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[Boone]

Edit: I replaced the C files with the compiled binaries, so that my instructions can be, you know, actually followed.

When using Opera in tablet mode, the only thing you can do with the gamepad buttons is scroll.  I've rigged up a program that overcomes this limitation a little bit.  By following these instructions, you should be able to use the gamepad keys to do the following:

Scroll up/down/left/right - left gamepad buttons (just like the default setting)
Cycle through the links on a page - hold down the Circle button and use the left D-pad
Click a link - X button
Back - Square button
Forward - Check button

The procedure: (bold indicates Terminal commands; the rest is commentary)

(1) su
Log in as root/superuser

(2) wget http://www.qc.cuny.edu/~bgorges/operakeys
Download the program that remaps the gamepad keys.  This is based on the setolpckeys.c script that cmonkey described on this page.

(3) chmod u=rwx operakeys
This allows you to execute the operakeys program (my server doesn't seem to allow downloads of executable files...sorry about this extra step)

(4) ./operakeys /dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd
This swaps out the default gamepad key mappings with the custom ones.

Now start Opera and browse away.

These changes will go away when you reboot the computer, so you'll need to repeat steps (1) and (3) each time you want to take advantage of this keymapping.  If you want to revert to the default keymapping without rebooting your XO, you'll need to replace the custom keymapping with the following commands:

su
wget http://www.qc.cuny.edu/~bgorges/setolpckeys
chmod u=rwx setolpckeys
./setolpckeys /dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd

Enjoy!

[standardhuman]

this will be great! now if i could just figure out what i'm doing wrong here...
i followed the instructions to a t, but after step 3 i keep getting

bash:  ./operakeys: no such file or directory

i've verified that the file is indeed there ith the dir command.
any help?

thanks!

brian

[Moses_XO]

Or an external mouse if you leave one antenna open,
then it is easy?

[joshuajon]

this will be great! now if i could just figure out what i'm doing wrong here...
i followed the instructions to a t, but after step 3 i keep getting

bash:  ./operakeys: no such file or directory

i've verified that the file is indeed there ith the dir command.
any help?

thanks

brian

The missing step is compiling operakeys.c and olpckeys.c.  Maybe the original poster would upload binaries?

[Boone]

OK, I uploaded binaries and edited the original post to reflect changes.  (Sorry about the confusion--I'm quite new to this.)  Now that the files are executable, though, my server keeps changing the file permissions to 664 before they can be downloaded.  So I've added a chmod step to the instructions above. 

[Atif]

The Opera wiki page now contains information on how to get Opera working in tablet mode by just setting certain things within Opera.  No more software or required, just Opera itself.  Here is the info:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Opera#Handheld_Mode

[ashtond33]

Correction: I followed the wiki instructions and everything works fine.

[newbie]

Great! It works! It took me a while that you really have to make "new" Buttons for "open link" and "page back" - opera kept offering me existing ones.

I still hope that someone will figure out how to simply move the mouse with the gamepad but this is the next best thing.

[unrequited]

Here's one quirk I've found... mapping all the gamepad directions and buttons works just fine if you go down to the "Advanced" part and then "Browser" except for the Square (left button). For that one key and one key only, I had to make a duplicate "Home" entry in the top "Application" section.

For the curious, I did my own bindings and here's what I came up with:

Up - Page Up
Down - Page Down
Left - Navigate Left
Right - Navigate Right

Circle (Up Button "PageUp") - Hightlight Previous URL
X (Down Button "PageDown") - Highlight Next URL
Square (Left Button "Home") - Back
Check (Right Button "End") - Open Link

This way you can navigate a website completely in tablet mode.
Open Link

[newbie]

Also a really good setup. Strangely enough, none of this works with the Google-reader. Does anyone have an idea how I can fix this?

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