change the return key

Question

I want to change the name of enter button (the button circled in the image ) to search

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so I used

  <EditText
                android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
                android:imeActionLabel="Search"


                android:id="@+id/et_PatientID"

                android:layout_width="400dip"
                android:layout_height="50dip"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@id/tv_patientID"
                android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background" />

but it didn't work

try adding android:inputType="text", see updated answer – K_Anas Jul 01 '12 at 08:05 — K_Anas, Jul 01 '12 at 08:05

K_Anas · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-01T08:13:04.173

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add android:imeOptions="actionSearch" and android:inputType="text" to your EditText View

also add the editor action listener

editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
        if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH) {
            performSearch();
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});

<EditText 
            android:id="@+id/et_PatientID"
            android:inputType="text"
            android:layout_width="400dip"
            android:layout_height="50dip"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/tv_patientID"
            android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background"
            android:imeOptions="actionSearch" 
            android:imeActionLabel="Search"  />

edited Jul 01 '12 at 08:13

answered Jul 01 '12 at 07:47

K_Anas

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@AMH remove imeOptions= "acionUnspecified" – K_Anas Jul 01 '12 at 07:50
@AMH wich android version did you use – K_Anas Jul 01 '12 at 07:53
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I used android 2.2 , I develope on to target it and higher – AMH Jul 01 '12 at 07:55
it worked thanks a lot ,I think I was in need to clean the project am sorry – AMH Jul 01 '12 at 08:16
@AMH I don't think this will work, you can try it and let me know :D, sorry I haven't eclipse in front of me – K_Anas Jul 01 '12 at 08:26
thanks a lot it worked could u help me in my new question please – AMH Jul 01 '12 at 10:15
@AMh of Course if I can, paste a link to it – K_Anas Jul 01 '12 at 10:18
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/13266/discussion-between-k-anas-and-amh) – K_Anas Jul 01 '12 at 10:41

change the return key

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