[mythtv-users] I want mythfrontend number keys to just be number keys not cellphone texting keys

[Allan Stirling]

2008/11/20 cal <cal at graggrag.com>

> ryan patterson wrote:
> > When I am typing in a dialog box in mythfrontend (for instance the
> > title field in the rip DVD myth transcode daemon dialog), pressing the
> > number keys on my keyboard brings up a small menu of letters and
> [ ... ]
> >
> > I tried and failed to find an option to disable this in the
> > mythfrontend setup menus.  How can I turn off this "feature"?
>
> On frontend, go Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Appearance. On about the
> 5th screen there's "Use line edit virtual keyboards". Try toggling it.
>
> cheers, Cal
>
> Which to me indicates exactly why these things should _not_ be options.

5 pages+ of misc settings is not good for the UI. Especially if 90% of those
settings are just to please <5% of the user base.

Cheers,

Allan.
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