My Samsung Glaxy has no keyboard and I use this feature to filter in lists. For example, in the Contacts list.
BR, Adrian Vintu http://adrianvintu.com On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:28 PM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:26 AM, David R. <[email protected]>wrote: > >> We are trying to figure out the reason why a long press on the Options >> Key brings up a keyboard. >> > > Devices without physical keyboards probably need *some* way to bring up the > virtual keyboard at any time like one would by flipping out a physical one. > This would be needed to execute application shortcuts, or initiate a global > search if there was not dedicated button, for example. Long pressing on the > options key is as good a way to do this as any. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-beginners%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en

