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11-29-2007 , 04:04 PM
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So I logged a bug on bugzilla (https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2423) for dpad configuration for microB asking for a config panel so I can specify like in opera (/home/user/input.ini) to set whether I can page up and down instead of scrolling when I click up and down and this is the response I got:

this was never a documented feature and we do not intend to implement it.

sorry.

you're free to see about writing an extension that makes you happy.
SO...seeing how I know next to nothing about writing Mozilla extensions, anyone wanna implement a user friendly extension and not a command-line hack?
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11-30-2007 , 10:47 AM
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Sigh. I'm constantly disappointed and surprised about the negative responses all of us have received on this issue, whenever it comes up. You get all kind of funny responses. "Use scrollbar" . "Hold the D-pad in". It's all rubbish, compared to a real page down/page up hardware key function.

For now I'm going to use dblank's workaround:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...4&postcount=11
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11-30-2007 , 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post
For now I'm going to use dblank's workaround:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...4&postcount=11
There's a better way to do it now, I've edited my post.

The trick was to disable snav.enabled (thanks to timeless), after that any changes to platformHTMLBindings.xml should stick.
 

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11-30-2007 , 03:18 PM
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Perfect. That's equivalent to the input.ini edit we did with Opera. Thanks for posting!
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11-30-2007 , 03:44 PM
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That really *is* perfect, thank you! I was globally toggling up/down to pageup/pagedown from the statusbar clock before; this is much more convenient.

Just for kicks, I tried changing snav so it was enabled but required a modifier key, but it resets the modifier key to "0" each time the browser starts. Oh, well.
 
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11-30-2007 , 04:54 PM
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Neat find, thanks - but I have a vexing problem, am I the only one ?

The snav.enabled pref doesn't stick !

Doesn't matter if I change it to false in about:config, or in prefs.js while the browser is closed, next time it starts it's back to true !

What's going on here ?...
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11-30-2007 , 05:04 PM
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Doesn't matter if I change it to false in about:config, or in prefs.js while the browser is closed, next time it starts it's back to true !
Have you tried editing prefs.js right after a reboot? Maybe there's a browser process running in the background?
 
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11-30-2007 , 06:06 PM
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Yup, I'd thought about that and tried it last before posting. Reboot, edit prefs.js right away, launch MicroB... snav enabled :-(

(this is on OS2007, if it matters)
 
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11-30-2007 , 09:18 PM
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Yup, I'd thought about that and tried it last before posting. Reboot, edit prefs.js right away, launch MicroB... snav enabled :-(

(this is on OS2007, if it matters)
In that case, I'm not sure.. maybe mark it read only after you've edited and see what happens?
(chmod a-w prefs.js)

Not ready to jump into the fun with OS2008 beta just yet?
 
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