N900 shortcuts and gestures

2009-12-05T06:43:00Z

92.26.163.10: /* Xterm shortcuts */

= General shortcuts =

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Keyboard Shortcut
! Description
|- style=""
| Ctrl + C
| Copy text
|- style=""
| Ctrl + V
| Paste text
|- style=""
| Ctrl + X
| Cut text
|- style=""
| Ctrl + A
| Select all
|- style=""
| Ctrl + O
| Open (if available)
|- style=""
| Ctrl + N
| Create a new item (if available)
|- style=""
| Ctrl + S
| Save (if available)
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Z
| Undo (if available)
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Y
| Redo (if available)
|- style=""
| Ctrl + F
| Open search bar (if available)
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Right arrow
| Move the insertion point to the end of the word
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Left arrow
| Move the insertion point to the beginning of the word
|- style=""
| FN + Ctrl
| symbols and characters missing from keyboard. Symbols on the third row are entered by pressing the symbol followed by the 'Space' key
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Backspace
| (from within application) brings up the visual task manager
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Shift + P
| Takes a screenshot. The PNG image file is saved in /home/user/MyDocs/.images/Screenshots/ with a timestamp in the filename.
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Shift + X
| starts Xterm
|- style=""
| Double press power button
| Locks device
|- style=""
| A-Z (on the Desktop)
| Start typing the name of a person on the Desktop and your contacts will be filtered with that name
|- style=""
| Blue-Arrow + <number> (on the Desktop)
| Type any number on the Desktop (Blue-Arrow + <number>) to start Phone
|}

= Conversations =
* Tap and hold on a text message = You get the option to call the person
* Swipe-from-left (as in browser) allows selecting and copying of message text.

= General gestures =

* Long press on Task Switch icon = Brings you back to desktop

* When getting a incoming call, turn over the device so the screen faces down towards the table surface = Silence an incoming call

* From the phone app drop down menu "turning control" allows you to set orientation, but also set it to launch the phone app when you turn the device to portrait. Seems to only work from the desktop.

= Xterm shortcuts =
* Ctrl + I = Autocomplete filename (pressing tab does this too)

= Web browser shortcuts =

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Keyboard Shortcut
! Description
|- style=""
| Ctrl + N
| Open a new window
|- style=""
| Ctrl + R
| Reload the current page
|- style=""
| Ctrl + B
| Open a bookmark
|- style=""
| Ctrl + D
| Add a bookmark
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Right Arrow
|Move cursor to next text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
|- style=""
|Ctrl + Left Arrow
|Move cursor to previous text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Shift + I
|Reset zoom to normal or Turn on page reflow for any zoom level.
|- style=""
| Backspace
| Go back to the previous page
|- style=""
| Shift + Backspace
| Forward
|}

== Web Browser Gestures ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Gesture
! Description
|- style=""
| Double tap text/image
| Zoom in
|- style=""
| Double tap text/image (when already zoomed in)
| Zoom out
|- style=""
| Clockwise circular inward motion
| Zoom in
|- style=""
| Counter-clockwise circular outward motion
| Zoom out
|- style=""
| Swipe finger from the right of the screen (outside of screen), towards left (into the screen)
| Browser history
|- style=""
| Swipe finger from the left of the screen (outside of screen), towards right (into the screen)
| Hover mode. An arrow is diplayed on the left. Clicking the arrow creates a pointer that can be used as a mouse to select text. Deactivate by clicking the arrow on the left
|}

= E-mail client =

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Keyboard Shortcut
! Description
|- style=""
| Ctrl + Enter
| Send a message
|- style=""
| Ctrl + R
| Reply to a message
|}

= RSS Reader =
* Ctrl + R = Refresh the feed

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N900 shortcuts and gestures