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Awesome Keyboard Shortcuts - Really!

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badankles

Android Expert
i know, duh, why did i choose the Epic then? well, the slider keyboard was not my #1 reason for choosing the Epic. the slider was really a bonus and fun to use once in a while.

well, a recent android article really got me thinking (link below), then i remembered another member started a thread linking to a video showing keyboard shortcuts in all it's glory.

WOW!!! i have a new fondness for my slider keyboard now. so, now that i am enamored with my slider, here are some tips i gathered to share:

link to post from pablo.station: http://androidforums.com/epic-4g-tips-tricks/179829-android-keyboard-shortcuts.html

link to article that started me on this: Keyboard shortcuts | Android Central

link to video blog with text list: Keyboard shortcuts for Android phones | Android Atlas - CNET Blogs


I pulled this from the blog above:

Shortcuts for opening Android apps

  • Search-B: Open Web browser
  • Search-C: Open contacts
  • Search-E: Open e-mail
  • Search-G: Open Gmail
  • Search-P: Open music
  • Search-S: Open text messaging
  • Search-Y: Open YouTube
You can add or change these shortcuts through Settings-Applications-Quick launch.


Typing shortcuts

  • Shift-Del: Delete the character to the right of the cursor
  • Alt-Del: Delete an entire line
  • Shift-Shift (press it twice): Activate caps-lock; press shift once more to exit
  • Alt-Trackball-Left: Move cursor to beginning of line
  • Alt-Trackball-Right: Move cursor to end of line
  • Alt-Trackball-Up: Move cursor to top of page
  • Alt-Trackball-Down: Move cursor to bottom of page
  • Shift-Trackball-Left/Right: Highlight text for cutting or copying

Web browser shortcuts

  • Menu-J: Go back a page
  • Menu-K: Go forward a page
  • Menu-R: Refresh current page
  • Menu-F: Find on page
  • Menu-B: Open bookmarks
  • Menu-A: Add bookmarks
  • Menu-S: Open social network sharing menu
  • Menu-H: View browsing history
  • Menu-S: Open browser settings
  • Menu-D: Downloads
  • Menu-G: Page info
  • Menu-E: Select text

Gmail Android shortcuts

  • R: Reply to current message
  • A: Reply-all to current message
  • Y: Archive message
  • Menu-U: Refresh in-box
  • Menu-C: Compose new e-mail
  • Enter: Open an e-mail
  • Alt-Trackball-Up: Jump to top of in-box
  • Alt-Trackball-Down: Jump to bottom of in-box
 
chuhsi said:
this may have just convinced me to get an epic over an evo!
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No way,,, My wife has the Epic, I have an EVO, I'm glad I didn't get the Epic. She was able to upgrade 2 weeks before I was, so I got a chance to play with her phone for a while. No way I'd get the Epic.
 
jmsnyc said:
How would you do this on the keyboard?
Shift-Trackball-Left/Right: Highlight text for cutting or copying
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I got it to work from gmail with:

Hold Shrift-Yellow Fn key then touch with finger and drag to highlight text. It automatically copies to clip board.
 
the fn key doesn't work like an alt key on my Epic. e.g., fn-backspace combo does just what backspace does--deletes character to the left of the cursor.
 
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