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| <h2>Caveats</h2> |
| <p>Since ConnectBot doesn't use any of the normal TextView |
| widgets, Android's IME structure isn't designed to directly |
| support it.</p> |
| <p>The best way to use Android with a virtual keyboard is in <strong>Portrait</strong> |
| mode. By default, ConnectBot is set to use <strong>Portrait</strong> |
| mode when no hardware keyboard is present. To change this setting, go to Terminal |
| <strong>Preferences</strong>.</p> |
| <p>In <strong>Landscape</strong> mode, the Android virtual keyboard |
| (or other IMEs) will take up the entire screen. Android provides no way |
| for ConnectBot to resize the terminal view in <strong>Landscape</strong>. |
| However, you may use a <i>work-around</i>: <strong>Force Resize</strong> |
| to fit above the virtual keyboard if desired.</p> |
| <p>On devices without a hardware keyboard, you may press and hold |
| the <strong>MENU</strong> button to bring up the virtual keyboard. NOTE: |
| This applies to any program on the Android platform; it is not |
| ConnectBot specific.</p> |
| <h2>How to Enter Control, Alt, Escape, and Function Keys</h2> |
| <p>You can enter any key combination with ConnectBot and the virtual |
| keyboard, but you must know how keys are mapped on a normal console. For |
| instance, usually combinations of ALT+letter on a PC keyboard are |
| actually mapped to sending, sequentially, ESC key then the letter.</p> |
| <p>Note there are also screen gestures: see the ScreenGestures help topic.</a> |
| for <strong>Page Up</strong> and <strong>Page Down</strong>.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Trackball: 1 press is <strong>CTRL</strong>, 2 presses sends <strong>ESC</strong> |
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| <li><strong>Tab key</strong> = <strong>CTRL + i</strong></li> |
| <li><strong>Function key</strong> = <strong>CTRL + number</strong> |
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| </ul> |
| <h2>Examples</h2> |
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| <li><strong>ESC</strong> = Press the trackball twice.</li> |
| <li><strong>ALT + Right Arrow</strong> = Press trackball twice |
| then move trackball to right.</li> |
| <li><strong>CTRL + A</strong> = Press trackball once then tap the |
| "A" key on the soft keyboard.</li> |
| <li><strong>F3</strong> = Press trackball once then tap the |
| "3" key on the soft keyboard.</li> |
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