I'm sure I'm not the only one with this issue but I can't seem to highlight and copy an address in my URL. I'm using dolphin browser and have tried several different keyboards. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
ssdave said:
I'm sure I'm not the only one with this issue but I can't seem to highlight and copy an address in my URL. I'm using dolphin browser and have tried several different keyboards. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
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Dolphin is a PITA for copying URLs.
Add bookmark for the page you want to copy the URL for, but before clicking "OK", long press in the address then click copy out of the box there, then click cancel so you don't have the bookmark.
The only way I know to copy URL in Dolphin
you can highlight the url to copy.. It takes double tapping on the url just exactly right to fast it will reload to slow .. ahh i forget what it does.. Its frustrating beyound reasonable.. the book mark thing works as well...this issue also exist in stock browser... GRRRRR Makes me wanna chuck my tablet across the room at times...
we need a right click menu box are you listening google...
kjy2010 said:
Dolphin is a PITA for copying URLs.
Add bookmark for the page you want to copy the URL for, but before clicking "OK", long press in the address then click copy out of the box there, then click cancel so you don't have the bookmark.
The only way I know to copy URL in Dolphin
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I'll try this out when I get home. I don't have this problem when using my Evo 3D on the dolphin browser. I thought there might be a trick. Thanks for the info.
ssdave said:
I'll try this out when I get home. I don't have this problem when using my Evo 3D on the dolphin browser. I thought there might be a trick. Thanks for the info.
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It's been a known issue with Dolphin since day one that they haven't deemed necessary to fix!
I have an Acer Iconia A500 and I use Dolphin Browser HD with the stock keyboard.
To copy a URL, I navigate to the page, press and hold in the address bar, and then select "Copy page url" from the resulting choices. It doesn't visibly highlight the URL, but it's there when I go to paste.
AndroidDreamer said:
I have an Acer Iconia A500 and I use Dolphin Browser HD with the stock keyboard.
To copy a URL, I navigate to the page, press and hold in the address bar, and then select "Copy page url" from the resulting choices. It doesn't visibly highlight the URL, but it's there when I go to paste.
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That had to be an addition in one of the newer updates, because it is in fact there now, but wasn't before. Thanks!
kjy2010 said:
That had to be an addition in one of the newer updates, because it is in fact there now, but wasn't before. Thanks!
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Glad to know that my first forum post actually helped someone. I'm using the latest version (7.3.0) of Dolphin Browser HD. I'm not sure when the "copy URL" feature was added, as I've had my Acer Iconia A500 and A100 for less than a month.
I'm new to Android, and I have a question that is probably very basic.... My touch is often imprecise, even when the page is zoomed, and when I'm trying to type something I often find that I need to move forward just a character or a word or two. Is there some way to do this with the on-screen keyboard? Sometimes it drives me nuts trying to find the spot I want to get to with my finger!
AndroidDreamer said:
I'm new to Android, and I have a question that is probably very basic.... My touch is often imprecise, even when the page is zoomed, and when I'm trying to type something I often find that I need to move forward just a character or a word or two. Is there some way to do this with the on-screen keyboard? Sometimes it drives me nuts trying to find the spot I want to get to with my finger!
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Not with the stock keyboard. Try Hackers Keyboard in the market, it adds arrow keys.
erica_renee said:
you can highlight the url to copy.. It takes double tapping on the url just exactly right to fast it will reload to slow .. ahh i forget what it does.. Its frustrating beyound reasonable.. the book mark thing works as well...this issue also exist in stock browser... GRRRRR Makes me wanna chuck my tablet across the room at times...
we need a right click menu box are you listening google...
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I have never had that issue on my a500, even when I was running pure unrooted stock. Just press and hold on the URL in the address bar. Little bar above comes up with cut, copy, and paste. Easy easy.
*redownloads dolphin HD*
*instantly remembers why I removed it*
Ah well. Yeah, as I thought, look at the address bar, press and hold on the URL, there's your menu, with copy URL on it.
