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You and I have already learned. Now it's time to learn the keyboard. In order to write a letter or request to search engine Internet, we can’t do without a keyboard. In addition, if your mouse does not work, you can use the keyboard. It's enough to know a few simple commands. Real programmers and hackers don't use a mouse at all. For them, the main instrument is the keyboard. Perhaps you, too, will work like this someday, but for now we will learn the basics of working on the keyboard.

Key layout

The entire keyboard, depending on its functions, can be visually divided into several groups:

Function keys (F1-F12)– used to perform special tasks. If you press the same key again, the action is canceled. F1 key - opens help for the program you are in this moment;
Alphanumeric- These are keys with letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols.
Control keys– These include keys HOME,END,PAGEU.P.PAGEDOWNDELETE And INSERT.
Cursor keys– used to move the cursor around documents, web pages, edit text, etc. Control keys (modifiers) (Ctrl,Alt,CapsLockWin,Fn) - used in various combinations and individually.
Number keys– for quickly entering numbers.
Edit keys– Backspace, Delete.

Keyboard layouts may vary slightly. Often modern keyboards also have multimedia keys. Such as mute/mute, volume control, go to Mailbox etc.

Keyboard key assignments

Each key performs a specific action:

Spacebar- the longest key on the keyboard. It is located at the very bottom in the middle. In addition to its main function, do
space between words, it also deletes the “selected” object.
Esc- cancels last action(closes unnecessary windows).
Print Screen-takes a screenshot. This screenshot can be pasted into Word or Paint. This photograph of the screen is called a “screenshot”. This key also prints the contents of the screen.
Scroll Lock- serves to scroll information up and down, but this button does not work on all computers.
Pause/Break-suspends the current computer process, but also does not work on all computers.
Insert- serves to print text on top of what has already been printed. If you press this key, new text will be printed, erasing the old one. To cancel this action, you must press the Insert key again.
Delete(on the keyboard it is often abbreviated Del) - deletion. Deletes characters located to the right side of the blinking cursor. Deletes “selected” objects (lines of text, folders, files).
Home- go to the beginning of the filled line.
End- jump to the end of the filled line.
Page Up- turns the page forward.
Page Down- turns the page back.
Backspace- deletes characters located to the left of the blinking cursor while typing text. And it returns to the previous page in browsers and in Explorer windows, replacing the “back” arrow in the upper left corner.
Tab- tab stops the cursor at a specific location on a line.
Caps Lock - switch between upper and lower case letters.
Shift- briefly pressing this key gives a capital letter. In order to type a capital letter, you must first press the Shift key and hold it down while pressing the desired letter. The Shift key can be pressed both on the right and on the left, whichever is more convenient for you.
Alt- to switch to the opposite language (from English to Russian and vice versa) – you need to press the Alt key and without releasing it the Shift key. Press and hold Alt keys Gr (right Alt) is used to move to the second level of the keyboard.
Ctrl- right and left. Opens additional features programs.
Nut Look– includes an additional numeric keypad.
Enter- information input key, confirms the command “yes”, or moves to the next line.
Cursor keys - (up), (down), (right),
(left). Using these arrows, you can move not only through the text you are typing, but also through open pages sites and programs.

"Hotkeys

You've probably heard this expression. " Hot“They are called because when you press a combination of these keys, you can quickly call up some program or menu.

Each program has its own set of such keys. There is no need to memorize them. If you constantly work in some program, then it makes sense to memorize them. We will gradually study many of these combinations.

In many program windows, when you open any menu, next to a particular command, keyboard shortcuts are indicated for calling the same command.

Keyboard shortcuts

Typically such combinations are indicated with the sign + (plus). For example, Win+E. This means that you must first press the key Win, and then the key E.

The letters are meant to be Latin, regardless of what layout you have at the moment.

The most necessary actions on the keyboard

In order to switch to another language, you must press the key simultaneously Shift + Alt or Shift + Ctrl.
To print capital letter, you must hold down the key Shift and click on the desired letter.
To print all text in capital letters only, press Caps Lock and let go. And to switch back to small letters, press this key again.
To type a comma, you must press the key Shift and the comma key. They are usually nearby, on the right.
The point in the English layout is located next to, to the left of the point in the Russian layout.

A regular keyboard can be divided into several areas.

The topmost area of the keyboard contains keys that are not used for entering data into the computer. These keys perform auxiliary actions, which are shown in the table below.

