Paul 'MoDaCo' Obrien adds back softkey Search/Menu buttons

[alphawave7]

"One of the most prominent new features on the Galaxy Nexus, and Ice Cream Sandwich, is that the soft-keys are displayed right on the screen. While the notion is a sound one, there will always be those who miss some of the legacy features left behind. In this case, those would be the Menu and Search keys, stalwarts of Android's interface paradigm since its release with the G1. What was once four buttons - Home, Menu, Back, Search* - has been whittled down to just Home and Back, along with the introduction of the new multitasking-purposed App Switcher button. This combination was seen previously in Android 3.0 Honeycomb, but is about to encounter widespread use on upcoming phones**.

MoDaCo's Paul O'Brien Releases Patch For Galaxy Nexus Softkeys With Menu And/Or Search Key Reinstatement

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[Chizzele]

I think that the ability to customize the software buttons on this device is awesome, i'm sure they will progress with that entire area and create the ability to completely utilize that area in a dynamic way based on the screen or app being used.

[iPeckNexus]

How do you customize the software buttons ?

[guidot]

How do you customize the software buttons ?

There is a guide on this site by CJM that can help you.

Sent from the best 3G phone on Verizon.

[Mujibar]

How do you customize the software buttons ?

The ability to do that is also included with a number of custom ROMs.

Tap'd on my GNex

[iPeckNexus]

ah ok, i misread. I thought that stock could. Tx