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Any working Button Mapper?

Hi!
Is it somebody using any kind of Button Mapper? And how it works for you?
I have tryied few:
Vito Button Mapper didn't work at all.
Dabble launcher ... this soft can see only 4btns: GPS, Recording, Internet and Camera (Recording didn't work properly, gives me some kind of mistake with buttons.exe)
And last one what I tried it was AE Button Plus (but I didn’t have enough time to take a closer look on it)
So, what is you experience? Any luck?

j0kkk3r said:
Hi!
Is it somebody using any kind of Button Mapper? And how it works for you?
I have tryied few:
Vito Button Mapper didn't work at all.
Dabble launcher ... this soft can see only 4btns: GPS, Recording, Internet and Camera (Recording didn't work properly, gives me some kind of mistake with buttons.exe)
And last one what I tried it was AE Button Plus (but I didn’t have enough time to take a closer look on it)
So, what is you experience? Any luck?
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In the past for the S200 (PROPHET ) we used a very nice applet, Softkey applet.
I am wondering if anyone has used that on the ARTEMIS.

Gerigo-Greece said:
In the past for the S200 (PROPHET ) we used a very nice applet, Softkey applet.
I am wondering if anyone has used that on the ARTEMIS.
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Try it yourself and report to the forum

Have tried it. Softkey Applet That is and it works nicely on the ARTEMIS.
The applet can be found on this forum under another link.(Prophet-Softkeys)

No, I am not looking for soft key applet ... My Soft keys working fine (and I have already installed soft for it, it comes in the rom) I can change them as I want ... But the question was: That I want to find soft which gives you opportunity to do a: Double click, Press and hold and etc.
Thanks ...

AE button plus
Here's an older reply of mine to a similar request for a button mapper.
Must have application for onehanders is a small utility called AE Button Plus at http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php. This allows you to map any number of system functions and applications to buttons (each button can acquire 3 more functions by double, triple and long press). For instance, I have mapped the mouse courser to a double click of a button. I have also mapped my ok button so that it really closes applications on a long press.
I know I sound like a sales rep but I am just a appreciative user.

apap said:
Here's an older reply of mine to a similar request for a button mapper.
Must have application for onehanders is a small utility called AE Button Plus at http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php. This allows you to map any number of system functions and applications to buttons (each button can acquire 3 more functions by double, triple and long press). For instance, I have mapped the mouse courser to a double click of a button. I have also mapped my ok button so that it really closes applications on a long press.
I know I sound like a sales rep but I am just a appreciative user.
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Yes, I have tryed it ... but what about "Win" buttoon? What eppening when you press it? On my device its gives me button.exe mistake ... did you had any problem with that soft?
Cheers

j0kkk3r said:
Yes, I have tryed it ... but what about "Win" buttoon? What eppening when you press it? On my device its gives me button.exe mistake ... did you had any problem with that soft?
Cheers
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jokkk3r - You are getting the buttons.exe error because you had Vito
Button Mapper installed at one time. I assume that you uninstalled it after you found that it didn't work (I did the same) - however, even after uninstall of Vito, any button that is not remapped by another app or by you through the standard WM5 button console will be stuck with the registry values that were assigned by Vito. So when that button is pressed again, the registry is telling it to look for the Vito software (called buttons.exe) that you have uninstalled. Hence, the error "buttons.exe not found."
Long story short, just disable any button mapping app you have running and then use the WM5 console to remap all problem buttons (even if it looks like they are already set.) Then start using your button mapping app again and the error should be gone.
By the way, I had the same problem with my record button (on press and hold) with Double Launcher. Single press, double press, and triple press would work, but press-and-hold would give me the error. That's how I found this solution. I still use Double Launcher despite the fact that it only sees 4 buttons (4x4=16 mappings is more than enough for me to try to remember! ) As I said - to get the press and hold function to work, you have to first disable DL and remap that function to whatever you want within WM5 - then use DL to remap the other 15 functions and the one you mapped in WM5 should remain (just don't assign anything to record button press-and-hold within DL)

Have tried it. Softkey Applet That is and it works nicely on the ARTEMIS.
The applet can be found on this forum under another link.(Prophet-Softkeys)

psargent said:
jokkk3r - You are getting the buttons.exe error because you had Vito
Button Mapper installed at one time. I assume that you uninstalled it after you found that it didn't work (I did the same) - however, even after uninstall of Vito, any button that is not remapped by another app or by you through the standard WM5 button console will be stuck with the registry values that were assigned by Vito. So when that button is pressed again, the registry is telling it to look for the Vito software (called buttons.exe) that you have uninstalled. Hence, the error "buttons.exe not found."
Long story short, just disable any button mapping app you have running and then use the WM5 console to remap all problem buttons (even if it looks like they are already set.) Then start using your button mapping app again and the error should be gone.
By the way, I had the same problem with my record button (on press and hold) with Double Launcher. Single press, double press, and triple press would work, but press-and-hold would give me the error. That's how I found this solution. I still use Double Launcher despite the fact that it only sees 4 buttons (4x4=16 mappings is more than enough for me to try to remember! ) As I said - to get the press and hold function to work, you have to first disable DL and remap that function to whatever you want within WM5 - then use DL to remap the other 15 functions and the one you mapped in WM5 should remain (just don't assign anything to record button press-and-hold within DL)
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psargent I am really appreciating it. It’s solved my problem, and even the recording button doing everything what I need You are the man 
Cheers ...