Esc key – this key is used to cancel an action, exit programs, games, exit applications, etc.

Functions of the "Esc" key .

Its main function is to cancel the command that was ahead. If you right-click to open a menu on the desktop or on the taskbar and then press the “Esc” key, the menu will immediately close. If you start playing a game and accidentally press the Esc key, you will almost always exit that game. But pressing this key again will take you back to your game.

When you are on the Internet, you enter the next site address, and then accidentally press the “Esc” key, you will immediately return to the previous site address that you have already reviewed.

The top row of the keyboard contains function keys (limited by a red rectangle in the picture).

Function keys FI – F12 designed to perform certain actions assigned to them. The actions depend on the programs currently running on the computer, but usually the F1 key used to call help system currently running program. If any program is running, help about that program appears.

"F2" Booting the computer while pressing this key or the “Del” key makes it possible to configure the Bios of your computer.

"F3" Calls up the search window.

"F5" Reloads the open browser page.

"F8" Booting the computer while pressing this button makes it possible to work in safe mode operating system.

The actions of the remaining function keys with the F symbol are mostly possible in combination with modifier keys and may vary depending on the make and model of the computer. If the actions of any key on the keyboard of your computer differ from those described here, then you can find out about its purpose in the user manual.

"Pause/Break" . When the computer boots, it allows you to “pause” the computer – pause the boot process.

Functions of the “Pause/Break” key. By doing Windows boot, first you see information appearing on the monitor about your computer, about the hard drive, about the status random access memory, about all the components. The information displayed on the monitor appears and disappears quite quickly and is extremely difficult to comprehend. To be able to deal with it, you just need to press the “PAUSE” button. And to complete the operating system loading process, you must press any button on the keyboard. Sometimes used by some programs.

"Print Screen/SysRq" key.

Pressing this key allows you to take a screenshot of your monitor. When you press this key, and it is located in the picture in a red frame, at the moment it is pressed, the image currently on the monitor is saved in the computer memory. Next, we take the saved image from the computer memory using a conventional graphics editor, you can graphic editor"Paint", which is already built into the operating system Windows system. If you use the “Alt+PrintScreen” key set, then you only take a photo active window, but those are completely the entire screen. In the picture, the “Alt” keys are in a blue frame.

Key switches the mode of displaying information on the display screen, in which pressing the cursor keys moves the screen itself, not the cursor. When you press this button, the indicator light immediately turns on. When you use this key to control the cursor, you can move the screen image. This function is used in Microsoft Excel, LotusNotes. This is especially visible in Excel program. It can be used to scroll text, although it is more convenient to do this with the mouse wheel. Other programs use ScrollLock for special functions, e.g. Opera browser the key is used in combination with numbers to switch voice signals. Currently, this key is practically not used, so there are keyboards that do not have it.

Shift key. Pressing this key and a symbol key simultaneously allows you to temporarily switch to uppercase (capital) letter entry mode, or enter another symbol located on the same key. There are two such keys on the keyboard - left and right, and in some programs their action is different. For example, to enter the capital letter “I” you need to press the Shift key and, without releasing it, press the I key.

Tab key. It is indicated by an icon in the form of two counter arrows and pressing it gives an indent from the beginning of the line - a paragraph. Allows tabulation - horizontal alignment of characters. Tab character equals eight ordinary characters. Tabulation is used when creating text documents. Designed to move the cursor:

when editing texts, it is used to move to the next tab stop, i.e. moving the cursor several positions forward;
in dialog boxes, moves to the next request field;
in a table, moves the cursor to the next cell.

In other programs, its purpose is to switch between windows on the screen.

Below it is located CapsLock key. Pressing this key fixes the writing capital letters. When pressed again, capital letters are written again. This mode is indicated by a light indicator in the upper right corner of the keyboard. Pressing again cancels the mode. When CapsLock is enabled, pressing the key enters lowercase letters.

NumLock key turns on and off the numbers located on the right side of the keyboard. If the keyboard is turned on, you can use it to enter numbers and arithmetic operations.

When enabled, this mode is also indicated by an indicator in the upper right corner of the keyboard, signaling that additional keyboard at work. Now, in addition to entering numbers from the main keyboard field, you can also enter them from the additional one. True, those symbols that are printed on the keys of the additional keyboard at the same time as numbers will not work.

