Help Still can't type an accented letter on the Moment

[jeffdlb]

If you press and hold a letter on the Moment, it should pop up a menu of alternate symbols or letters (such as

 

[Ancontr86]

get the hero keyboard installed on the moment. this was also an issue for me until i installed the hero keyboard.

 

[momentoid]

What application did you try to enter the text? I composed an email using K-9 Mail app and also tried it in Google Search box. In both cases it worked, and with both physical and on-screen keyboards.

 

[jeffdlb]

I tried in the text messaging app.

 

[SmokinPiff]

it works on mine, but only when I hold down the physical key's. it doesn't work for me when I use the on screen keyboard.

 

[momentoid]

Yes, a bug, the on-screen keyboard is not complete for stock Messaging app. Both keyboards worked successfully on off the Market apps for email, text-messaging, and twitter clients. So this should not be a deal breaker.

 

[jeffdlb]

@momentoid: are you saying the physical keyboard should be able to produce accents on the *stock* SMS app or not? Because it didn't on the phone.

I wanted to try it in another app, but there didn't seem to be a notepad app and I couldn't add calendar entries or contacts without first signing into a Google account, and I didn't want to do that on the store demo phone.

 

[momentoid]

Both keyboards fail on stock SMS app for accented lettering. However, there are better alternatives for SMS on the Market, and I use 'Handcent SMS' app on which both keyboards work.

 

[jeffdlb]

Both keyboards fail on stock SMS app for accented lettering.

OK, thanks for clarification. I will try another demo using a different app.

 

[jeffdlb]

Can someone please tell me specifically how the hardware keyboard does the accents (in the apps where it works). Do you:
push and hold letter,
use cursor arrows to make choice,
push something to accept?
Or must you tap the screen to accept?

Thanks--I can' t get to a store anytime soon.

 

[momentoid]

Can someone please tell me specifically how the hardware keyboard does the accents (in the apps where it works). Do you:
push and hold letter,
use cursor arrows to make choice,
push something to accept?
Or must you tap the screen to accept?

Thanks--I can' t get to a store anytime soon.

* With on-screen keyboard:
- touch and hold the letter
- accented list appears
- touch the accented letter to select

* With physical keyboard
- click and hold the letter
- accented list appears
-- use optical-pad to traverse and click optical-pad or <Enter> to select or
-- use arrow-keys to traverse and click <Enter> to select, or
-- touch accented letter on the screen to select

 

[jeffdlb]

Thanks, momentoid! I think there's a Samsung Moment in my very near future.

 

[momentoid]

Thanks, momentoid! I think there's a Samsung Moment in my very near future.

Good, join the crowd. Let us know how much you like your Moment.