SPB pocket plus
softkey applet lets you change only 2 soft buttons
And SPB pocket plus do the rest of work - 6 other buttons are remmapable
And SPB plus also give you the really close applications button and many many more...
I`m using softkeya applet + spb pocket plus - it`s great
Instead of IE I mapped the alt-tab button
Instead of GPS - close app button
Instead of camera at the right side - rotate screen
Left soft key - Explorer
Right soft key - Contacts

j0kkk3r said:
psargent I am really appreciating it. It’s solved my problem, and even the recording button doing everything what I need You are the man 
Cheers ...
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Glad to help! Have a great day!

UK button layout - Home button not working

Hey everyone,
I'm having a little problem with the UK button layout. My power button isn't working like it should for the function of the home button and recent pages window. Im currently using the latest XDAndroid Froyo version (not the Blazn one).
I have had a read around some other threads about the italian and german layout fixes but cant seem to find anything on the UK one.
Is there a simple way to edit some files to get my button layout back to power button = 'home + recent pages' and keep the power button = 'sleep + power off menu'?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
Sent from my MSM using the XDA mobile application.

Power Button as both Home/Recent Apps and Sleep/Power Off Menu????
Timmy87 said:
Hey everyone,
I'm having a little problem with the UK button layout. My power button isn't working like it should for the function of the home button and recent pages window. Im currently using the latest XDAndroid Froyo version (not the Blazn one).
I have had a read around some other threads about the italian and german layout fixes but cant seem to find anything on the UK one.
Is there a simple way to edit some files to get my button layout back to power button = 'home + recent pages' and keep the power button = 'sleep + power off menu'?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
FOLLOW-UP (Jan 31st, 2011): I've posted a test rootfs with the new keymaps/layouts and the end button as home option. See this thread for details.
Many thanks.
Sent from my MSM using the XDA mobile application.
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It's not possible to have the power button do all 4 things that you've asked at the same time, therefore I suspect there's an error in your request. Mapping home+recent apps to a key requires editing your key layout in the rootfs. Moving power to a different button on the other hand requires a new kernel. If you're interested in the former, the rootfs.img I posted to the German keyboard thread that maps Home+Recent Apps to the EndCall button has been updated to address the UK keyboard also. If you're interested in moving the power button on the other hand, then there's a thread over on ppcgeeks regarding that subject.

Getting out of fullscreen apps

After I made my version of the GB keyboard do paging with volume +/-, I thought a little about what else one might want. I know some people here really like to have apps in fullscreen mode, without the soft buttons, but then there is the problem of how to get out of such apps (unless the developer thoughtfully provided an exit option). Well, one could modify the GB keyboard app to map something to HOME. Here are three options that come to mind:
- Volume down press. (But then you can't adjust volume.)
- Long volume down hold. (But then your volume gets unnecessarily adjusted.)
- Half-long power hold. (Assuming I can map power keys. I haven't tried.) The down side is that if you want to pop up the long power hold menu, you will be sent home before it shows up. Still, that's perhaps not so bad if you only enable this feature for selected apps.
And here's another option, which could even work together with other keyboards:
- Power button double tap.
You press the power button twice within a short interval (say, 1/2 second) and the current app is exited. Of course, this won't look so good: the screen will turn off and turn back on. But it should be pretty easy to implement.
Any other thoughts?

Hi,
you could simply press the power-button long until the menu pops up and then switch to button-mode which provides a home-button

Instead of getting rid of the softkeys completely, I just make them smaller (24px) using Buttons for RW Rooted Archos.

I you have a rooted device, you can use the button savior app which is available on the market. You can locate this button wherever you want.

ma-shell said:
Hi,
you could simply press the power-button long until the menu pops up and then switch to button-mode which provides a home-button
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I think not. When you an application is forced into fullscreen mode by setting the FULLSCREEN.FULL option in the manifest, the button mode option isn't in the menu--or so I recall.

bach0405 said:
I you have a rooted device, you can use the button savior app which is available on the market. You can locate this button wherever you want.
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Question: Has anybody benchmarked the device with and without button savior to see what it does to graphics performance?

arpruss said:
Question: Has anybody benchmarked the device with and without button savior to see what it does to graphics performance?
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OK, now I did.
AnTuTu 2D without Button Savior: 295
AnTuTu 3D without Button Savior: 674
AnTuTu 2D with Button Savior: 289
AnTuTu 3D with Button Savior: 666
So, surprisingly little difference.

arpruss said:
I think not. When you an application is forced into fullscreen mode by setting the FULLSCREEN.FULL option in the manifest, the button mode option isn't in the menu--or so I recall.
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Oh, what about e.g. the default clock-app or the gallery-app by archos? They don't have those Buttons but you can get them over the menu. Is this somehow "another kind of fullscreen"?

ma-shell said:
Oh, what about e.g. the default clock-app or the gallery-app by archos? They don't have those Buttons but you can get them over the menu. Is this somehow "another kind of fullscreen"?
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I am thinking of apps forced into fullscreen mode either by modifying their manifest.xml file, or by editing the device's packages.xml. These are apps not designed to be used in fullscreen mode, but which can benefit from a fullscreen mode.