In most cases, the described keyboard fields are sufficient for work, but for those who like to work with compact digital and control keyboard“a la calculator” there is one more additional key field - the one on the right. This field is called an additional keyboard, in contrast to the main keyboard field.

When you press this block of keys with numbers, the numbers are printed, but with one condition - when the “NumLock” key is turned on. When the NumLock key is turned off, the numeric keys perform other functions. The “End” key is duplicated by pressing the “1” key on the main keyboard and the “Home” key is duplicated by the “7” key also on the main keyboard.

The same keys move the cursor to the end and beginning of the line. When you press the “3” and “9” keys, the “PageUp” and “PageDown” keys are duplicated on the main keyboard, respectively. These same keys move the cursor up and down one screen. When you press the “2”, “4”, “8”, “6” keys, the cursor is controlled, which means that the work of the arrow key is duplicated.

Spacebar – this key creates space between letters.

The Space key is the largest key, located below the block of alphanumeric keys, used to enter a blank character, regardless of the case switch.

Spacebar function.

When using a key, words or symbols are separated from each other. But this key has an additional mode. In replacement mode, which you can enable using the “Insert” key, pressing the “Space” key enables a function that is the same as pressing the “Delete” key (this key erases characters on the right).

Backspace key – when you press this key, the character located to the left of the cursor is deleted.

Functions of the BackSpace or Left Arrow key.

When you press this key, we delete the selected one character or the entire text on the left. When you use this key in the file manager, you move up one level. And when viewing photos, by pressing this key, we go back one photo.

By using the “Alt+BackSpacr” keys together, we undo the action performed before.

Key performs data entry or confirmation of action depending on the context:

When doing work on a computer you use the numeric keypad, which is located on the right, then it is much better to use the “Enter” key, which is located on the same block.

Delete key is intended to delete an object, such as a folder, file, etc.:

in the text, the character to the right of the current cursor position is deleted (with the line shifted to the left);
in the folder windows, selected file system objects are deleted to the Recycle Bin.

Also delete unnecessary file possible by pressing the keys together "Shift+Delete". The Shift keys are indicated by a green frame. Just keep in mind that the file in this case will not be deleted through the trash can, and in this case it cannot be restored.

The “Delete” key, indicated by a blue frame, located on the numeric keypad block, along with the “.” performs the same actions when the “NumLock” key is turned off.

It is possible to open the “Task Manager” by pressing the key combination “Ctrl+Alt+Del”. These Ctrl and Alt keys are indicated by beige frames.

Key , indicated by a red rectangle, is associated with insert mode:

in the text, you switch between the modes of inserting and replacing characters or pasting a fragment from the clipboard (depending on the settings Microsoft Word). If insert mode is enabled, then when you type, between two words the right word will move to the right, and the text you enter will move the words apart and print between them. In this mode, the text is inserted, as it were, and the entire end of the phrase is moved to the right.

But in the “replacement” mode, if you insert a word between two words, then the word on the right is replaced by the word that you inserted.;

in programs like Total Commander, objects are selected.

If you press the Inset key, the text will be printed on top of what you typed, erasing the last one. If you press this key again, this action will be terminated.

The “Insert” key, located in a blue frame, which is located on the numeric keypad block, together with the number “0”, works only when the “NumLock” key is turned off.

We can copy the text after selecting it if we use the “Ctrl+Insert” key combination. And when we use the “Shift+Insert” keys together, it becomes possible to insert text.

PgUp, PgDn, End, Home keys designed for cursor control.

Home key moves the cursor to the beginning of the line, and End key to the end of the line"), as well as either to the beginning of the list or the end of the list.

Keyboard shortcut + moves the cursor to the end of the entire document.

Keyboard shortcut + moves the cursor to the beginning of the entire document.

PgUp key moves the cursor to the beginning of the page, and PgDn key - to its end.

Functions of the “PageUp” and “PageDown” keys.

The use of these two keys is used when working with text editors, or when working with documents where the height of the information is much greater than the height of your screen and there is a need to scroll in height. These keys are indicated by a red rectangle.

And the “PageUp” and “PageDown” keys, which are indicated by a blue rectangle and are located on the numeric keypad block only when the “NumLock” key is turned off, together with the numbers “3” and “9” scroll the screen down or up. The state of the NumLock key is controlled by an indicator light (the indicator light is on when the key is on).

Key used to expand the capabilities of the keyboard. Often used in combination with other keys to activate some action in the program.

Keys just like Ctrl, it is used in combination with other keys.

