow - Monday.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
hey, don't put yourself under stress. i can wait! ;)

it's still like i said rozenthal a few days before: I HARDLY CAN WAIT because of all the new features i've heard about so far. must be great, really!!!

i know about the possibility to replace branding by free one. but i really don't want to especially because of guatantee. if my device would have had error by software or something like that i got new one usualy within 2 days at vodafone. but not in case i replaced branding. so far i don't know any other provider who has such a fast service!

as far as the touch pro2 is concerned - before i got interested in this device i wanted to have the hd, too. basicly i also don't need hardware keyboard. but i love the gigantic display of the pro2 and all the new features. but still haven't it... :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Chris Cross:
1. Well, it might take up too much space, but you could decide that for yourself. I could add it to your skin.txt file and also send you the properly sized .bmp images, but you also have to edit the digits.txt file and the types.txt file. So, I would just wait until the new version comes out. There will be a better way of dealing with that.

2. Yes, "select all" is possible. You could include it in right now (someone already posted the Action command for it in this thread - page 66 or 67), or just wait for the new version of Fingerkeyboard2. ;)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Chris Cross:
Thanks for the offer Mc-Fly! Because I'm working on my skins based on the upcoming version of Fingerkeyboard, it would not make sense for you to test them right now on the current version. So, once the new version is out, I'll be in touch with you for testing it on your resolution. :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ohnophone:
Many thanks for FingerKeyboard - I am very much looking forward to version 2.1

In the meantime I have small problem with the Home,End, PpUp and PgDn keys.

They work perfectly in Word but don't seem to function in Notepad. Has anyone else seen this and if so is there a solution ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] elblue:
I still have the same problem after uninstalling several programs that i tot might be clash with the keyboard. quit disappointed. Really looking forward to use this keyboard as it is the easiest keyboard for speed typing. But my typing was interrupt with the grey area pop-up everytime i touch the button. I have to hold longer for each button to prevent the grey thingy from popping up. So i gave up n switch back to touchpal. sad...

i would like to request, can you check this problem and fix it in version 2.1? Thank you so much
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dudikbs:
the best feature i can think of.

i was wondering... as a user of a vista tablet i see that the use of the onscreen vista input panel is very very convenient.

i give that ease of use to one particular and simple feature making the button you pressed last stay lit until you press the next button and also (but far less important) the lack of space between the keys...

this "last word highlighting allows you to type without looking at text after each letter to verify that you indeed pressed the right letter or even pressed one at all, and greatly improves the input speed.. i manage to write on my tablet keyboard almost as fast as a hardware one...

so i believe that a feature like that could greatly improve this software and make it the leading application in terms of input speed.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] daniel93:
I have htc diamond, can someone please give me the link to download the keyboard.?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] utak3r:
hm? Just go to the first post, and download a CAB for your resolution...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] RealGunman:
good morning

i found explanation for integrating "ctrl+a" in post 668 (page 67), but i'll follow your hint and wait for new version... ;)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] mattkocmut:
i installed this on my touch diamond, and followed the instructions. it wont work

i select fingerkb and it doesnt do anything. help?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Thank you! I'm not familiar with vista input panel, but the feature you describe does indeed sound interesting.

I am not sure if option to keep it indefinitely on screen would be best, but I think it could probably be implemented that it stays on screen with a 1 or 2 second timeout. I will talk to Exidler about this!

The more I think of it, the more I like it!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] daniel93:
which one?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
It's a known bug caused by using Word Suggestion + FingerKeyboard. This actually isn't our fault, it's a bug in HTC software. But, it should be almost fully fixed in the next version.

Exidler's current workaround for this fixes that bug in all cases except one:

- when Word suggestion window is open on screen (with suggested words) and no word is selected, the Home / End keys will not work. But they will work in all other cases.

Exidler tried really hard and this was the only solution for this issue.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
As I previously said - you are the only one experiencing this problem - at least no one else reported anything similar. That's why I still believe it's a problem with some other software on your device.

We'd love to check out what's wrong, but it's not possible without detecting the problem. And to do this, you would have to install the debugging tool, run it, press 10 or so random keys on the KBD and send me the log.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] daniel93:
I've installed this Reef's VGA-Portrait-Compact.cab on my Htc Diamond, but it doesn't compare in the keyboards. can someone help me?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dudikbs:
Well, you welcome. when implemented this feature will surely be a market killer... make sure you keep a registry key or a toolbox somewhere allowing the user to customize the highlighting interval.

another thing about the keyboard is the dead spaces between keys, i believe these should be narrowed to zero (even if the bitmap stays the same). as long as every finger tap to the screen will register the nearest key. it is quite frustrating to attempt fast typing just to figure out you missed a button cause you clicked on a corner or something.

and one last thing you should consider is stroke backspace and stroke space. i think zoomboard keyb has this. stroking right to left on the keys (english) for instance will delete the last letter and opposite for space character. an option should be put here to reverse the operation for us right to left writer.

those are my two pennies.

shalom
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Since we're going for ultimate configurability in our next version, with options to pretty much control everything regarding touch feedback and behavior of the keyboard, option to control the highlight delay would fit in nicely into our general idea.

