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Re: Alpha keys vs. numeric keys (on Nokia E61)

euroq — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:38:05 +0200

we r using CEikGlobalTextEditor and CEikRichTextEditor, and both r working fine on E61/N73/N80 etc.

This message thread is not referring to the standard text editors, it is referring to custom CCoeControls.

-euroq

Re: Alpha keys vs. numeric keys (on Nokia E61)

suraab — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:26:40 +0200

we r using CEikGlobalTextEditor and CEikRichTextEditor, and both r working fine on E61/N73/N80 etc.

editor->ConstructL(this, 1, 16, EAknEditorFlagNoEditIndicators | EEikEdwinNoWrap, EGulFontControlAll, EGulNoSymbolFonts);
editor->SetAknEditorCase(EAknEditorLowerCase);

saur

Re: Alpha keys vs. numeric keys (on Nokia E61)

euroq — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:23:26 +0200

The following code will take a scan code and return the first key in lowercase that would appear if you were using a text editor (i.e. when you press "F" on the keyboard it can correspond to F and 4; first "F" appears, but if you press "F" again it is replaced by a 4). If, for example, you don't want the 4 when pressing "F" (which is the default on a CCoeControl) you can translate it with this:

// Header file
        CPtiEngine *iEngine;
        CPtiQwertyKeyMappings* iQwertyKeyMappings;

// Source file
#ifdef __SERIES60_30__
TUint CMyCtrl::GetTranslatedKey(TInt aScanCode)
{
        if (iEngine == NULL)
        {
                iEngine = CPtiEngine::NewL(/*ETrue*/);
                CPtiCoreLanguage* iCoreLanguage = static_cast<CPtiCoreLanguage*>
                        (iEngine->GetLanguage(User::Language()));

                // Get the keyboard mappings for the language
                iQwertyKeyMappings = static_cast<CPtiQwertyKeyMappings*>
                        (iCoreLanguage->GetQwertyKeymappings());
        }

        TPtiKey key = (TPtiKey)aScanCode;

        // gets something like "aÃ¡ÂªÃ¤Ã Ã¢Ã£Ã¥Ã¦e", but first is (we think?) what we want
        TBuf<64> result;                
        iQwertyKeyMappings->GetDataForKey(key, result, EPtiCaseLower);
        return result[0];
}

Re: Alpha keys vs. numeric keys (on Nokia E61)

euroq — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:44:12 +0100

Right..... from the article,

Solution Applications should always use standard Avkon editor controls for text input.

!

I wish, at least, whomever wrote that article had the gumption to admit that it was either a mistake on someone's part or a terrible design flaw. You cannot expect every application to not use the keyboard except for Avkon editor controls. You cannot expect every application to only need alphabet keys for text entry.

I am seriously pissed. I can manually short circuit the keys by translating "1"->"R" and so on, but then what happens when the phones change.

Symbian OS's 3rd Edition has been a nightmare.

Re: Alpha keys vs. numeric keys (on Nokia E61)

vin2ktalks — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:56:30 +0100

Goto Forum Nokia Technical Library search for KIS000351.

Alpha keys vs. numeric keys (on Nokia E61)

euroq — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:44:16 +0100