If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
OT Can you do this with a tablet?
Trying to avoid confusion...
I'm sure that you can use a tablet for a virtual keyboard and/or a touchpad component of a desktop computer, but that's not what I'm asking about. What if all you have is a tablet and big monitor. Of course what you see on the tablet screen can be sent to the monitor with a cable or wireless. But... Can you use a tablet as a virtual keyboard and/or a touchpad while displaying the contents of the tablet, the GUI output part like windows and dialogs that we interact with, on a PC monitor? The idea is to make better use of the tablet touchscreen while using the PC monitor as if it were connected to a PC. Preferably for Android, but curious to know if it's been done on an iPad. It might be tough to do since the iPad/Android touch interface uses the whole screen of the tablet. Functioning as a touchpad, it would control a pointer like on a PC, so you would have a pointer moving around on an iPad/android GUI, which is even more involved. Yet I have seen what looks like a pointer on an Android GUI, maybe that's related. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
OT Can you do this with a tablet?
On 5/20/2014 1:42 PM, John Doe wrote:
Trying to avoid confusion... I'm sure that you can use a tablet for a virtual keyboard and/or a touchpad component of a desktop computer, but that's not what I'm asking about. What if all you have is a tablet and big monitor. Of course what you see on the tablet screen can be sent to the monitor with a cable or wireless. But... Can you use a tablet as a virtual keyboard and/or a touchpad while displaying the contents of the tablet, the GUI output part like windows and dialogs that we interact with, on a PC monitor? The idea is to make better use of the tablet touchscreen while using the PC monitor as if it were connected to a PC. Preferably for Android, but curious to know if it's been done on an iPad. It might be tough to do since the iPad/Android touch interface uses the whole screen of the tablet. Functioning as a touchpad, it would control a pointer like on a PC, so you would have a pointer moving around on an iPad/android GUI, which is even more involved. Yet I have seen what looks like a pointer on an Android GUI, maybe that's related. If your tablet has an HDMI port, you can connect it to an HDMI monitor/TV. The monitor or TV will display exactly what you see on the tablet's screen. If you pop up the onscreen keyboard on the tablet, it will show on the monitor/TV also. Since the onscreen keyboard usually takes up a bunch of space onscreen, it will do the same on the monitor/TV. I don't know of any way (and don't think there is a way) to simultaneously display different output on the monitor/TV than on the tablet screen. What I find works better is to connect the tablet to both an HDMI monitor/TV and also a regular keyboard and mouse. I connect mine to a wireless KB and mouse combo that share the same USB dongle. I plug the USB dongle into the tablet and I now get a mouse cursor onscreen and can type without having to display the onscreen keyboard. Works just about like a standard computer that way. With my large-screen TV, I can sit across the room and surf the web, watch videos, etc. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
OT Can you do this with a tablet?
Per Tim Rude:
What I find works better is to connect the tablet to both an HDMI monitor/TV and also a regular keyboard and mouse. I connect mine to a wireless KB and mouse combo that share the same USB dongle. I plug the USB dongle into the tablet and I now get a mouse cursor onscreen and can type without having to display the onscreen keyboard. Works just about like a standard computer that way. I've done something similar - but with a BlueTooth mouse and a BlueTooth keyboard. Was quite surprised to see the little arrow pointer appear on the tablet's screen.... I found that combination to be pretty good. Not as good as a "Real" mouse/keyboard/PC... but close enough to do some moderate-volume typing. -- Pete Cresswell |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
OT Can you do this with a tablet?
How about this...
Use the tablet as a virtual touchpad. That's the way it is by default (nothing new here). With the big picture on your big monitor. That's the way it currently is. But... Have a single place/button on the tablet screen you can tap to toggle between touchpad and keyboard. When you want to use the keyboard, it pops up to cover the whole tablet screen (still in landscape mode). The main difference is that the keyboard fills the whole tablet screen and doesn't show up on your monitor. Either that, or have both the keyboard and touchpad showing on the tablet screen. But I suppose you can get away with temporarily using the keyboard, the way it is now. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
OT Can you do this with a tablet?
And it was just pointed out (obvious for anyone who has
experience) that you have to either keep your eye on the tablet or connect a pointing device to the tablet, when using the tablet with an external monitor. That's even more reason to turn it into a touchpad when using it with an external monitor. How about this... Use the tablet as a virtual touchpad. That's the way it is by default (nothing new here). With the big picture on your big monitor. That's the way it currently is. But... Have a single place/button on the tablet screen you can tap to toggle between touchpad and keyboard. When you want to use the keyboard, it pops up to cover the whole tablet screen (still in landscape mode). The main difference is that the keyboard fills the whole tablet screen and doesn't show up on your monitor. Either that, or have both the keyboard and touchpad showing on the tablet screen. But I suppose you can get away with temporarily using the keyboard, the way it is now. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
OT Can you do this with a tablet?
Tim Rude timrude.nospam nospam.hotmail.com wrote:
I don't know of any way (and don't think there is a way) to simultaneously display different output on the monitor/TV than on the tablet screen. Not necessary in the simplest of implementations... The big display would mirror the tablet display. The tablet would show a tiny pointer. How small doesn't matter because you won't be looking at the tablet. The pointer location would correspond to the current pointer location as shown by "developer options" on anAndroid. That pointer would be driven by touch. That should be easy enough, the only difference is that a relative pointer position would be used instead of current finger point position. Apparently 99% of the programming for this stuff is already done on Android tablets. Probably also on iPads or whatever. It would just need a GUI switch and to make a few tiny adjustments when connected to a monitor. Being able to toggle to a virtual keyboard (without showing it on the monitor) wouldn't be anything special, either. -- In our last episode... Use tablet as touchpad when connected to big monitor/TV? Instead of having to keep one's eyes on the tablet while clumsily tapping around, why not turn the tablet into a touchpad when mirroring the display of the tablet on a large screen? With that setup, the tablet display wouldn't actually be mirrored, the big display would look like a desktop computer display with a pointer floating around on it. Also, the virtual touchpad on the tablet could be resizable so that you could simultaneously show a virtual keyboard (neither of which would show on the big display). Or there could be a spot on the tablet display tapped to switch between virtual keyboard and touchpad. Again, neither showing up on the big display. I guess the current workaround is to plug pointing devices into the touchpad. But why not an elegant software solution instead. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Tablet memories | Desmond[_3_] | Homebuilt PC's | 7 | March 13th 13 04:55 PM |
Tablet PC | Dbdblocker | Homebuilt PC's | 3 | June 22nd 11 05:51 PM |
DVI port for X41 tablet | kkooccuurr_usun_to_ | General | 3 | April 4th 07 12:03 AM |
Tablet PCs done in Linux and VIA | Yousuf Khan | General | 1 | December 2nd 03 08:07 PM |
Do I need a pen and tablet? | Paula Sims | Scanners | 24 | July 28th 03 01:34 PM |