Functions using the “Ctrl” and “Alt” keys.

When you use these keys, you extend the capabilities of other keys. By using these keys in different variations, you perform different actions.

Keys Ctrl+Alt+Del These keyboard shortcuts open the task manager.

Combination keys Ctrl+A selects all objects at once, such as folders, files, text, etc.

Combination keys Ctrl+X cuts the selected object to the clipboard, such as a test, files, folders, etc.

Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C copies an object to the clipboard, such as files, folders, etc.

Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+V pastes a copied file or folder from the clipboard.

Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N allows you to create a new document in various programs.

Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Z cancels the last action.

Using the keys Ctrl+S the current document is saved.

Using the keys Ctrl+P The document is printed.

Ctrl+Esc – open the Start menu. You can also do this by pressing the Windows key.

Using the keys Alt+Enter there is a transition from full screen mode and back, for example, if you press these keys in KMPlayer, WindowsMediaPlayer, MediaPlayerClassic, they will expand to full screen.

Alt keys and keys 0 to 9 located on the right side of the keyboard make it possible to enter arbitrary characters that are not on the keyboard. In order to enter arbitrary characters, you need to press the Alt key and, without releasing it, press the desired number located on the right side of the keyboard.

Keyboard shortcut Alt+F4 closes the active application.

Keys Alt+Tab Allows you to switch between open windows. A panel with all open applications appears in the center of the screen, and when selecting the active window, you need to hold down the Alt key and press the Tab key several times.

Combination Alt + Space (space) Opens the window system menu, which allows you to restore, move, maximize, minimize, and close the window without using the mouse.

Alt+Shift or Ctrl + Shift – switch keyboard layout.

Windows key usually found between the Ctrl and Alt keys. When you press it, the Start menu appears.

And by using the key in a variety of settings together with other keys, you speed up the launch of programs.

When pressing keys Win+E My Computer explorer will open.

When pressing keys Win+D All active windows will be minimized.

Keyboard shortcut Win+L allows you to switch between users or lock a workstation. The Win+F1 key combination opens the Help and Support Center.

When pressing keys Win+F a search window will open.

When pressing keys Win+ Ctrl+F The Search for Computers window will open.

With help Win+D you can minimize all windows and show the desktop, and the keys Win+M minimizes all windows except dialog windows.

Win+E opens the My Computer folder.

Win+F – opens a window to search for a file or folder.

When pressing keys Win+PauseBreak The System Properties dialog box will open.

Key<Контекст> calls the context menu of the object on which the mouse pointer is currently located.

When using the key, we call up the menu in the same way as when clicking on the right mouse button. This menu corresponds to the program that is enabled for your work. If you are on the “Desktop”, then by pressing this key you open the menu corresponding to the active element of the Desktop.

Cursor keys (navigation) . Perform various actions related to cursor movement:

in the text, move the cursor one position in the indicated direction;
on the Desktop and in the folder window, transfer the selection to another object;
in the menu, move the selection to the next command;
in tables, move the cursor between cells.

These keys are also used in many games to control objects.

These keys are also used in many programs, for example, to move through the pages of a document or when viewing photos to move to the next image.

Hotkeys in the browser

To zoom in or out on a page, just hold down Ctrl key and spin the mouse wheel. Up - the scale will increase, down - accordingly, it will decrease. The same can be done by simply pressing + or – while pressing Ctrl. To restore the font size, use a keyboard shortcut Ctr + 0 .

And the use Shift keys and the mouse wheel allows you to navigate through the history of tabs: Shift – scroll the wheel up – move forward through the history, Shift – scroll the wheel down – move backward through the history.

If you need to open a new page in a separate tab in your browser, you can hold down Ctrl key and click on the desired link. A new page will open in a separate tab.

Alt+Home keys returns to the home page, and Ctrl + R (or F5) refresh the page. To force a refresh without using cached data, use the keys Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R .

Pressing keys Ctrl+S , you can save the page on your computer and the keys Ctrl+P allow you to print the desired page. Hotkeys Ctrl + G, Ctrl + F, Shift + F3, Ctrl + K are intended for searching on the current page or on the Internet.

Features of a laptop keyboard.

Since a laptop keyboard, by definition, should take up little space, many functions are “hidden” on it. And in order to find them, there is a magic key . It is not found on all types of keyboards, although it is almost always present on laptops. It is usually located in the lower left corner of the keyboard, but there may be other options, there are no standards here. Inscription on the key highlighted in color (usually blue) or surrounded by a frame. On those keys that work together with , inscriptions or symbols are applied that have the same color as the inscription on the key , or they are also surrounded by a frame.