Simple.
I don't get what issues you guys are having, sorry.
mtmerrick said:
*redownloads dolphin HD*
*instantly remembers why I removed it*
Ah well. Yeah, as I thought, look at the address bar, press and hold on the URL, there's your menu, with copy URL on it.
Simple.
I don't get what issues you guys are having, sorry.
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It was not always so in Dolphin HD. As a matter of fact if you do a deep search in this forum (at least a few months back), Dolphin lacked that feature
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AndroidDreamer said:
Glad to know that my first forum post actually helped someone. I'm using the latest version (7.3.0) of Dolphin Browser HD. I'm not sure when the "copy URL" feature was added, as I've had my Acer Iconia A500 and A100 for less than a month.
I'm new to Android, and I have a question that is probably very basic.... My touch is often imprecise, even when the page is zoomed, and when I'm trying to type something I often find that I need to move forward just a character or a word or two. Is there some way to do this with the on-screen keyboard? Sometimes it drives me nuts trying to find the spot I want to get to with my finger!
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The little blue tab that appears when you click in a text area is supposed to help with that (supposedly just drag it where you want your cursor), but it's FAR from perfect
kjy2010 said:
The little blue tab that appears when you click in a text area is supposed to help with that (supposedly just drag it where you want your cursor), but it's FAR from perfect
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I just tried that, and it does help a lot! I was able to slide the green arrow tab where I needed it to go. Thank you so much!
Does anyone know where there are similar Android on-screen keyboard tips? I'd like to review the basics—like how to highlight, copy, paste, etc. I tried Google, but I couldn't find what I was looking for.
heres your guide:
To highlight something long press on the word. In dolphin a menu will pop up. Hit select text. The word will be selected and there will be a bar on the top of your page with copy, ect. In the stock hc browser, the popup menu step is simply skipped.
mtmerrick said:
heres your guide:
To highlight something long press on the word. In dolphin a menu will pop up. Hit select text. The word will be selected and there will be a bar on the top of your page with copy, ect. In the stock hc browser, the popup menu step is simply skipped.
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Thank you! I've been able to copy things randomly, but I was never quite sure how I had done it!
I just tried what you suggested, and now I see that I can move the green arrow tab(s) to highlight and copy multiple words too. Yay!
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On WM 6.5, I find it almost impossible to edit word documents. Highlighting certain sections for copying, cutting is next to impossible. By repeatedly tapping on the screen, you can highlight a word or paragraph, but forget about highlighting 2 words next to each other. Anybody else ran into this problem and found a fix?
Press and hold for about as long as it normally takes to trigger a popup menu. You won't see any indication that anything is happening, but after the proper delay you will be able to select instead of scrolling.
enisoc said:
Press and hold for about as long as it normally takes to trigger a popup menu. You won't see any indication that anything is happening, but after the proper delay you will be able to select instead of scrolling.
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Awesome. That worked. Thanks.
Here's another way. Look at post #8 here
Tref said:
Here's another way. Look at post #8 here
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Great. Will try that out as well.
Now, how about the other way around? I have some 3rd party software where I would like finger scrolling to be enabled but default behavior is no scrolling. Could someone direct me to the appropriate registry?
So this is something that kinda bothers me.
After Damage Control's V1 (2.1) this is pretty much the only thing I can think of to ***** about
If you're in the browser, at some random web page, and you press the search hard button... there is no damn space bar! The search button does bring up the search bar, but you have to goto the symbols just to press the space after each button. Its a real PITA.
Is this something that would be difficult to fix?
poor_red_neck said:
So this is something that kinda bothers me.
After Damage Control's 2.1 this is pretty much the only thing I can think of to ***** about
If you're in the browser, at some random web page, and you press the search hard button... there is no damn space bar! The search button does bring up the search bar, but you have to goto the symbols just to press the space after each button. Its a real PITA.
