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My curiosity finally got the better of me and I re-installed MP 1.09-final in my test partition. I used the on-screen keyboard in "Search in Titles" to test the Ortek/Hama, and can confirm what has been stated previously -- in earlier releases of MP, a real keyboard can be used to enter text strings in the normal fashion. However, I did notice one quirk.

While typing the text string, if one mistypes a character, it is natural to want to use the BACKSPACE key to erase the last character typed and then type the correct one. This does not work. Instead, when the BACKSPACE key is pressed, MP returns to the previous panel. This of course is because WMC uses BACKSPACE to mean "return to previous panel", and the "Centarea HID" converts BACKSPACE into ESCAPE.

This behaviour is entirely to be expected, because the "Centarea HID" cannot identify the origin of a keystroke, and so must apply the same mappings to keystrokes from the keyboard as it does to button presses from the remote. Nevertheless, I found it quite irritating that I could not correct typing errors using backspace.

The lesson to take from this is:

(1) Use of the Ortek/Hama with the "Centarea HID" is not transparent -- it affects keyboard handling.

(2) The affect on keyboard handling cannot be corrected by fixing the regression that was introduced in MP 1.12 (or earlier).

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1170093" data-attributes="member: 141969">My curiosity finally got the better of me and I re-installed MP 1.09-final in my test partition.&nbsp; I used the on-screen keyboard in &quot;Search in Titles&quot; to test the Ortek/Hama, and can confirm what has been stated previously -- in earlier releases of MP, a real keyboard can be used to enter text strings in the normal fashion.&nbsp; However, I did notice one quirk. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />While typing the text string, if one mistypes a character, it is natural to want to use the BACKSPACE key to erase the last character typed and then type the correct one. This does not work.&nbsp; Instead, when the BACKSPACE key is pressed, MP returns to the previous panel.&nbsp; This of course is because WMC uses BACKSPACE to mean &quot;return to previous panel&quot;, and the &quot;Centarea HID&quot; converts BACKSPACE into ESCAPE.This behaviour is entirely to be expected, because the &quot;Centarea HID&quot; cannot identify the origin of a keystroke, and so must apply the same mappings to keystrokes from the keyboard as it does to button presses from the remote.&nbsp; Nevertheless, I found it quite irritating that I could not correct typing errors using backspace. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" />The lesson to take from this is:(1) Use of the Ortek/Hama with the &quot;Centarea HID&quot; is not transparent -- it affects keyboard handling.(2) The affect on keyboard handling cannot be corrected by fixing the regression that was introduced in MP 1.12 (or earlier).-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1170093, member: 141969"] My curiosity finally got the better of me and I re-installed MP 1.09-final in my test partition. I used the on-screen keyboard in "Search in Titles" to test the Ortek/Hama, and can confirm what has been stated previously -- in earlier releases of MP, a real keyboard can be used to enter text strings in the normal fashion. However, I did notice one quirk. :( While typing the text string, if one mistypes a character, it is natural to want to use the BACKSPACE key to erase the last character typed and then type the correct one. [b]This does not work[/b]. Instead, when the BACKSPACE key is pressed, MP returns to the previous panel. This of course is because WMC uses BACKSPACE to mean "return to previous panel", and the "Centarea HID" converts BACKSPACE into ESCAPE. This behaviour is entirely to be expected, because the "Centarea HID" cannot identify the origin of a keystroke, and so must apply the same mappings to keystrokes from the keyboard as it does to button presses from the remote. Nevertheless, I found it quite irritating that I could not correct typing errors using backspace. :mad: The lesson to take from this is: (1) Use of the Ortek/Hama with the "Centarea HID" is [b]not[/b] transparent -- it affects keyboard handling. (2) The affect on keyboard handling [b]cannot be corrected[/b] by fixing the regression that was introduced in MP 1.12 (or earlier). -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]