Lettering or symbols that have the same color as , activated when combined + (key), i.e. when pressing and holding a key We press the key where the function we need is depicted in a stylized form. Combining this key with the function keys (the keys on the top row of the keyboard) changes the basic actions of those keys. So, combining it with the F1 key puts the computer (laptop) into sleep mode;

with F2 – turns on and off the wireless adapter (Wi-Fi);
with F3 – opens the mail program;
with F5 – reduces the monitor brightness;
with F6 – increases it;
with F7 – turns the monitor on and off;
with F10 – turns on and off the built-in speakers;
with F11 – lowers the speaker volume;
with F12 – increases it;
The screen brightness is increased by pressing the key where there is a “big sun” (there may be a “sun” icon in combination with the “increase” icon);
decreasing - on the contrary, the one with the “small sun” (or maybe there is a “sun” icon in combination with the “reduce” icon);
keys with “loudspeaker” icons in combination with “more” or “less” icons - increase/decrease volume;
crossed out mouse – disable/enable the TouchPad panel;
crossed out loudspeaker – mute/unmute sound, etc.

The actions when combining function keys with the Fn key may vary for different types of keyboards, so you can clarify them in the user manual of the device, or be guided by the icons (usually of a different color) located on the keys next to or below its main value.

Look carefully, slowly, at the keyboard of your laptop, put the instructions that came with it next to it, spend some time mastering all these wonders and they will become familiar to you.

Are you the owner of an Honor smartphone and want to know what the navigation button is for? In this article you will find information about the navigation button on Honor 9 and similar Android smartphones and tablets. The navigation button on Android can be enabled in two ways, the first is through the Quick Access Toolbar and the second is through Settings. In our example, we will look at the navigation button on Honor and what it is. This function will also be useful for those whose control buttons under the screen have stopped working.

To enable the navigation button on Honor, open the quick access panel to useful Android functions by pulling your finger down from the top edge of the screen. In the panel that opens, click on the “Navigation button” icon. If your panel does not have such an icon, you can look in the settings; below we will write the path on how to enable this button. After you activate the "Navigation Button" a translucent round button will appear on the screen as shown in the attached screenshot below. Previously, when the smartphone had the Android 7 operating system, this button was semicircular and attached to the side of the screen, but after the OS was updated to Android 8, the button became round and now you can move it around the screen wherever you want.

The navigation button on Android 7 performed slightly different functions than on Android 8. About the navigation button: one press means back, hold and release means home screen, hold and swipe means browse, drag and drop means move. Look below at the attached picture, where you will see more details about the possibilities. If there is no “Navigation button” icon in the quick access panel, then perhaps this function is still provided on your smartphone. You can view and activate the navigation button on Android through the settings. Open the quick access panel by pulling your finger down from the top screen and clicking on the gear icon. In the settings that open, select the “System” item; you may have to scroll down the list of settings, then select “System navigation”, then “Navigation button” and turn it on. The navigation button is disabled as well as enabled.

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15-09-2019
11 o'clock 00 min.
Message:
Good afternoon. I have Honor 8 lite. When working with the mobile navigation key, there is vibration. How to get rid of it? please, help. I don’t have TalkBack or SwitchAccess services either in the settings or in the applications. No where.

09-07-2019
21 o'clock 09 min.
Message:
Hello! I have a problem, why doesn’t the curtain go down on the nonor10 and the navigation buttons disappear, then after a while they appear, what’s the reason?

07-07-2019
11 o'clock 26 min.
Message:
Hello. I found a solution to the problem described below. Notification sound and vibration feedback when pressing the navigation key. I also had this problem. It is connected with the SIM card operator's "live balance" service. It is in setting up this notification that you need to turn off sounds and vibration feedback.

10-04-2019
20 o'clock 18 min.
Message:
On Honor 9, the vibration of the navigation button is disabled in the following way: settings - sound - other sound settings - vibration of the navigation button. There are no problems with sound or vibration on my phone.

10-04-2019
17 o'clock 04 min.
Message:
Yes, also - the sound will still be present, you will definitely need to restart the phone (!) Please write to whom this information was useful.