Is this something that would be difficult to fix?
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Uhmm I'm on Darchlegend V4, and when I hit search I comes up with the spacebar, but it's about half the size, and looks like an under bracket
chococrazy said:
Uhmm I'm on Darchlegend V4, and when I hit search I comes up with the spacebar, but it's about half the size, and looks like an under bracket
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I'm sure you know this, but he (me too) is on DamageControl v1.0.
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Uhmm I'm on Darchlegend V4, and when I hit search I comes up with the spacebar, but it's about half the size, and looks like an under bracket
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Uhmm...... I don't....
If I could find my damn USB cable I'll post a screenshot.
Are you pressing search while IN THE BROWSER? The search works fine in any other program. Just not in the browser.
I just nand'ed back to my 1.5 modaco rom and it is the same way... no space bar.
poor_red_neck said:
I just nand'ed back to my 1.5 modaco rom and it is the same way... no space bar.
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It's probably the HTC STOCK keyboard that's causing this, because in Darch's rom he has the stock android keyboard in it.
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Uhmm...... I don't....
If I could find my damn USB cable I'll post a screenshot.
Are you pressing search while IN THE BROWSER? The search works fine in any other program. Just not in the browser.
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Here's a screenie... see no space.
regaw_leinad said:
Here's a screenie... see no space.
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Yah that's because of the keyboard. Download the Android keyboard, and you should have a spacebar.
chococrazy said:
Yah that's because of the keyboard. Download the Android keyboard, and you should have a spacebar.
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yup, i just went to that cause someone requested a screen shot lol
I can confirm this happens in a vanilla install of DamageControl V1.0 -espresso- I can also confirm that this did not happen with my stock 1.5 build.
Do you folks think this is a 2.1 bug from HTC that is affecting ALL 2.1 roms sporting sense and the HTC keyboard then?
Is it something that can be easily fixed in the code?
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I can confirm this happens in a vanilla install of DamageControl V1.0 -espresso- I can also confirm that this did not happen with my stock 1.5 build.
Do you folks think this is a 2.1 bug from HTC that is affecting ALL 2.1 roms sporting sense and the HTC keyboard then?
Is it something that can be easily fixed in the code?
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my guess is that it's just calling the wrong keyboard to come up.
regaw_leinad said:
my guess is that it's just calling the wrong keyboard to come up.
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Yes.
Now, how do we fix it *facepalm*
bobsbobbers said:
Yes.
Now, how do we fix it *facepalm*
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oh thats an easy one...
Just press the Search button twice.
notrock said:
Just press the Search button twice.
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Indeed!
The first "search" brings up the URL search and URL keyboard. It is designed for searching URLs and space is not a valid character in URL. Note that the
text in the search box says "Search or type URL".
Pressing "search" again, calls up a normal text search, and thus you get the keyboard with a space, and the text in the search box says "Quick Search Box".
Therefore, it's not a bug or an omission - it is by design.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
Indeed!
The first "search" brings up the URL search and URL keyboard. It is designed for searching URLs and space is not a valid character in URL. Note that the
text in the search box says "Search or type URL".
Pressing "search" again, calls up a normal text search, and thus you get the keyboard with a space, and the text in the search box says "Quick Search Box".
Therefore, it's not a bug or an omission - it is by design.
Regards,
Dave
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Thats exactly what i was gonna say! The first search option for websites doesnt include the spacebar cuz there is never a space is a url... therefore this is a misunderstanding of how the software functions. A different keyboard will not change how the browser's search function works. It will still by default show url searches first. Changing browsers may help...
foxmeister said:
Indeed!
The first "search" brings up the URL search and URL keyboard. It is designed for searching URLs and space is not a valid character in URL. Note that the
text in the search box says "Search or type URL".
Pressing "search" again, calls up a normal text search, and thus you get the keyboard with a space, and the text in the search box says "Quick Search Box".
Therefore, it's not a bug or an omission - it is by design.
