Keyboard Shortcuts and Helpful Tools for the PRE

07-02-2009, 04:10 PM

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myDrPC

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Keyboard Shortcuts and Helpful Tools for the PRE

Yep, it's time to find the hidden jewels on the PRE

Key Combos

Screenshot: Orange + Shift + P. There will be no indicator that your screenshot succeeded, but check out the Screen Capture 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, Render nodes, and Render layers it's calling. Potentially useful to web developers learning how to program for the webOS.
Soft-Reset: Orange + Sym + R. Will automatically reset your Palm Pre.

Bold and Italic

New to us - in certain apps you can enter text as Bold and Italic. It's a little buggy yet, but we expect that we'll see these as official features as soon as Palm is able to work out the kinks.
Bold text: Sym + B. This will only work in apps that can accept rich text. So it works in email but not in memos, for example. You can hold this combo down before you start typing or highlight your text and then hit it to make 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: In the favorites & mailbox view, (the top level), type RocknRollHax (hold down shift + letter for the caps). This will allow you to rotate into landscape mode. Resets after you close the card. *** Pressing the volume buttons while in landscape mode will give you the top left menu option. ***
Developer Mode: Type upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart. This will allow you to turn on Developer Mode so you can hack away at your Pre.

Other Keyboard Tricks

Preview Email in List View Mode: Start in the middle of the message and pinch out to the edges. Pinch in from the edges to minimize.
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.
New Emoticons with webOS 1.1! [See Picture Attachment]

Happy face :- ) or : )
Sad face : (
Wink ; )
Smile / Grin : D
Tongue out : P
Confused : /
Dead : S
Sick / Green : @
Kiss : *
Crying :’ (
Sunglasses 8 )
Gasp / Shock : o
Halo / Angel O : )
Foot in mouth : !
Embarrassed : [

Sure, more to follow. Enjoy

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Last edited by myDrPC : 07-28-2009 at 06:48 PM.