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Xperia Z4 Tablet Keyboard BKB50

Frustratedalrea
Visitor

Xperia Z4 Tablet Keyboard BKB50

does this or is it likely to have a spell check and auto correct? Can get it on the screen keyboard but when I use the BKB50 nothing. Very frustrating as the keyboard is why I bought the Z4.

Apart from that I love it so far (arrived this morning)
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drlmiles1
Contributor

In the bottom right of the screen when the BKB50 is attached there is a small keyboard icon on the taskbar. Click this, and on the Hardware option click "Show Input Method" ON. You will then have the onscreen keyboard showing, with options for words as you type. Hope this helps

Frustratedalrea
Visitor

Hi and thanks. I know I can use the on screen keyboard to for the spell check and auto correct but I would like to use the attached keyboard or what's the point in having one?


@drlmiles wrote:

In the bottom right of the screen when the BKB50 is attached there is a small keyboard icon on the taskbar. Click this, and on the Hardware option click "Show Input Method" ON. You will then have the onscreen keyboard showing, with options for words as you type. Hope this helps


Stephan_M
Visitor

Can anyone tell if the keyboard fits into the official Sony cover with the tablet?

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Alveoli
Visitor

I asked, apparently not.

drlmiles1
Contributor

Sorry I didn't reply, I had already guessed it would not, and meant to check it. The official Sony case expects only the tablet itself to be present. I think the best case option is a tablet "sleeve" which you can zip up to protect it with the keyboard attached, and these are available very cheaply.

Alveoli
Visitor

Yes, such a shame Sony doesn't do one!

bengrendon
Explorer

Afaik there is no option for autocorrect on the Z4 's physical keyboard as I wish there was too and I have looked. I believe this is true of all no virtual keyboards though.
drlmiles1
Contributor


@bengrendon wrote:
Afaik there is no option for autocorrect on the Z4 's physical keyboard as I wish there was too and I have looked. I believe this is true of all no virtual keyboards though.

If you follow my advice in my posting above, you CAN get autocorrection (the on screen keyboard takes up loads of space, sadly) as the BKB50 keyboard works simultaneously with the onscreen keyboard. I have tried both ways (using Swiftkey for autocorrection) but prefer having more screen space, and my typing is not too bad so I don't need to correct too often :smileysmileywink:

RenoYeh
Visitor

Seriously dude, your method is not working.

I 've opened the virtual keyboard while BKB50 attatched,

but  when I input with BKB50 the virtual keyboard shows no correction,

it  only shows suggested words afterwards.