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Different layout for the on screen virtual keyboard, QWERTY mod anyone? - minute - 2009-07-27

Hello, I am wondering if there is a way to change the native virtual keyboard to QWERTY layout keyboard? Maybe is something to be done in settings, but I guess not. And a suggestion, the DONE button to be on a single row, down, because for example the last letter written is B (in QWERTY) or S in this ABCDE layout keyboard (you get the idea), we have to navigate a lot to reach the left upper corner to the DONE button. The idea is that there are more columns vs rows and it is more easy to press 3 time Down than Up Up Up Left Left Left Left Left Left... if the Done button is in a single row, it will be highlighted easy.


- blittan - 2009-07-27

please search the forums before posting. there are a few mods that do QWERTY layout.. basically you need to mod the DialogKeyboard.xml in every skin for it..


- watzen - 2009-07-27

The design of the virtual keyboard is in DialogKeyboard.xml. There you can edit it to your liking.


- minute - 2009-07-27

Stupid me, I did search, but the problem was I type only "qwert keyboard" grrr... stupid me again, mea culpa!


- minute - 2009-07-27

Because I was so damn stupid I make one please feel free to try it! It is for the PM3.HD skin and first make a back up of your original file. Guess you know where to put it. The bad thing was that the "Simbols" are a total mess because I really don`t know how to arrange them. The file here


- jmarshall - 2009-07-28

Note that the DONE button is keymappable - it's mapped to START on the gamepad for instance.


- minute - 2009-07-28

Yes, also for the Backspace, but it is more convenient to press DONE. Anyway, how can I change the symbols? And where I can found a list with the codes of the keyboard?