Lapdock/tablet mode

[stwallers]

Well not sure if there's an answer to this but...

How can you scroll sideways using your bionic in a lapdock?

I managed to get a lapdock from a guy that had one and got rid of his bionic. It connects fine but it doesn't have the old webtop mode. I discovered through various searches that it was discontinued back in ICS. With JB the lapdock goes into android tablet mode. So the problem I found is that tablet mode doesn't seem to work well without a touchscreen. Scrolling isn't an issue as much if I install a mouse and the scroll is up down. The problem is most apps (like the basic gallery app) scrolls side to side. Any idea how to do that without a touchscreen?

 

[Thom]

My prejudice is to always use a mouse with the lapdock. I find it very cumbersome to use without a mouse. I hit the left mouse button to select a point on the screen and then drag the screen to where I want it.

About the only thing I use the lapdock for is to show slideshows at a tabletop presentation. Just positioning the image on the screen from an Internet slideshow is horrendous without a mouse.

... Thom

 

[stwallers]

My prejudice is to always use a mouse with the lapdock. I find it very cumbersome to use without a mouse. I hit the left mouse button to select a point on the screen and then drag the screen to where I want it.

About the only thing I use the lapdock for is to show slideshows at a tabletop presentation. Just positioning the image on the screen from an Internet slideshow is horrendous without a mouse.

... Thom

thanks I'll try the click drag method. I was trying something like that with the touch pad and it didn't quite work. Every time I clicked on an image it selected the image to view instead of allowing me to use it as an anchor point for dragging.


I was hoping that I could try out the new remote desktop app in combination with this as a laptop to access my work computer. Not sure if it's going to work well. Sure would be a good value (free!) if it does work even a little bit.

 

[Thom]

It is a little (lot?) kludgy but for some applications it is not too bad. It takes a little practice to find what you can click without it invoking anything.

... Thom