Alt key combination on Motorola CLIQ/DEXT

[dharma89]

I am not sure if it is a bug or something. - but I think it is a bug so I post it here.

when I use my physical keyboard on motorola cliq, i use symbols and numbers lot, but when it comes to smart keyboard pro, the alt key function is little different.
what i mean is this - for the physical button Q, motorola has designated this button with 1, so when I press alt+Q, it puts 1 when i type with stock Android Keyboad.
however, when i use it with smartkeyboardpro, it types * when i press alt+Q so it is kinda confusing and i needed to memorize the combination...
so I just wanna know if SMART KEYBOARD has certain patterns for alt+letters on physical keyboard? or is it a bug?

and the most frustrating problem of this is that with this app, I cannot type '0' at all with physical keyboard. i can find all numbers but 0, also i cannot type '/' and few more that i cannot think of.... perhaps some other physical keyboard has a combination to type 0, but unfortunately I tried all of combination but I just cannot type 0, and / from my physical keyboard. (so I made custom shortcut to change qw into 0, it is kinda bothersome but not too bad)
so please let us know what is going on with this issue! and please fix it if it is a bug indeed.
however, if it is not a bug but intended function of the app - here is my thought to solve this matter.
- have an option to choose certain presets of combination by manufacturer - ( i think motorola pretty sticks with its symbol patterns on the physical keyboard)
- or give us an option to make alt+letter customizable so users can set up according to their own physical keyboard.

[dharma89]

so i guess even from same manufacturer they do have different combination.... welll i think making it customizable by user will be easier for you if it is possible...

[cyril]

Hello
the key mapping (including Alt keys) is something hard coded in Android, so if Motorola changed the mapping on some of their phones problems are likely to happen... (I'm not even talking about their weird mapping for languages other than English). I'll try to see how to address this problem, but it will not be that easy

[dharma89]

oh really? I did not know it was that hard and worked that way because if I run stock Android Keyboard I get correct alt combination..
thank you for that u will try although it is hard thing to do!

[jaha]

Hi,

I am using a Motorola Pro+ and have the exact same problem. When enabling the "Physical keyboard" setting none of my alt+ keys are mapped correct. When I for example type alt+A i get a # but the button indicate an !. When pressing alt+A when setting "Physical keyboard" is disabled I get the correct letter !.

Smart Keyboard is everything I want from a keyboard utility except this problem.

Is there any solution to this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards
Jarle