Guest mutasim Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 (edited) I have a HTC Hero and a Desire, they both allow text to be selected (and then copied/shared/searched) even in non-native browsers such as Dolphin, this can't be done on the Vega currently (running r5). Also both phones have a physical scrollball/pad, means if you are editing text because of a spelling mistake or adding bits, you can press the rough location and scroll left/right to get the text input blinker exactly where you want it. The Vega doesn't have the hardware, but I have used a Desire ROM where a magnified guide appears when you press down to help you get to the right bit. Update: I was thinking a keyboard with direction arrows would be a solution, but it would still be nice to see this natively Oh and another thing I miss (while I'm at it.. ;) ) auto resizing of paragraphs on webpages even in Dolphin. Is this achievable without the source code? If not is there a way we can have a list of feature requests for when a custom ROM is in the works? :) Edited December 19, 2010 by mutasim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest warriorscot Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Not sure about all of it but smart keyboard pro has arrow keys if you want them and you can use a swipe gesture over the keyboard to move the cursor left or right if you set it up that way. Not to sure about the rest can't say I've noticed it but you raise interesting points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boffboff Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Yeah I used Smart Keyboard Pro for the cursor keys. You can long-press on the text input box to copy/paste aswell, if that's what you meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mutasim Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Yeah I used Smart Keyboard Pro for the cursor keys. You can long-press on the text input box to copy/paste aswell, if that's what you meant. I mean copy/paste text outside of a text input box, so on a webpage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cwmdu86 Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 If you get the menu up in Dolphin browser and select more, isn't there a select text option? (haven't got it in front of me at the moment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boffboff Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 I saw an app yesterday specifically for copy/pasting ANY TEXT viewable on the screen. From the screenshot it looked as though it ran in the background, then it was invoked via a swipe gesture or something. I didn't download it though so can't remember what it was called sorry! This hasn't helped at all really has it! Try searching the market for 'clipboard' or 'copy and paste'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest English Haze Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 It's called "Copy Paste It" and it's a paid app (£4.49) and it works really well. There's a trial version that lets you do 10 copy/paste actions to try it out. It basically takes a screen capture of an area of the display and then processes it with OCR software to extract the text. It should, in theory, grab any readable text from any area of the screen including text in images. It has trouble with image text at an angle though. I might shell out the cash for this. It could be really useful and save a lot of effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cwmdu86 Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Just checked and you can select text in dolphin or the default browser by selecting the menu icon on the top bar then selecting more. Select text is there along with add bookmark, find on page, save page etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest warriorscot Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Android 2.3 has the whole copy and paste thing totally redone. Might be worth waiting for it to be brought over to the Vega rather than paying for an expensive app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smccrirr Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I installed the trial version of"Copy on paste it" on my Vega and the selection box is just blacked out and I can not select any text, has any one else got this app working on the Vega? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smccrirr Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 It's called "Copy Paste It" and it's a paid app (£4.49) and it works really well. There's a trial version that lets you do 10 copy/paste actions to try it out. It basically takes a screen capture of an area of the display and then processes it with OCR software to extract the text. It should, in theory, grab any readable text from any area of the screen including text in images. It has trouble with image text at an angle though. I might shell out the cash for this. It could be really useful and save a lot of effort. Did you get this working on the Vega I just get a black selection box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godinandroid Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I'd like the magnifying glass thing like on the desire hd/iphone, does anyone know if there is a of way of doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest English Haze Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Did you get this working on the Vega I just get a black selection box? Unfortunately not. I got the same result which is a shame as it works really well on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikelilin Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 On 12/21/2010, 9:16:12, English Haze said: It's called "Copy Paste It" and it's a paid app (£4.49) and it works really well. There's a trial version that lets you do 10 copy/paste actions to try it out. It basically takes a screen capture of an area of the display and then processes it with OCR software to extract the text. It should, in theory, grab any readable text from any area of the screen including text in images. It has trouble with image text at an angle though. I might shell out the cash for this. It could be really useful and save a lot of effort. Unfortunately, the result is the same, however it give me another idea to resolve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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