N900 shortcuts and gestures
General shortcuts
| Keyboard Shortcut
| Description
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| Ctrl + C
| Copy text
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| Ctrl + V
| Paste text
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| Ctrl + X
| Cut text
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| Ctrl + A
| Select all
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| Ctrl + O
| Open
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| Ctrl + N
| New item
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| Ctrl + S
| Save
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| Ctrl + Z
| Undo
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| Ctrl + Y
| Redo
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| Ctrl + F
| Find/Search Bar
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| Ctrl + Right arrow
| Move the insertion point to the end of the word
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| Ctrl + Left arrow
| Move the insertion point to the beginning of the word
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| Fn + Ctrl
| Symbols and characters.
Symbols on the third row are entered by pressing the symbol followed by the 'Space' key, or by pressing the symbol followed by the letter to accent, or add a diacritical mark to.
The diacritical marks on the third row are: ` (accent grave), ΄ (accent acute), ^ (circumflex), ~ (tilde), ¨ (diaeresis), ° (degree sign), ˇ (caron)
For example, press ΄ and E to enter an accented é.
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| Ctrl + Backspace
| Task Manager
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| Shift + Backspace
| Delete character. Works in Notes App, entering URLs in Browser. Does not work in Abiword.
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| Ctrl + Shift + P
| Takes a screenshot. The PNG image file is saved in /home/user/MyDocs/.images/Screenshots/ with a timestamp in the filename.
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| Ctrl + Shift + X
| Starts Xterm
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| Ctrl + Space
| Switch between Input languages (Dual Dictionaries)
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| Double-Press Power Button
| Locks device
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| Double-Press Shift
| Caps lock on
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| Double-Press Fn
| Locks Fn
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| Press and hold a key
| Same symbol as Fn + Key comes up
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| A-Z
| Start typing the name of a person to start Contacts App (Desktop Only)
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| Fn + <number>
| Type any number to start Phone App (Desktop Only)
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| Shift + Arrow Keys
| Select Text
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| Volume Keys
| Zoom In/Out or Volume Level, depending on App
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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
- Start entering a string to filter for messages written by a contact with a name including the input string
Calendar
- Start entering a string to enter a new calendar item. This works in every calendar view.
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 to silence an incoming call
- When alarm rings, turn over the device so the screen faces down towards the table surface to snooze the alarm
- 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.
- Using the stylus, double tap to highlight a word or triple tap to highlight all words
- In a sub-view of an application (e.g. Email -> Account -> Inbox) tapping and holding the Back arrow button (in the upper right corner of the screen) switches to the main view of that application [1]
Xterm Shortcuts
- Copy & Paste: Press the Selection toggle button (Arrow to left of Ctrl on the keybar), highlight the text with stylus or finger, tap Xterm menu bar, select 'Copy'. To paste text, tap menu bar and select 'Paste'.
- The Xterm keybar can be edited to add more symbols. More info: Keybar for Xterm
| Keyboard Shortcut
| Description
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| Ctrl + I
| Autocomplete Filename (pressing tab does this too)
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| Ctrl + A
| Move cursor to beginning of line
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| Ctrl + E
| Move cursor to end of line
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| Ctrl + L
| Clear screen
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| Ctrl + W
| Delete the last word
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| Ctrl + K
| Delete everything after cursor
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| Ctrl + U
| Delete everything before cursor
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| Ctrl + D
| Exit
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| Volume Keys
| Change font size
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Web browser Shortcuts
- Full-Screen mode: Enter a URL directly by typing on the keyboard
| Keyboard Shortcut
| Description
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| Ctrl + N
| Open a new window
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| Ctrl + R
| Reload the current page
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| Ctrl + B
| Open a bookmark
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| Ctrl + D
| Add a bookmark
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| Ctrl + Right Arrow
| Move cursor to next text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
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| Ctrl + Left Arrow
| Move cursor to previous text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
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| Ctrl + Shift + I
| Reset zoom to normal or Turn on page reflow for any zoom level
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| Ctrl + Shift + O
| Turns on/off Portrait mode (Requires keyboard closed to work) **Incomplete Feature** (prior to PR 1.2)
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| Backspace
| Back
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| Shift + Backspace
| Forward (absent in PR 1.2)
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| Space
| Page Down
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| Shift + Space
| Page Up
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| Arrows
| Move around page
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| Shift + Cursor Up/Down
| Top/Bottom of page (PR1.2)
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Web Browser Gestures
| Gesture
| Description
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| Double tap text/image
| Zoom in
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| Double tap text/image (when already zoomed in)
| Zoom out
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| Clockwise circular inward motion
| Zoom in
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| Counter-clockwise circular outward motion
| Zoom out
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| Swipe finger from the right of the screen (outside of screen), towards left (into the screen)
| Browser history (PR 1.2: also through long-press on on-screen back button)
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| Swipe finger from the left of the screen (outside of screen), towards right (into the screen)
| Hover mode. An arrow is displayed 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. A quick hover can also be performed by swiping-and-holding finger on screen. This keeps the pointer visible until the finger is lifted. Also, pressing space performs a button click while on "quick hover". This can be handy if you just need to access a mouse-hover menu or such.
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E-mail client
| Keyboard Shortcut
| Description
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| Ctrl + Enter
| Send a message
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| Ctrl + R
| Reply to a message
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| Shift + Hover over text
| Highlight (select) portions of text for copying (Ctrl+C) when viewing email - PR1.2. (Still not perfect - see bug 5033). A workaround is to Reply or Forward the email, then in edit mode, use Arrow keys to move around, Shift to select text and Ctrl+C to copy.
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| Start entering a string in a list view
| Filter for mails written by a contact with a name including the input string or a subject including input string
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RSS Reader
| Keyboard Shortcut
| Description
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| Ctrl + R
| Refresh the feed
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| Keyboard Shortcut
| Description
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| Ctrl + Enter
| Toggle full screen mode
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| Ctrl + F
| Search (search field remains open till app closed)
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| Ctrl + Z
| Toggle side panel
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| Ctrl + Space
| Toggle "special mode"
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| Ctrl + Comma
| Toggle "edit mode" (copy text)
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| Volume up/down (normal mode)
| Zoom in/out
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| Volume up/down (special mode)
| next/previous page
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In fullscreen mode, with special mode off, tapping the top (bottom) of the screen pages up (down).
Mozilla Firefox (formally known as fennec)
| Keyboard Shortcut
| Description
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| Ctrl+Up arrow
| Zoom in
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| Ctrl+Down arrow
| Zoom out
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| Volume Keys
| Zoom In/Out
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| Ctrl+L
| Go to Location(/Awesome) Bar
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| Ctrl+Left arrow (not in input fields!) or Backspace
| Back one page
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| Ctrl+Right arrow (not in input fields!) or Shift+Backspace
| Forward one page
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| Input fields: Ctrl+Left arrow
| Jump to the previous word
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| Input fields: Ctrl+Right arrow
| Jump to the next word
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| Ctrl+W
| Close tab
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| Ctrl+Tap on link
| Open link in new tab
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| Ctrl+T
| New tab
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