[MOD] Switch HOME and MENU Buttons - Hate the physical home button?

Do you hate the physical home button like I do?
Do you wish you could use the capacitive menu key instead of home, and assign much rarely used menu key to the physical button?
Just flash the attached file in Recovery.
The second file is for returning to the original setup if you wish.

awesome gonna try this
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works great u rock!!!
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I especially like how the physical button still wakes the device. so I can hit it to wake the device, then double tap menu for svoice

i wonder if there is a way to make the "back" button long press = context menu. then can avoid the physical button all together

Hey I tried it on my vzw gs3 and it didn't work. :O
Sent from sexy a** Galaxy S III

idelgado782 said:
Hey I tried it on my vzw gs3 and it didn't work. :O
Sent from sexy a** Galaxy S III
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This is for the international Galaxy S3. For the USA versions, there is a separate forum on XDA since most things aren't compatible.

Pitnefor said:
i wonder if there is a way to make the "back" button long press = context menu. then can avoid the physical button all together
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I think context menu might slow things down. But I understand where you're coming from, we have 5 options for 2 capacitive buttons so 1 option will have to be assigned to the physical button. I guess it depends on individuals on which button is the least used. For me is the Search button. Maybe a proposal like this :
Capacitive Menu Button
Short Press : Home
Long Press : Menu
Physical Home Button
Short Press : Home and Wake
Long Press : Search
Capacitive Back Button
Short Press : Back
Long Press : Recent

lukesky said:
I think context menu might slow things down. But I understand where you're coming from, we have 5 options for 2 capacitive buttons so 1 option will have to be assigned to the physical button. I guess it depends on individuals on which button is the least used. For me is the Search button. Maybe a proposal like this :
Capacitive Menu Button
Short Press : Home
Long Press : Menu
Physical Home Button
Short Press : Home and Wake
Long Press : Search
Capacitive Back Button
Short Press : Back
Long Press : Recent
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I would like that ... Much !!

+1

This is great, specially if we implement the new options
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Love this. Does this mean that long press menu brings up 'Recents Menu' ?

ryshah said:
Love this. Does this mean that long press menu brings up 'Recents Menu' ?
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Yes! Both keys are completely switched with all functionality, except that the physical button will still wake the device.
To other suggestions about more functionality, unfortunately I can only switch keys, I can't change the long press functions and such.

Great. Thanks

Does this work with cm9 or only sammy roms?

Works flawlessly with my device. Thank you OP.:good:

Awesome!

aydc said:
Yes! Both keys are completely switched with all functionality, except that the physical button will still wake the device.
To other suggestions about more functionality, unfortunately I can only switch keys, I can't change the long press functions and such.
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Hopefully one day it can be done like the HTC ONE X!

thanks, it works. but now my menu button does not vibrate anymore. it vibrates only in long press....

Installed it, running perfect!
This is how Samsung should do it.
Thanks a lot!!
Edit:
Short press menu button open menu
long predd menu button open taskmanager would be perfect!

gaetanolip said:
thanks, it works. but now my menu button does not vibrate anymore. it vibrates only in long press....
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anyone???

aydc said:
Do you hate the physical home button like I do?
Do you wish you could use the capacitive menu key instead of home, and assign much rarely used menu key to the physical button?
Just flash the attached file in Recovery.
The second file is for returning to the original setup if you wish.
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I hate the home button but I hate more the lack of recents button.
Is there any way to swap the menu button functionality with that of "show recents"?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

LineageOS 16: how to config menu button ?

Hi,
some applications needs a menu button to get all functionality, but my phone do have only "back - home - recent".
In developer options I found a flag to kill apps with long press of back button.
is there any way to get the "menu button" as long press home or recent?
or any other solution ?
Thanks for your hints and tips

Settings buttons

Sorry, this was the first I was looking for
there are only settings for power and volume (hardware buttons), nothing else. Nothing about navigation bar and his buttons.
could this be device specific customized in LOS by devices maintainer?

[email protected] said:
Sorry, this was the first I was looking for
there are only settings for power and volume (hardware buttons), nothing else. Nothing about navigation bar and his buttons.
could this be device specific customized in LOS by devices maintainer?
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Try Button Mapper. You can easily customise any hw button function with it. Available here or from Play Store.

@D4ND310, thanks very much.
That's was I looking for until LOS16 give me settings for my device