Need support for Ctrl, Alt and arrow keys on X10 Mini Pro

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The SE X10 Mini Pro has a keyboard, but it lacks Ctrl and Alt keys, as well as 
up and down arrow keys (and trackball). This limits the usability of ConnectBot 
somewhat.

Repurposing existing keys would be difficult, as the Swedish keyboard on my 
device only only has nine non-letter keys (number shift, symbol shift, shift, 
left/right arrow, space, backspace and enter).

Perhaps it would be possible to add on-screen softkeys for the missing keys? 
With a keyboard, you usually run in landscape mode, and some soft 
Ctrl/Alt/Esc/arrow keys could fit on the side of the text screen.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sect...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2010 at 7:40

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• x10-mini-pro-connectbot.jpg

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Try the Any Keyboard from market for arrows.

Ctrl and Esc are available on-screen in the connectbot.org version.

Original comment by kenny@the-b.org on 2 Sep 2010 at 5:07

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I downloaded ConnectBot-git-2010-09-02_00-47-27-all.apk but was unable to get 
on-screen Ctrl and Esc working. I am probably overlooking something.

On-screen arrow keys would be nice as well.

Original comment by sect...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2010 at 9:05

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I second the request to fix this, as well as confusion that i downloaded a 
development version and can't seem to find any on-screen display. 
Another idea for things (though not sure if it's possible) is to use the number 
lock (blue) key with non-supported chars, e.g. for up/down use blue-left / 
blue-right. A block of 9 keys on the far-right has no alt character, so maybe 
they could be used for several things.
 Another thing might be to a click-hold function, e.g. click and hold c and it would send a ctrl command.

Original comment by elliotl...@gmail.com on 20 Sep 2010 at 2:08

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Is there any progress? Can I help?

Original comment by w.heijs...@gmail.com on 14 Oct 2010 at 11:12

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I want On-screen arrow keys, too!

Original comment by yuko...@gmail.com on 16 Oct 2010 at 12:07

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Hello, I own exavtly the same model of the Xperia X10 mini pro. I can confirm, 
ConnectBot is unusable without possibility to use up/down arrow keys. I support 
the solution with hotkey combination of blue key and left/right arrows. Thanks 
a lot! Adam

Original comment by adam.net...@gmail.com on 7 Nov 2010 at 12:57

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+1 on #3 and #6. Awsome util, 99%perfect :-)

Original comment by fkier...@gmail.com on 12 Nov 2010 at 10:56

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alternatively a hotkey combination of blue key and backspace(up) and enter 
(down) ?

Original comment by fkier...@gmail.com on 12 Nov 2010 at 11:06

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Perhaps some tips on how to do this ourselves and to commit our
changes to the codebase?

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Original comment by w.heijs...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2010 at 12:38

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I agree that shift-left and shift-right would be great. In the meantime, you 
can move the text cursor up and down on the X10 Mini Pro by triple-tapping the 
lower left corner of the screen (where 'ctrl' appears) followed by n (down) or 
p (up). (More specifically, tap once anywhere on the screen to activate the 
"ctrl,esc" display and then double tap on "ctrl").

Original comment by arturo...@gmail.com on 16 Nov 2010 at 1:26

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I realise ths thread is for the X10 Mini Pro, but I'm having basically the same 
issue on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which also has a virtual keyboard and no 
trackball (or arrow keys). The lack of arrow keys pretty much makes ConnectBot 
useless, or at best very awkward.

For the Galaxy Tab, which is totally reliant on the virtual keyboard, some kind 
of (optional) on-screen cursor keys would be a good solution.

Original comment by ja...@ccl4.org on 18 Nov 2010 at 8:32

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Can someone confirm #10? I'm getting "ctrl,esc" on the X10 Mini Pro screen, but 
neither "p" nor "n" will trigger (up)/(down).
Navigatinn through "history" without (up) is very limited, and let's face it, 
this is what we would really like to do on such a mini, right…
Thanks for all the work so far you folks!

Original comment by makeser...@gmail.com on 13 Dec 2010 at 7:42

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To get the CTRL/ESC I just tap the upper right corner.

Either way, "Smart Keyboard" from the market has the arrow keys and CTRL/ESC.

The free version has nags, but works just fine.

Original comment by murga.ph...@gmail.com on 29 Dec 2010 at 2:45