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Palm Pre Keyboard Tricks By Dieter Bohn | Thursday, Jul 2, 2009 | 25 comments » 7 p* k7 X% H% w
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There are many hidden keyboard shortcuts and tricks on the Palm Pre. We've already discussed many of them here at PreCentral.net, but here'sa list of most of the currently-known keyboard combinations for thePre. New to these blog pages: the ability to enter text in bold and italic and also to view developer information on open cards.0 c, c, Y$ U# [8 K9 I" a" @
Before we get to them, though, we will note that the Palm Pre Tips and Tricks PDF from forum member milominderbinde has seen plenty of updates and now includes over 200 tips and tricks! If you haven't yet, you absolutely must register as a member and download this amazing guide!- E# K3 K- x: ?4 }4 i
On to the keyboard shortcuts!
5 s7 R: V' Q4 A8 TKey Combos - Screenshot: Orange +Shift + P. There will be no indicator that your screenshot succeeded,but check out the Screencapture gallery in your Photo app to see them
- Open Card Information:Orange + Sym + i. You will see information about the open card,including how many images the app is using, how many DOM nodes, Rendernodes, and Render layers it's calling. Potentially useful to webdevelopers learning how to program for the webOS.
- Soft-Reset: Orange + Sym + R. Will automatically reset your Palm Pre.
Bold and Italic Newto us - in certain apps you can enter text as Bold and Italic. It's alittle buggy yet, but we expect that we'll see these as officialfeatures as soon as Palm is able to work out the kinks.5 j1 B- e( F: B, K8 o
- Bold text:Sym + B. This will only work in apps that can accept rich text. So itworks in email but not in memos, for example. You can hold this combodown before you start typing or highlight your text and then hit it tomake your text bold.
- Italic Text: Sym + i. As with bold, only works in certain apps. Also note that the Pre will try to enter international "i" characters
Longer keyboard tricks - Landscape email:on the mailbox listing view, (the top level), type RocknRollHax (holddown shift + letter for the caps). This will allow you to rotate intolandscape mode. Resets after you close the card.
- Developer Mode: Type upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart. This will allow you to turn on Developer Mode so you can hack away at your Pre.
Other Keyboard Tricks - Advanced Calculator functions: Hit the spacebar to toggle calculator functions: M-, Percent, Square Root, and +/-
- Open a link in a new browser card: Hold down Orange + Space and tap a link.
- Take a photo: You can hit the spacebar to take a picture in the Camera app.
- Delete an app: Orange + Tap
- Select text: hold down Shift then slide your finger left, right, up, or down to move the cursor. Only works in editable text fields
- Move the cursor: hold down Orange and slide your finger left, right, up, or down to position the cursor more accurately than tapping.
...There are many many other tricks not involving the keyboard like getting a menu in landscape mode, holding down your finger in the gesture area for copy and paste, and more. It's all in the Tips & Tricks PDF.
2 C1 X, W& {: s' n! K Anything keyboard-specific we missed? Let us know in the comments and we'll update the post!/ L4 Q2 {3 t' D! |5 [! N
Thanksto everybody in the forums for finding all these great tricks,especially milominderbinde. Thanks to Eric for the heads-up on thecard info trick! |
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