- I think you are confused between speed key (9 dots on keyboard) and the convenience key (located on right side of device). I think you mean convenience key. Because it's the one you programme to launch a specific app.
And I think it's as easy as:
Settings / Gestures / convenience key07-14-18 03:18 AMLike 0 -
- The Speedkey doesn't have shortcuts assigned to it. The keys of your keyboard do. You can change those in Settings.
All the Speed Key does is allow you to use your keyboard short cuts when in an app. If in the home screen you don't need to use the Speed Key.07-14-18 01:39 PMLike 0 - Here is something odd though - if you have search enabled instead of short key presses, you can still assign short press speed key shortcuts, but you can't view or edit them - it tells you to disable search to use short press shortcuts, and you can't see what is currently assigned.
I noticed this because I was setting the speed key short press shortcuts to match long press shortcuts, which makes the speed key much...speedier07-14-18 02:19 PMLike 2 - Here is something odd though - if you have search enabled instead of short key presses, you can still assign short press speed key shortcuts, but you can't view or edit them - it tells you to disable search to use short press shortcuts, and you can't see what is currently assigned.
I noticed this because I was setting the speed key short press shortcuts to match long press shortcuts, which makes the speed key much...speedier
The Speed Key is not programmable. Maybe a long press on Speed Key could be used for keyboard search. And short press for keyboard shortcuts. That might work but not for now.sibeans likes this.07-15-18 06:10 AMLike 1 - I've been trying to figure this out too. Changing the long press shortcut in settings doesn't affect the shortcut assigned by the speed key and the chosen key.
Assigned lock device when I first pressed the speed key + T, when I go into keyboard shortcuts in settings, a different action is assigned to T.07-17-18 12:34 PMLike 0 - I've been trying to figure this out too. Changing the long press shortcut in settings doesn't affect the shortcut assigned by the speed key and the chosen key.
Assigned lock device when I first pressed the speed key + T, when I go into keyboard shortcuts in settings, a different action is assigned to T.09-07-18 08:42 AMLike 0 -
I want to change SpeedKey+V from what it is currently programmed to, to something else. Unable to figure how to do so.09-07-18 09:05 AMLike 0 -
You do know you don't need to use the Speedkey to use your keyboard shortcuts, unless you are in an opened app...right?09-07-18 09:14 AMLike 0 - Yep I know.
And this does not change speedkey+V, only my long press shortcut (same behaviour as described by @sibeans).
Try it yourself!09-07-18 10:51 AMLike 0 -
I assigned a new key (speedkey+c) to calculator. When I go into shortcuts, longpress for C is set to "compose new email".
If I longpress C on home screen it prompts to compose an email. If I speedkey+c it opens calculator.
My short press shortcuts are not enabled (I have short press set to type-to-search)09-07-18 01:21 PMLike 0 - Somehow we seem to be getting different behaviours.
I assigned a new key (speedkey+c) to calculator. When I go into shortcuts, longpress for C is set to "compose new email".
If I longpress C on home screen it prompts to compose an email. If I speedkey+c it opens calculator.
My short press shortcuts are not enabled (I have short press set to type-to-search)09-07-18 01:27 PMLike 0 - how about if you try to disable the search and have both long press and short press shortcuts set it up the way you want to and then enable the search option when you have the shortcuts in the order you like.09-07-18 01:35 PMLike 0
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For speedkey shortcuts, I just speedkey+(key) an unassigned key, which also brings up a shortcut assignment prompt.
Now that I look closer, the prompts are slightly different. Here is a test using unassigned "G"
Long press G from home screen:
And here's speedkey+G:
Will keep trying solutions such as the one suggested by the poster above.09-07-18 04:56 PMLike 0 - For a long press shortcut, I either long press an unassigned key from the home screen which pops up the shortcut assignment prompt, or go through settings > shortcuts & gestures.
For speedkey shortcuts, I just speedkey+(key) an unassigned key, which also brings up a shortcut assignment prompt.
