SwiftKey X and ICS Keyboard Question...

[Rickgsx]

I posted this thread in the Application section, but I didn't make any progress... so I thought I would repost here to see if some of the pro's can help out...

I have two questions that for the life of me I can not figure out.... I tried to do a search on the forum to no avail... My questions are...

1. How the heck can I select, copy/cut/paste text using SwiftKey..? for the life of me I have not been able to figure this out.. it was very easy when I was using "Swipe"... but cant figure it out wiht this app.

2. Does SwiftKey X allow you type using "swipe" like dragging...?


One example would be...
- From my home computer, I copy 100 "different" Command Line actions and switches (I'm an IT guy) into a notepad and put them on Dropbox
- From work, I want to goto Dropbox via my phone and "Copy" or Cut & Paste a "SINGLE" command line (Not the entire 100 lines) from my notepad in dropbox and paste it in a txt message and send it off to a co-worker..

On my old phone (Droid-X) I was able to do this very easily using Swype by doing the following
- Goto my notepad in dropbox
- From the swype keyboard, select Fn + SYM and this would bring up a submenu
- From the submenu, I was able to "Select Text" and click Cut/Copy/Paste/End/Home or whatever..
- Then goto my txt application (ChompSMS) and click Paste and it would paste the txt I wanted

Hopefully this is a better example of my question.... As a note, the only keyboards I'm using on my Gnex is the Factory Android and SwiftKeyX... I tried to look for Swype Keyboard but they haven't realease it for ICS yet... I heard its still in development.

Also, if there is a 3rd Party App that does Cut/Copy/Paste, etc... between apps, I would be happy to hear about those as well...

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer....

 

[anon(79053)]

On my phone I opened a text file on Dropbox with a Notepad app. If the cursor is at the end of the line, I can't select text when I long press. But if I long press on the last word, it will highlight it and then have drag cursors around the word. Then I drag the lead cursor to the beginning of the line and that way I can select the entire line. From there it's just copy and paste to another app. BTW, the copy icon is in the upper right corner.

 

[Niner17]

SwiftKey X does not have Swype capability. It's big feature is predicting words to be typed.

 

[S281]

With swiftkey, it doesnt do word prediction on this site (mobile) ,or many others ,which is a big downfall.

 

[seanubis]

Picture = 1k words

(I agree, this isn't nearly as handy as the editing keys that Swype provides, but it'll do until Swype is available for the GN.)

 

[Rickgsx]

Thank you for the feedback...

Based on the suggestions and screenshots above (Nice screenshot btw)...I have found an easier way to Cut/Copy.... by clicking on my notepad in dropbox and selecting it to open with ES Editor.... HOWEVER, the issue is... when I goto ChompSMS to past the txt, I do not have an option to Paste... even if I long press...

THoughts...? and yes, I can NOT wait for Swype to come out for the GN... I really miss that feature...

 

[yosteve]

Downloaded Swype to the GNex last night, search these forums. Imo, touchpal has the best copy and paste interface, it has select all and arrow keys and even a Swyping function and voice to type and a dedicated hide keyboard button. But its prediction leaves a lot to be featured. Too bad.

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[Rickgsx]

When I had my DX I LOVED swype...then when I got the GNex I did some research on newer apps...and one of them was the SwiftKey x Keyboard with its predictions...

To be honest... I really only want Swype for the Cut/Copy/Paste, portion of the application... I prefer to use the SwiftKeyX for the primary keyboard for the predictions. I find that I can txt faster with SwiftKeyX faster then Swype...

And my backup keyboard is the Factory Android..... the voice recognition is AWESOME... but I do want to look TouchPal to see how that works.... and look for Swype... You dont recall where you downloaded it on here...? if so, please post up the link...

Thanks...

 

[Rickgsx]

Okay... I think we can safely call this Assignment Completed...LOL...

Found and downloaded Swype for the Gnex...and it works awesome..!!

And although I hate to have 3 different keyboards to perform these functions that I needed... until I can find one that does them all... it is what it is...

Here's what I have todate...
- Android Keyboard... used for Voice Reconition ONLY... works awesome
- SwiftyKey X - Physical Key typing, texting with Great Predictions
- Swype - Used for VERY CLEAN Copy/Cut/Paste, etc... features.... also note, the Swype feature as well as the Voice Reconition also works well....

Thank's to everyone that provided ideas and suggestions...