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Deactivate touch keyboard?

Is there a way to deactivate poping up of the touch keyboard? Everytime when I am in an input field the touch keyboard pops up. But if I really want to enter something I want to use the QWERTY hardware keyboard. So is there a way to deactivate that the touch keyboard always pops up?

3 new threads out of 5 total posts... some would look down upon that. Since a simple search by me for your problem did not yield any direct answers, here's your freebie. Welcome to XDA!
When you go to a text box in landscape mode and the onscreen keyboard pops up, tap the space bar on the hardware keyboard. That will tell the phone not to pop up the onscreen keyboard again until you tap the icon for it.

No, I mean not when I have my hardware keyboard folded out. I mean when it is folded that the touchscreen keyboard doesnt show up.

JohnMullins said:
No, I mean not when I have my hardware keyboard folded out. I mean when it is folded that the touchscreen keyboard doesnt show up.
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OK, let's try this again... so is this your situation?
You are using the phone in portrait mode with the hardware keyboard closed. When you click into a text box, the onscreen keyboard pops us. But you do not want the keyboard to pop up. You want to be able to click into text fields with the phone closed, but not have the onscreen keyboard pop up.
Did I summarize that correctly? If so, I'm working on the answer, give me a little bit.
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I just tried the following steps:
Slide the phone open
Open PIE and go to Google
Tap into the text box; the onscreen keyboard did not come up
Tap the icon for the onscreen keyboard; it came up
Tap away from the text box; keyboard went away
Tap into the text box; keyboard came back
Tap Space on hardware keyboard; onscreen went away
Tap away from the text box
Slide the phone closed
Tap into the text box; onscreen keyboard did not come back
Follow my steps just to see if that is your solution. If not, it could quite possibly be ROM dependent.

Your summary is correct.
Here is what happens at my Kaiser:
When I am on google the onscreen keyboard is there. Everything else works fine but I dont like that the onscreen keyboard comes everytime I am in a textbox.
I am using the ROM from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403214

Try the steps I listed above. Also, if you tap a second time in the text box, the keyboard will close, but pop back up if you go to another box.

The problem is that if I open PIE and got to google the onscreen keyboard will pop up without doing anything and I want to get rid of this "feature".

A couple of Qs for my Diamond

Hi
I only just upgraded from a Wizard in the last few days
Read the manual and can't find how to change the font colour on the today screen to another colour apart from white
Also when using the "keyboard" to type text messages, it has no predictive text like on my wizard - am I forced to use the QWERTY or compact QWERTY in order to get predicitive text?
many thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this and to anyone who can help
nicojo

Read the manual and can't find how to change the font colour on the today screen to another colour apart from white - Can only be done by changing the theme, read the stickies here
Also when using the "keyboard" to type text messages, it has no predictive text like on my wizard - am I forced to use the QWERTY or compact QWERTY in order to get predicitive text? - When you have 'Keyboard' selected, then tap on the little arrow u used to change the input, and select 'Other input methods', then 'Options'. U can set word completion on the middle tab

When opening keyboard the phone goes to the "phone call" panel

When i am using the xperia and open the keyboard, my screen changes into the "phone call" screen (the screen you have when you are making a phone call)..it's very annoying specially when I am about to text or type and then I have to close the phone/call screen.
Any ideas?

Auto pop-up keyboard

Hi
When I'm tap on google search bar in home screen the stock soft keyboard dont want popup - i see only history of search. To see the keyboard i must tap again over search bar.
Same is situation with google search bar widget and conjure application
P.s. This is happened after I'm doing about 2-3 cycles - open application then home screen (or back button)
Is there any possible to see and use keyboard after one tap over google search home screen bar?
TiA

I use Swiftkey and it appears immediately when I hit the search bar, no need to hit twice.
Didn't try with stock Kb.

Mine pops up on the first tap.

I think that problem is: keyboard layer (window) is open but is behind application layer (window) because when I'm switch to other application keyboard is showed for short time.
So, how to force keyboard layer (window) to be always over application?
TiA

System version 81.5.40002.. is fixed this issue.
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Question Help - s pen not bringing up onscreen kb in chrome

Hi boys n gals. I have a weird one and can not figure it out.
I recently noticed that whenever I use s pen and press on a text field inside chrome it will not bring up on screen kb. It will pop if I point to address bar or any other text field within system but not anything in chrome in webpages or Google search bar on Google page. Even here on title or text box, when I bring the pen near screen it shows the blue draw icon that I am sure it didn't before and that's it, it does nothing. Sometimes the blue draw icon wont show, just the small dot . On screen kb comes on fine if I press these fields with finger but not with s pen. I'm lost, I tried the usual restart tablet clear caches but no bueno. Anyone have any pointers ?
Thank you