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Wings Menu Navigation Problem

For Smartphone with WM5 or above you can navigate the Menu by pressing the direction key up and down to move to the next page and eventually cycle back to the first page.
With Wings it always sticks in the same page. I need to press the 'More' menu to move to the next page. Is this the case for you?
Is there a registry setting that can be altered to solve this problem
Thanks.

Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353031&highlight=scroll

Yeah, I dont have my set to scrolling, but I set it to the list with smaller icons, and in that mode if I push the right direction it does a page down for me, and left is page up.
And in that thread (think its the right one) for the scrolling text some people have not noticed that they have to create the key for it...

Arcano said:
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353031&highlight=scroll
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Thanks. Problem solved.
Scrolling works for icon view with up/down
For list view, scrolling works with left/right key instead of up/down.

Different type of scroll/search?

Something wierd... I did the 1.37 ROM and everything's been cool. At first when you go to contacts, the search was a vertical tab of alphabets on the right side of the screen. (normal placement for the ability to seach/scroll down a list of alphabets.)
For some reason, all of a sudden, now when I click contacts, I get the old style (on previous HTC's) list of alphabets to search from. It's now horizontal at the top of the screen. It lists the abiltiy to search by alphabet (abc, def, ghi, etc, etc)
How did the old style search get on the top of the screen?
Did I make some adjustment somewhere?
Thanks,
Mark

GO to settings or options in contacts and uncheck the top box

zmob123 said:
GO to settings or options in contacts and uncheck the top box
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Thanks, I did a search before I asked the question but there isn't anything on this site or google that gives answers to why I'm so stupid.
Can't believe I missed that...
Thanks.

[Q] Gingerbread: Text selection quirks

Since upgrading to Gingerbread I have been aware of the new text selection features, i.e. dragging the little pin to move the cursor. What I can't get right though is selecting text.
Previously I could double-tap and drag in order to highlight words, which made sense, but now whenever I double-tap anything, I get the "Cut" and "Copy" menu before I can even start to drag. The two separate pins don't ever appear that way.
The only way I can seem to make it work is by holding on a word, picking "Select word" and then dragging the two pins when they appear, which seems a little drawn out compared to before.
Anyone any clues? Have the gestures changed? Am I doing something wrong or is this just the way it works now? Wondering if someone with a Nexus S or other custom Gingerbread ROMs can also confirm.

I don't know in which apps you have tried this, but the way it works in the browser and gmail (checked right now) is that you:
1.Tap and hold to go into text-selection mode
2.Drag your finger over the text you want to copy
3.Adjust with arrows as you see fit
4.Click on the selected text to copy it
5.Profit

SBS_ said:
I don't know in which apps you have tried this, but the way it works in the browser and gmail (checked right now) is that you:
1.Tap and hold to go into text-selection mode
2.Drag your finger over the text you want to copy
3.Adjust with arrows as you see fit
4.Click on the selected text to copy it
5.Profit
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Ah ha, I see, that seems to work for reading emails and web pages. I was more meaning inside text-entry boxes like in the SMS app, Google Talk, etc.

Tips/Tricks you may not know

More things some people might just not know about, if you do, good for you, if you don't you do now! If you have more common but, not so general knowledge, post it!
1. Pull down your notification curtain and long press on one of the toggles. If you long press on WiFi it will bring you to the settings page for WiFi, if you long press on Bluetooth it will take you to Bluetooth settings page and so on.
2. On the LGHome launcher if you go to the app drawer and press the menu capacitive button and select "layout" you can choose to have your apps in categories, as seperate pages or one long vertical list.
3. If you are in category view you can "close" pinch the screen and the categories will roll up for better view. If you look at the bottom of the screen you will see two options "Manage App" and "Manage Category".
"Manage App" will let you move apps from category to category and you can easily uninstall apps from the app drawer this way.
"Manage Category" will let you add new categories and rearrange them if you would like, you can't remove the default categories though. Say you want "Games" "Utilities" and "Forum Apps" seperated, this is how you would do it without making folders.
4. While in List view you can "close" pinch the screen to collapse the alphabetical categories for another easy way to navigate apps.
5. Instead of pulling apps from the app drawer one by one, long click the homepage and select "Shortcuts" at the bottom, then select "Applications" here you can choose multiple apps at one time, a "batch" add.
6. When you go to contacts, "close" pinch on the screen to collapse alphabetical categories as well. I find this MUCH faster than scrolling down with the side bar.
7. You can change the middle two dock icons if you long press the app from the app drawer you can place it where you want to replace the existing icon. However you cannot delete icons from the dock, only over write. For example you cannot have 3 icons (including the app drawer).
8. On LGHome launcher up at the top you will see the Desktop Indicators if you press on the either side of the middle circle it will quickly take you to either the first or last Desktop. You must press on the dots themselves for this to work. This is handy for those that have a lot of Desktops all filled with stuff, if you are on the first Desktop and need something from the SECOND to last Desktop you can just click on the right side of the middle dot then scroll back one to the Desktop you need. It beats flicking across your screen 5-6 times, you can reduce that to a press and one fling.
I can't think of any more off the top of my head but, if I remember or discover anything else that's common but, not so general knowledge I will be sure to post it.

Is there any way to change the 4 static quick shortcuts at the bottom of the main screen?

Yes, (but only the middle 2) if you long press the app from the app drawer you can place it where you want to replace the existing icon. However you cannot delete icons from the dock, only over write. For example you cannot have 3 icons (including the app drawer).
Sent from my LG Thrill Faux G

Edited first post with the tip above ^^^^^ and another for the LGHome launcher.

Long press the power button together with the Home button. After the click a screendump will be available in /mnt/sdcard/CapturedImages

[Q] CM9 Status bar at top.

This was essential for me in Gingerbread. ICS there is no option yet, anyone know how to do it myself, tablet is close to unusable atm. Whenever I type I miss loads as hit the status bar instead of the keyboard, also buttons more accessible at the top.
Thanks.

My bottom status bar (CM7) has never caused me issues. In fact, I can't recall seeing one with it at the top (except on phones of course).
The dots representing the different screens is up top, would you move that to the bottom? Seems like that would be a problem too. Maybe more so.

IT was an option in CM7 to have it at the top, the dots are hidden when in an App so would not cause a problem and the onboard keyboard would be flush with the bottom of the screen and functional.

I would also like the status bar on top.
This is my post with the answers I got:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454881

Thanks for the replies. I've gone back to gingerbread until this is sorted, was finding it unusable.

id prefer the bar stay at the bottom but i do know what you are talking about with the keyboard. seems everytime i go for space, i hit that instead.