10-04-2019
17 o'clock 00 min.
Message:
Hello! I spent a long time trying to turn off the sound and vibration of the navigation buttons on honor 8x, and I succeeded. Settings - system - accessibility (at the very bottom of the screen, in small print) - there will be a TalkBack and SwitchAccess menu, I went into each of them, there is a settings icon in the upper right corner, it has speech, sound effects - turn off the sound and vibration response...

04-04-2019
06 o'clock 55 min.
Message:
Vladimir, Natalya, did you manage to solve the problem? After the update, sound also appeared, it’s terribly annoying, I turned off the sound in the entire phone, there is still vibration

20-02-2019
09 o'clock 01 min.
Message:
I have the same problem with sound after updating Honor 10. Vladimir, please tell me, did you get rid of this scourge?

14-01-2019
20 o'clock 25 min.
Message:
After the update, when you press the navigation button, back or when exiting the application, a notification sound appears, but there is no notification itself. Can't disable honor10

10.12.2017

Android application Key remapping, version: 1.12.0, price: Free

It so happened historically that on smartphones it is more convenient for me to have the “Back” navigation button on the right. And on my BQ Aquaris U Plus it’s just on the left and reaching for it “oh, how inconvenient.” Getting used to it is not a problem, but it’s too late for my fingers to grow in length, and the inconvenience of getting used to it has not gone away. The smartphone manufacturer BQ Aquaris, unfortunately, did not provide a tool for changing the functionality of the navigation buttons, even on-screen ones, so we had to turn to third-party applications.

The most preferred application - GravityBox - did not cope with the task assigned to it. It allowed you to assign any action to pressing the “Back” and “Home” buttons, but it could not somehow influence the “Recent” button. There was a wild idea to completely block both the “Back” and “Recent” buttons, assigning all responsibilities to the remaining “Home” button, but GravityBox could not simply disable the “Recents” button. The Spaniards generally somehow protected their smartphones “from fools”, and, as far as I know, so far no one has been able to get system root rights on the stock firmware of these smartphones.

Leaving GravityBox alone, I turned to other software that specialized in reassigning the functionality of navigation buttons. In the battle with the software of the Spanish-Chinese gadget, only one software with the original name “Key Remapping” was able to win. I use it.

It has become popular among mobile software developers to divide their functionality into two unequal parts. The first part - free - allows you to use the software quite normally for its intended purpose. The second - paid - brings some additional functions and convenience. And this, I think, is correct. Likewise, the “Key Reassignment” application has both basic functions (reassignment of single short and long presses on up to two navigation buttons) and premium capabilities (assigning actions to button combinations, removing the limit on the number of reassignments). By the way, latest version The application got rid of advertising even in the free version.

What should be mentioned without fail is that root rights are not needed for the software to function. Recently, I began to notice that branded firmware has become more functional and customizable (we are not talking about AOSP), so root rights have become required less and less... And various payment services do not really like ROOT, although it can be hide. But that is another story...

The application interface is minimalistic.

IN free version There are only four controls. These are the three dots under which the settings are usually hidden. This is a switch for activating and deactivating the service. This is a checkbox" Quick shutdown" to display the application status in the notification panel (with the ability to pause/resume the service with a tap). And this is a round button with a plus sign for adding a new reassignment. There are actually no settings in this application, and when you click on the button with three dots, only one appears item - "About the program".

To activate the service, you need to enable these special features for the application in the gadget settings in the “Special Features” section.

To disable the service, you need to do exactly the same steps, only the special features for the “Key Remapping” application should be turned off. Logical, isn't it? It’s very good that you don’t have to manually search for the above-mentioned “special” features in the jungle of system settings: the software itself will take you to the necessary points.

Ability to quickly deactivate an application (without going to system settings) appeared only in the latest version. Is it really needed? I don’t, but maybe someone will find it useful (needed). When you activate the "Quick disable" checkbox, a tile (bar?) dedicated to the "Reassign keys" software appears in the notification panel. By tapping on it you can quickly disable and enable active reassignments of the software.

The information part of the main and only window of the application is presented in two sections: “Premium features” and “Active reassignments”. For now, let's leave the first one alone and turn our attention to the second. Active reassignments are a list of reassignments completed at our request. In the free version, as already mentioned, only two reassignments are possible, but that was enough for me. Click the "Recent Applications" button (in the application it is called " Latest apps", but the meaning is the same) assigned the action "Back", that is, the functionality of the "Back" button. And for the "Back" button I assigned the action "Recent_Apps" ("Recent applications", presumably). Thus, the "Back" and "Recent applications" on my smartphone have changed places.

