[fixed] Virtual Keyboard Limitation (1 Viewer)

[mlburgoon]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1 RC1
MediaPortal Skin: ANY
Windows Version: win7 but reproduceable on any
CPU Type: intel e8400
HDD: 1 TB
Memory: 2gb
Motherboard: intel dg45id
Video Card: on board
Video Card Driver: latest
Sound Card: onboard
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: latest
1. TV Card:
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
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The Virtual Keyboard has a limitation of only 22 characters allowed to be entered. This is an issue because there are many time I want to enter something longer that that. I had heard that this issue was known and was to be fixed in this RC1 release. It is not.

thanks for looking into this (and hopefully a quick fix).

 

[thesystemera]

Also has any one had the issue where text is entered backwards.... For instance if I type "the" it will come up as "eht". This only happens very rarely but was wondering if any one else has experienced it...

 

[infinite.loop]

in which case would you enter more than 22chars?
can you please give an example?

 

[mlburgoon]

Typing in Movie Titles using Media Slayer. For example, Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Man's Chest; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; Adventures in Babysitting.

the list goes on....

 

[infinite.loop]

Typing in Movie Titles using Media Slayer. For example, Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Man's Chest; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; Adventures in Babysitting.

the list goes on....

You know that you can just enter "Pirates of the Caribean" or "The Lord of the Rings" and you will still get this movie found?

 

[Seidelin]

I tried to make a quick fix for this by simply removing the length check in the Virtual Keyboard. This lead to MP freezing when I typed in a long string. I guess this would require more changes, which I think is a bad idea this close to release, considering the low value of the fix.
Btw. I had space for ~40 chars which is way more than I bother to type using a remote anyway.

 

[mlburgoon]

Ok, well, this is a show stopper for me. I can't type in a correct movie name and have moving pictures be able to pull it up and add it correctly and automatically. Lately, it feels like everything I am suggesting be fixed or improved, I am basically being told "no". Very disappointing and very discouraging.

 

[jameson_uk]

Lately, it feels like everything I am suggesting be fixed or improved, I am basically being told "no". Very disappointing and very discouraging.

I am not sure this is broken... you are asking for enhancements and as the team have said many times 1.1 is meant to be a final release of MP1 so they can start work on MP2 and include all these lovely enhancements there. The longer they spend adding new functionality into MP1 the longer it will be before we can get our hands on MP 2 ...

 

[Seidelin]

Ok, well, this is a show stopper for me. I can't type in a correct movie name and have moving pictures be able to pull it up and add it correctly and automatically. Lately, it feels like everything I am suggesting be fixed or improved, I am basically being told "no". Very disappointing and very discouraging.

I did try to make a simple fix for the issue, but it seemed harder to fix.

If you had given a more detailed bug report like a previous one of yours that I just searched fixing the issue would have been easier.

Only typing by mouse or remote keyboard are limited to a too short width (i.e. not amount of characters).
If you had properly tested the patch I supplied a long time ago, this could have been fixed 18 months ago.

I know now that I was looking in the wrong place of the code. I'll give it another shot now that I know what is wrong.

 

[Seidelin]

Here is a possible fix. Please test (just replace dialogs.dll in plugins\windows).
Please test with different skins and screen resolution, and verify that behavior is better now.
Added to mantis so now it wont be forgotten.0002777: Virtual keyboard limits length of text inputs - MediaPortal Bugtracker