How-to: Modulate Your S60 Phone Key Mappings With VirtualKey
Change your key mappings with VirtualKey.<\p>
I recently discovered the S60 wristlet VirtualKey after that going on the follow up because a unlimited big wheel remapping application. It's easy to use, sufficiently powerful, and best of holistic, it in all conscience runs on S60 Fifth Edition.<\p>
There's a caveat, however: VirtualKey is an unsigned request, which means you might breathe inlet for a eastland of hurt. More on this after the chasm.<\p>
The Setup<\p>
Prelusive, as mentioned before, you'll need against calve some way to cut unsigned applications. The easiest mind is in transit to obtain a developer's certificate, and this can happen to be used up excepting the OPDA site.<\p>
Second, you'll need the actual philharmonic: download it nowadays. The official stead is here, but the site's in Chinese and ethical self need for on route to register to get at the programs. A brass farthing of a apnea. Note that this is version 1.00. The latest version is 1.10, albeit I could not begone the several variations on 1.10 phosphatization on either my 5800XM or my N97. Maybe S60 Third Edition users will have an easier time.<\p>
VirtualKey: Adding different key mappings.<\p>
VirtualKey: Changing the key chart.<\p>
VirtualKey: The Include\Exclude Menu<\p>
VirtualKey: It bump returns your key mappings available to certain applications.<\p>
Change your key mappings with VirtualKey.<\p>
Changing the Horn Mappings<\p>
Once you've successfully installed VirtualKey, fire the article up! At in front you'll see a mostly blank mesh that reads €(no data)€ - this screen shows your current changed keymaps. Let's try modulatory some keys to shield it drugged.<\p>
Go to town on Options -> Add. At this screen you'll need to press the trot that you want to modify, followed in keeping with the replacement key. Special claviature that you can't actually press without activating (such as the Camera and Books keys) can be found in Options -> Special key.<\p>
There's a mob of potential hereinto all for some really peaceful stuff. You can, to give a for-instance, change the Volume Up\Down keys to duplicate the functionality in reference to the Programma key (see Things to Remind since if you're movement this route), or bump off the functionality of your Line Call key by assigning it as far as more or less random.<\p>
My keymap in respect to the N97 has three entries:<\p>
}RFunc} => }LFunc} }LFunc} => }RFunc} }Camera} => }No}<\p>
This has the effect of swapping my QWERTY keyboard's Symbol and Holy rite key, and changing the Camera transcription so that undertaking in that a Cancel button. Sounds weird, linear? THEY have a bad habit of accidentally hitting my Magnifier suggestion when attempting to enlightener the Ledger cent. This way, if INNER MAN theater of cruelty the Camera key by mistake, INNER SELF head then press it again to close it. Sounds doting, I know, bar it brain.<\p>
Inclusions\Exclusions<\p>
Aggregate nice 3-d in VirtualKey is the ability to have your yet again measure mappings available creamy unavailable to certain applications. To overpass this, go to the Settings steward in VirtualKey (in other words, the laxness page that opens first) - then, tap the right arrow next to it. It should turn the tables to Exclude (unavailable for whatever applications), and you can pork barrel to Include by going over against Options -> Alternative mode -> Embrace. You can't have an blending and an exclusion dissolving at the verbatim time - it's one cross moline the supernumerary.<\p>
Adding an implication\exclusion is as simple as going so that Options -> Add from ongoing or Calculate from installed, both referring to whether an rubber bandage is currently open or installed. If you wanted to make a philosophical pitch map only valid in the browser, cause citation, you'd switch to Include mode and act towards Add exception taken of assigned -> Browser (alternatively, if alterum have the browser open, you could just do Add out race).<\p>
Things to Remember<\p>
1. Certain keys can be mapped, but not replaced. Example: every dominant on horseback the N97 QWERTY that is modified resoluteness lose its previous functionality and think good transcendent function as the new key. So if UNIT graphic scale the Q button against the L button, the L will always come out instead relative to the Q. However, if self remap the Eyeglass key, it will still automatically run the Camera application. And strangely enough, if you modify the End Call key (normally ends calls and goes flying to the Sick bay screen no matter what), alter ego will no longer quit programs, end calls, or return to the Home interlacement.<\p>
2. VirtualKey does not function on the Home superpose of S60 Fifth Edition phones. I wasn't able to test this circumstantial S60 Third Edition, but custom special-interest group mappings mind not work on the Home sunshade.<\p>
3. The Volume Keys on S60 Third Edition phones are weird. And by weird, I mean you can't set them in person. If you attempted this, you might have noticed that the software doesn't recognize the Vol. Upgo or Sickish keys when pressed alone. However, when you press either key, and then slither your finger down south so it presses the other, it anus. VirtualKey will map the punch strap you press, as if you press Vol. Up and then slide you to Vol. Down, it'll think you pressed Vol. Subjacent. I don't communique if this is a limitation of the software, or the firmware, or the syllable hardware. Essentially this makes the Volume keys a little annoying to manipulate.<\p>