By the way, I learned about the software almost a year ago, but I only started using it about two months ago. Why is that? Because not all button functionality was transferred to Android 6. That is, all of it, but only stock. Let me explain. A function such as going to the previous application by double tapping on the "Recent Applications" button has been implemented Google team only in Android Nougat. And Spanish developers from the BQ team implemented this in their smartphones and in Android Marshmallow. But when transferring the functionality of the “Recent Applications” button to the sixth Android using the described software, the double-tap processing was lost (it was not transferred to the new button, but disappeared on the old one), since it was, as it were, introduced from the outside. I didn’t want to lose such a convenient “trick,” so the “Reassigning Keys” software didn’t catch on with me back then. But I still couldn’t get used to the “Back” button on the left, so after switching to Nuga I tried to use the software again. And it was not in vain that I tried. Now the transition to the previous application via double-tap is also transferred to the new button along with the main action (“Recent applications”).

The procedure for adding a new reassignment is simple and straightforward; I think a couple of screenshots will be enough. I remove one of my reassignments (for the "Recent Apps" button) and add it again. After clicking on the add reassignment button, you must select a free or premium action. In the second case, you will be asked to pay money if this has not already been done.

I select "Short and long press". In the form that appears, I select the “Recent_Apps” button from the drop-down list, and the action for it is “Back”. I check the “Replaces standard action” checkbox, but on the contrary, I don’t check the “Long press” checkbox (after all, I need a reaction to a regular quick tap on the button). That's it, you can press "OK".

When you tap on an active reassignment, a completely similar form opens for changing the action (reassignment), supplemented with only one button - “Delete” - to delete the selected reassignment. When you long tap on an active reassignment, the context menu “Edit” and “Delete” is called up.

The lists of buttons and actions are truly huge. First, when you select, for example, a button, you see a list of seven buttons and the “Other” item. So, under this item there is a huge additional list, in which the buttons are represented by both official names (used in the code by the developers) and numerical and alphabetic representations.

You can connect an adult external keyboard (if your gadget can do this) and reassign all its keys to your taste. The same applies to possible actions, although here everything is a little reversed: the initial list consists of just over 20 actions, and the additional one (hidden under the “Other...” item) consists of only two lines (“Open application” and “Shortcut” ). As they say, small is the spool, but expensive: you can cram almost the entire functionality of your gadget into these two points.

There is also a limitation: when the screen is locked, button presses are not tracked by the software. There are both pros and cons here. The disadvantages include the impossibility of unlocking the screen with the selected button while simultaneously launching an application (Phone, for example). And the plus is that the software will not constantly eat up battery power while monitoring the status of the buttons.

The cost of the software (the cost of unlocking premium features) is $0.99, that is, a little less than sixty of our rubles.

After the purchase, the “Show application icon” checkbox becomes available, which allows you to hide the application icon from the list of all applications installed on the system (and even from the list recent applications). To return the icon, you need to press the "Back" button (the system button, not the one assigned by the application) ten times in a row.

Well, the most important thing, but not everyone needs it, is the ability to use button combinations. This term hides three concepts: “Double click”, “Triple click” and “Two buttons”.

We are not interested in double and triple clicks, because they differ only slightly from quick and long presses. But using two buttons increases the number of various reassignments. I consider this already self-indulgence, but to some, the idea of switching “Back” and “Recent” may also seem wild.

In addition, premium reassignments have one significant drawback - they do not replace system actions. That is, if I assign any desired action to a double tap on the volume up button, the sound volume will first increase, and only then the action I have specified will be performed. No, it is clear that a double tap should not completely cancel the system action (otherwise how can you adjust the volume?), but the developer needs to do something in this direction.

And one more thing: the action assigned to simultaneously pressing any two of the three has never worked for me touch buttons(“Home”, “Back”, “Recent applications”). Mechanical - no problem, sensory - no problem. Either it’s something in the app or on my phone.

As a result, I can and recommend using the software on your smartphones, especially if you need to change the functionality of short presses to the buttons available on the gadget. Here the software works incredibly well. If you, like me, want to swap “Back” and “Recents”, then you don’t even have to buy the software: the free option is enough for your eyes. If you want to make more than two reassignments, then you can already sponsor the developer. But the rest of the premium functionality is not worth even the money they ask for it, IMHO.

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