Regards,
Dave
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BRILLIANT!
That is actually quite well designed now that I am aware!
This phone and forum never cease to amaze me.
I'm a little late to this conversation, looks like you guys got it figured out.
When you type in a new URL on your normal pc with a browser (Firefox of IE eg) he selects all the text and you can immediatly type in a new address. However, with the Tab when you click on the URL bar you always (at least I do) have to backspace the address that is shown in the bar and only after this you can type a new address. Is there a way to do this like on a normal pc?
ps. I tested it with Opera, stock browser and Dolphin and it s there with all three.
Doesnt do it with my dolphin or stock browser. When i touch the url bar, it highlights the whole thing blue so when i type, it deletes it all first.
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jtc442 said:
Doesnt do it with my dolphin or stock browser. When i touch the url bar, it highlights the whole thing blue so when i type, it deletes it all first.
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strange, are you running JK5 too?
Yup
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sanderh said:
When you type in a new URL on your normal pc with a browser (Firefox of IE eg) he selects all the text and you can immediatly type in a new address. However, with the Tab when you click on the URL bar you always (at least I do) have to backspace the address that is shown in the bar and only after this you can type a new address. Is there a way to do this like on a normal pc?
ps. I tested it with Opera, stock browser and Dolphin and it s there with all three.
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Although I do not have Galaxy Tab (I have Galaxy S), I'm experiencing the same thing, both in Opera as well as in stock browser. I'm sure it was not so from beginning. I suspect that some app must be interfering but as till now I couldn't find which.
I'm on JK5, and I can confirm that both in stock and Dolphin, when I touch the address bar it is already highlighted, so I just need to type to delete what is there.
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Dave
foxmeister said:
I'm on JK5, and I can confirm that both in stock and Dolphin, when I touch the address bar it is already highlighted, so I just need to type to delete what is there.
Regards,
Dave
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For me on my Galaxy S (Froyo) it was also like this, but after some time (probably after installing some app) it stopped behaving like that. When the browser is in portrait mode everything works fine, but if I switch to landscape then after selecting address bar initially the url is highlighted, but then the keyboard appears with some delay and selection is lost and cursor placed at the end of url. I'm pretty sure it is fault of some app, but till now I couldn't confirm it. On Eclair I've never experienced anything like this, so I guess it also has something to do with Froyo too.
quicker way, don't click on the address bar, just press the search key
le3ky said:
quicker way, don't click on the address bar, just press the search key
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simple but great tip! thxz
I could be wrong but I've noticed this only happen on AT&T Tab with JK5. I didn't see this issue on Tmob tab which I no longer have so couldn't confirm.
Besides the searc tip above, anyone knows how to fix this (clicking on URL it highlights the string instead of bringing up the full keyboard)?
TIA
just noticed that the search button solution stopped working too
sanderh said:
just noticed that the search button solution stopped working too
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how so?
(10 char)
This is what I do and it works on all browsers: touch and hold the address bar until popup menu shows up and use "select all".
Funny thing. It only happens to me when i have my tab in landscape mode; in portrait when i select the address bar, it highlights the url, but in landscape it doesn't. Uhm?
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sanderh said:
Typing a new URL in browser not easy (all browsers!)
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how is pressing 1 button "not easy"?
This only happens when the device is in landscape mode. Portrait mode works just fine.
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Confirmed that the problem is only in landscape mode
I am trying to remove the 'exit' prompt when hitting the back key. The FAQ at their website says go to Menu/More/Settings to turn off the prompt. Problem is that I can't find Menu/More/Settings. Where is it?
Hit the system menu button at the bottom left of the screen. Go into settings (you might not have to hit "More"), change settings.
Entropy,
Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry for being so slow but I do not see any menu button at the bottom left of the screen. When I bring up the Dolphin browser I have a left arrow for back, a up arrow that brings up the tablet home page, a layered rectangle that brings up a graphical column that has My Apps, Team Stream, Gmail, Google Search, and Settings.
