N900 shortcuts and gestures

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General shortcuts

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

Conversations

Tap and hold on a text message = You get the option to call the person

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

Xterm shortcuts

  • Ctrl + I = Autocomplete filename

Web browser shortcuts

  • Ctrl + N = Open a new window
  • Ctrl + R = Reload the current page
  • Ctrl + B = Open a bookmark
  • Ctrl + D = Add a bookmark
  • Ctrl + Right Arrow = Move cursor to next text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with.
  • Ctrl + Left Arrow = Move cursor to previous text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with.
  • Backspace = Go back to the previous page

Web browser gestures

  • Double tap text = Zooms in on the text segment
  • Double tap text (when already zoomed in) = Zoom out
  • Clockwise circular inward motion = Zoom in
  • Counter-clockwise circular outward motion = Zoom out
  • Swipe finger from the right of the screen (outside of screen), towards left (into the screen) = Browser history
  • 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

  • Ctrl + Enter = Send a message
  • Ctrl + R = Reply to a message

RSS Reader

  • Ctrl + R = Refresh the feed