As I said, I really do like your suggestion, and I hope Exidler can program this to work.

As for the "dead" space, I actually think that those few pixels of spacing between the keys can improve typing precision. I have tested all popular alternative keyboards, and of course the stock ones, but while almost all of them go for 100% screen usage, I came to realize that this may not always be the best solution. Especially because the keys can be slided across until you reach the one you want to type.

And I honestly believe that that small empty space between keys is good for tap-typing style as well. This is most pronounced when you reduce the horizontal empty space between rows. I have tested several approaches for layout configuration and I strongly believe that the default one is the best for most accurate typing. Privately I use the keys that have smaller horizontal space, because I type long SMS' and I sacrifice some of that accuracy for screen space, but I always had better results with larger row space.

About gestures - that's a whole different ball game. I don't think we'll be adding this, simply because I have a feeling it won't fit into our general keyboard concept. I have tried few gesture-supporting keyboards and while the idea looks good "on paper", in practice it has been a bag of mixed results for me. I found that I would more often accidentally press a key instead of deleting a character or typing a space button. Also, I found it hard to get used to the fact that after TAPPING a whole sentence of words I need to SWEEP the screen to end the sentence, or delete something.

Also, from a very personal standpoint, having spent some 15 years typing on computer keyboard, it seems much more intuitive to tap keys rather then slide my finger across them to perform an action.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] maklik:
look forward to having Chinese version, it is great !
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Chinese version will come when someone from the Chinese people here sits down and adapts one of the existing layouts...

I had a guy who wanted to make a Vietnamese layout, but it turned out that he needs 60 x 3 keys for that :) And keyboard has like 35 max :D

Anyway... Just a warning!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Just to keep the juices flowing - some of the new skins that are coming with 2.1 :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] htckaiseruser:
any news on when version 2.1 is coming out??? i love the black ice skin!!!!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Yes I have some news... Not very good ones I'm affraid.

Exidler will be absent for private reasons at the end of this week, and I'm having some serious health problems. My plan was to publish on sunday, but that obviously can't happen now. We will try to get as much as possible by thursday and maybe publish then.

The biggest work left to do is the layouts - all layouts need updating, and we were going to make official new layouts for VGA / QVGA / WQVGA. That is a lot of manual work to be done, and we don't have much time either.

So, we have an option to launch the 2.1 on thursday, most likely without official skins for non WVGA resolutions (or with portrait-only support), or we can hold off the launch for approximately 10 days.

We have agreed to try and do as much as possible and decide when we see how much we have finished.

Also, I would like to inform everyone that the pop-up image timeout will be user-selectable, ranging from 200 ms to 2 seconds. I have been testing the yesterday's late night version from Exidler, and it works like a charm :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] WaveyKat:
the new V2.1 and the Skins looks Crazy hott! you guys are good man! lots of credit to you and your team!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Megolk:
@Rozenthal:

the pictures look very great.

question, do you mean the keyboard layout and is in the new version the german layout included?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ibsa03:
will the skin with No Arrows be included in the V 2.1 ?

If having no arrows means that each letter-button is a bit bigger and a little more separated from each other, i would definately prefer it without arrows..

well, just wondering.. :rolleyes:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Yes and yes.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
We didn't plan this for this release. Also, in terms of size, removing a row of buttons can only increase size in terms of height - there's no way to make the keyboard wider than the 480 pixels we're already using.

So, this can only result in more screen size, or more row space.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] kevinniven:
Best keyboard

This by far the best keyboard ive ever used!!!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] miggymini:
I really hope you guys get better!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] knight900:
Kudos to the team. This is the best keyboard i have ever used. really appreciate the programmers here for coming out with this wonderful SIP.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] McYoda:
Not Working

Hi all

Have exactly this same problem on my HTC Kaiser. Installed the QVGA cab from post #2.

Thanks for hints

McYoda
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] harrispo:
I, too, was wondering if there is a way to make this the default keyboard so that when I restart my Touch HD, it doesn't switch to the WM keyboard

And I'm also interested in the skin without the arrows (the additional screen space would look great). Maybe you could map the arrow keys to some of the capitalised letters?

Thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] oxygen2k:
i have the same problem. i am using a touch hd with the german black/blue layout (just mentioning).

after resetting the device, the boring and tiny default keyboard shows up.

but of course i can quickly switch back to fingerboard 2, it's just a little bit annoying.

thanks for any help!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Both of you wishing to have FingerKeyboard as default SIP - go to page 1 and read the very first post. You will find the answer to your request there.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] vtesar:
New Czech layout

Thanks, it is a great keyboard I was looking for. I have changed the Czech layout (added ú, ů,ó) and named it as CZ2. There is a portrait and landmark versions both in the ZIP file.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] mpis:
it are my layouts for Czech language
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ausi:
Yes this SIP solution IS working on my HD, no reason it shouldn't work on others.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cooney:
I cant get the swedish keyboard to work. I onle get wierd squares and strange symbols on the keys.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Fallen Spartan:
I can confirm that SIPChange works perfectly for setting up your default keyboard.

Simple install attached cab, go to Start/Programs/SIPChange and select your default keyboard. Now after every soft reset your keyboard will not automatically default back to WM but will stay with fingerkeyboard
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dudikbs:
well regarding the dead space. the idea when using key highlighting is that it will be much faster to <click-detect error-backspace> then it will be without it, so i believe that creating an "every click count" paradigm will make the process faster. but i guess it is a question of taste.

regarding the gestures. you must agree that on portrait, one finger clicking is substantially different the key typing on a large keyboard. in this scenario i believe gesturing will come natural (off-course when properly implemented).

anyway, this is a very good keyboard and i would love to see customizable options (highlighting especially) in the next version.

regards.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] oxygen2k:
thanks, works great.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Customizable feedback options are 100% coming in next version.

It will be posisble to customize:

sound - various click sounds with different volume levels, so you don't have to control keyboard volume by adjusting System volume. Instead, you will be able to select quiet or louder click sounds.

vibration - option to use vibration feedback, with control over how long will vibration feedback last in miliseconds.

pop-up image timeout - same as vibration, you will be able to control how long the pop-up image stays on screen. Also, this will control

only

pop-up images for normal characters (ABCD...).

Special keys will remain as they are now (for example: space bar, shift button, backspace button, language button etc.) because they have much bigger pop-up images that cover a lot of the screen, so we figured this might be a problem in everyday use.

As for the rest - like I said, we have no plans for integrating gesture based typing. Also, I believe this would clash with keyboards current ability to slide across the keys until you reach the one you want to use. This is a feature that many users are liking a lot, while I have to say you're the first one asking about gestures.

Still, you'll get your pop-up image control :) I think that one was a very good idea!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Fallen Spartan:
Any idea on a release date?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] michi123:
Check post #720 of this thread....
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Fallen Spartan:
Excellent, cheers bro. Must've missed that in the search!! Apologies :o
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] pickiki:
is there any Hebrew keyboard for standard QVGA??
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ce_rob:
i searched but couldn't find a fix for it, but i'm getting an error on startup with SIPChange. says an error occured with sipchange, would you like to report it, blah blah. and (i'm assuming) because of this, fingerkeyboard is still not default.

anyone have a fix for this?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] utak3r:
for 90% there will be one in upcoming version :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] johaness alf:
Absolutely famous keyboard!! Thanks!!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Fallen Spartan:
Unfortuuately I never experienced this error message. Has anyone else?

Try uninstalling it and then reinstalling it.

Has anyone else experienced same error? How did you fix it?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] gadgetwizard:
OMG, fantastic...much much better than the HTC keyboard. Highly recommended.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] kacenkin:
CZECH keyboard

Please, i have one question - is there CZECH keyboard for standard QVGA ?

THX for answer
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] evenstarr:
Ok please don't all jump my throat for this one. I feel stupid enough as it is asking this question.

Where the hell or how the hell do you use the symbols like ?, !, & etc.

When i hit 123 it only allows me to use some of the symbols and all of the numbers how do you use the rest that are on the keyboard.

I feel embarassed enough asking this so take it easy.

:confused:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Flashhawk:
just press the buttons longer bro

:)

There are no stupid questions, just stupid teachers...

FH
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cmartin5777:
Much better love it!!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Chris Cross:
It depends on what layout / language you are using. All of them should have ? and !, but "&" might not be available in some. Different people make the various language skins and so it depends what characters they included in their skin. If you see them on the keys in the regular keyboard, then they are available. If they are smaller on the top half of a key, then tap+hold for a second or so. Also, press shift and see if you find them in that mode too.

In the upcoming version of Fingerkeyboard2, you will be able to set a certain number of keys to display what YOU want. So, just keep checking back for the new release.