If I hit Settings I do not get a "More". The last icon at the lower left, a rectangle grid brings up the a bottom six options; refresh, bookmarks, toolbar, forward, exit, and uh-oh "more". Oops! There it is. Found exit settings and fixed the problem. Thank you very much.
lmao!
Glad you got it! Totally got a chuckle out of that stream of consciousness style there lol
Where is the Thanks button?
Get the dolphine browser for tablets.
Good luck
jborchel said:
Where is the Thanks button?
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Below each post - if you don't see it you need to hit the user cp and change your theme, I think
Brilliant, so goodto know there is at least one other person out there that is as slow as me at spotting the obvious. Now if I can just find someone with the inability to saty polite when drunk then I've had a good day.
erica_renee said:
Get the dolphine browser for tablets.
Good luck
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I tried dolphin for tablets but it was blurry. It didn't look good. I looked through the options to see if there was a way to fix it but I couldn't find anything.
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Hello to everyone,
first of all sorry if this thread is posted in wrong theme.. I want to know how to download files for example from mail etc. in .doc, .xls in Dolphin Browser HD..I have used Opera and it downloads everything,but Dolphin looks much better so I want to know is there solution?Some people told me to download app Download All Files from Market but it doesn't help me.Is there any other solution?
Thank you
Hey Gmfeny, did you get you random wifi disconnects sorted... I read that you used the wifi analyzer (where did you find that..?) and then at your womans pad, it started working. What is the latest. Later on.
Ok, this is going to probably sound really dumb, but it's driving me nuts.
I've used Android for a few years now, and I've never sorted out if there's a way to scroll left and right in a text area.
No matter what keyboard I've used, I just end up deleting the whole dang thing, and typing from scratch, if it's text in a small window.
For example, if I typed a long url, and I realized after hitting enter that I must have made a typo. I'd like to go left to right in that bar and look for it easily.
I guess this has plagued me on every Apple and Android device I've owned. On RIM it was easy enough, and on older Symbian it was fine.
What the heck am I missing here?
Thanks!
Tap anywhere on the entered text - wait - there will be a blue arrow cursor below the text. Drag it whenever you want to start typing from.
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Fatal1ty_18_RUS said:
Type anywhere on the entered text - wait - there will be a blue arrow cursor below the text. Drag it whenever you want to start typing from.
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Nifty. That works in the URL bar, but what about other input areas?
I can't seem to make that work in say the google search input window.
bladebarrier said:
Nifty. That works in the URL bar, but what about other input areas?
I can't seem to make that work in say the google search input window.
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Works for me.
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Works for me.
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Ah, it's a Firefox issue then. I tried chrome and it works in that (though I never really use chrome).
Ok thanks.
I was hoping there would be a convenient left and right key option on the keyboard itself, so that it wouldn't matter what app I'm using, but I guess it's tied to the app itself. That kind of stinks. It's rather awkward in design.
Do you know of an alternative keyboard that supports that type of functionality? I like the "Swpe-like" setup in the stock keyboard, but I'd much rather have an easier correction method built in.
You can enable the function to move the cursor using the volume rocker. It's in Settings - Language and Input - and that option will be down below the input methods
I miss the big keyboard with arrows from HTC Flyer though - it's pretty awesome to use in portrait mode, though not as useful in landscape since it takes much more space than N7's does
And no, I don't know about other keyboard since I don't use them, I prefer stock
Fatal1ty_18_RUS said:
You can enable the function to move the cursor using the volume rocker. It's in Settings - Language and Input - and that option will be down below the input methods
I miss the big keyboard with arrows from HTC Flyer though - it's pretty awesome to use in portrait mode, though not as useful in landscape since it takes much more space than N7's does
And no, I don't know about other keyboard since I don't use them, I prefer stock
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Excellent. That will work just fine.
Thanks a bunch for your help!