Now that I look closer, the prompts are slightly different. Here is a test using unassigned "G"
Long press G from home screen:
And here's speedkey+G:
Will keep trying solutions such as the one suggested by the poster above.09-09-18 05:56 AMLike 0 - I think your using the speed key wrong! You don't need to press to assign a short cut. When you are in crackberry app and want to go to Facebook without going to the home screen you press and hold the speed key and what ever key you have already (previously) assigned to open Facebook. When you set up your shortcuts be it long press or short press. but if you are use short press for search only your long press shortcuts will be active. So when you want to jump from app to app without going to the home screen you use both keys. no need to set up short cuts using speed key09-09-18 09:41 PMLike 0
- I think your using the speed key wrong! You don't need to press to assign a short cut. When you are in crackberry app and want to go to Facebook without going to the home screen you press and hold the speed key and what ever key you have already (previously) assigned to open Facebook. When you set up your shortcuts be it long press or short press. but if you are use short press for search only your long press shortcuts will be active. So when you want to jump from app to app without going to the home screen you use both keys. no need to set up short cuts using speed key09-10-18 05:45 AMLike 0
- I think your using the speed key wrong! You don't need to press to assign a short cut. When you are in crackberry app and want to go to Facebook without going to the home screen you press and hold the speed key and what ever key you have already (previously) assigned to open Facebook. When you set up your shortcuts be it long press or short press. but if you are use short press for search only your long press shortcuts will be active. So when you want to jump from app to app without going to the home screen you use both keys. no need to set up short cuts using speed key
In any case, it appears that me having done so has caused this assignment to be stored somewhere other than the longpress shortcut settings screen.09-10-18 12:29 PMLike 0 - The fact that you CAN assign a shortcut this way (speedkey+unassigned key) probably means it was intended to be able to do so, no?
In any case, it appears that me having done so has caused this assignment to be stored somewhere other than the longpress shortcut settings screen.09-10-18 12:42 PMLike 0 - Okay, I figured this out. @Egonzalez1978 and @sclitheroe were circling it.
First of all, I did not realize that you can have different shortcuts for short and long presses using the speed key (I knew you could set it like this for homescreen, but did not realize same thing for speed key).
Second of all, indeed, you cannot get to the shortpress settings via Settings>Shortcuts&Gestures if you have shortpress set to type-to-search .. and it turns out that *this* is where the shortcuts I have been using with my speed key have been hiding. So I do have to go into BB Launcher settings and change shortpress function to shortcut, rather than search, in order to change them for the speedkey (however you can assign a shortpress using speedkey+shortpress using an unassigned key).
Now, I will go through and match my short press and long press shortcuts, then re-enable search. That way my device will work as I have been intending: have type-to-search on home screen, longpress a key from homescreen to access shortcut, or speedkey+key from within an app to do the same thing that longpress on homescreen would do.
@akular1 / @Johberry / @Smokeaire this may be relevant for you.Last edited by bsommerhalder; 09-10-18 at 01:35 PM.
09-10-18 01:23 PMLike 0 - Okay, I figured this out. @Egonzalez1978 and @sclitheroe were circling it.
First of all, I did not realize that you can have different shortcuts for short and long presses using the speed key (I knew you could set it like this for homescreen, but did not realize same thing for speed key).
Second of all, indeed, you cannot get to the shortpress settings via Settings>Shortcuts&Gestures if you have shortpress set to type-to-search .. and it turns out that *this* is where the shortcuts I have been using with my speed key have been hiding. So I do have to go into BB Launcher settings and change shortpress function to shortcut, rather than search, in order to change them for the speedkey.
Now, I will go through and match my short press and long press shortcuts, then re-enable search. That way my device will work as I have been intending: have type-to-search on home screen, longpress a key from homescreen to access shortcut, or speedkey+key from within an app to do the same thing that longpress on homescreen would do.
@akular1 / @Johberry / @Smokeaire this may be relevant for you.09-10-18 01:29 PMLike 0 - Okay, I figured this out. @Egonzalez1978 and @sclitheroe were circling it.
First of all, I did not realize that you can have different shortcuts for short and long presses using the speed key (I knew you could set it like this for homescreen, but did not realize same thing for speed key).
Second of all, indeed, you cannot get to the shortpress settings via Settings>Shortcuts&Gestures if you have shortpress set to type-to-search .. and it turns out that *this* is where the shortcuts I have been using with my speed key have been hiding. So I do have to go into BB Launcher settings and change shortpress function to shortcut, rather than search, in order to change them for the speedkey.
Now, I will go through and match my short press and long press shortcuts, then re-enable search. That way my device will work as I have been intending: have type-to-search on home screen, longpress a key from homescreen to access shortcut, or speedkey+key from within an app to do the same thing that longpress on homescreen would do.
@akular1 / @Johberry / @Smokeaire this may be relevant for you.09-10-18 01:31 PMLike 0
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