Don’t forget to bookmark this page, this is a long one!
If you want to create your own shortcuts: Settings > Application settings > Quick launch
Open applications:
Browser SEARCH + b
Contacts SEARCH + c
E-Mail SEARCH + e
Google Mail SEARCH + g
Calendar SEARCH + l
Maps SEARCH + m
Music SEARCH + p
Messaging SEARCH + s
YouTube SEARCH + y
You can add/change these here: Settings > Application settings > Quick launch
Scrolling tips:
Page down SPACEBAR
Page up SHIFT + SPACEBAR
Jump to end of list ALT + TRACKBALL roll DOWN
Jump to top of list ALT + TRACKBALL roll UP
Typing and text navigation tips:
Insert special character ALT + SPACEBAR opens special character selector
Delete character to left DEL
Delete character to right SHIFT + DEL
Delete entire line ALT + DEL
Persistent CAPS Press SHIFT twice; press SHIFT again to escape
Jump cursor to beginning/end of line ALT + roll TRACKBALL left/right
Create tab character ALT + q
Highlight (select) text SHIFT + roll TRACKBALL
Cut text MENU + x, or Highlight text, press & hold TRACKBALL, select Cut
Copy text to clipboard MENU + c, or Highlight text, press & hold
TRACKBALL, select Copy
Paste text copied to clipboard MENU + v, or Highlight text, press & hold
TRACKBALL, select Paste
Undo change MENU + z
Select all text in field MENU + a, or Highlight text, press & hold
TRACKBALL, select Select all
Browser tips:
Open Go to window MENU + s
Open Bookmarks MENU + b
Open Windows MENU + w
View history MENU + h
Refresh or stop page MENU + r
Go back a page MENU + j
Go forward a page MENU + k
Find on page MENU + f
Go to home page MENU + ENTER
Zoom in MENU + i
Zoom out MENU + o
Go to Settings MENU + p
Page down SPACEBAR
Page up SHIFT + SPACEBAR
Map shortcuts
Directions MENU + d
Select map mode MENU + m
History MENU + h
My Location MENU + 0 (zero)
Go to Settings MENU + p
Zoom in MENU + i
Zoom out MENU + o
GMail shortcuts (while viewing message)
Forward F
Reply R
Reply All A
Archive Y (works on list mode too)
Other Google apps:
If you are in the mood for more shortcuts on any google apps like mail, calendar, docs, try typing: “?” in the webbrowser when using that app.
You would need to enable this option in settings for mail. The other apps have this enabled by default.
Update: Review these changes for touch screens.
Jason, an android platform and wifi developer, shows how short cuts work:
17 Comments
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Since you’re one of the developers; Is there a way to have the program add word selections using the slideout keyboard like it does using the keyboard on the front of the phone?
Don’t forget the long-press on the Home button to bring up the task-switcher, to switch between any of the up-to-six-at-a-time running apps.
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revisions / additions:
Note that as far as I can tell, none of these quick-actions are possible in keyboard-closed-mode (which also means that Droid-Incredible et al are completely incapable of these shortcuts in any condition when their virtual keyboards aren’t exposed, and maybe not even then.
I just tried MENU + v with the virtual keyboard in ClipNote Lite and the default web Browser … in each case, it printed a “v” and not the contents of my copy/paste buffer … now THAT is a serious advantage towards keyboarded Android systems
Editing tips
Highlight (select) text SHIFT + Arrow-keys
(adding alt = start/end of line, start/end of text-box)
Cut text to clipboard = MENU + x, or Highlight text, press & hold DPAD-CENTER, select Cut
Copy text to clipboard = MENU + c, or Highlight text, press & hold DPAD-CENTER, select Copy
Paste text copied to clipboard = MENU + v, or Highlight text, press & hold DPAD-CENTER, select Paste
Undo change = MENU + z (for example, this does not work in ClipNote Lite)
Select all text in field MENU + a, or Highlight text, press & hold
Browser tips:
Add bookmark = MENU + a
open Bookmarks = MENU + b
Cut text to clipboard = MENU + c
Downloads history MENU + d
sElect-mode for copy = MENU + e … finger-swipe over text, it is auto-copied to your clipboard
Find on page = MENU + f
paGe info = MENU + g
view History = MENU + h
zoom In = MENU + i
Jump back a page = MENU + j
go forward a page = MENU + k (mnemonic suggestions?)
enter urL = MENU + L
open New window MENU + n
Zoom out = MENU + o
settings Page = MENU + p
Refresh or stop page = MENU + r
Share webpage = MENU + s
open windows (Tabs) = MENU + t
close current Window = MENU + w
Go to home page MENU + ENTER
Page down SPACEBAR
Page up SHIFT + SPACEBAR
(m,q,u,z don’t do anything … which is odd, because menu+Z undo would be rather helpful in posting-boxes)
Map shortcuts
These worked on Ally / current gmaps version …
My Location MENU + 0 (zero)
Directions = MENU + d
Lattitude (JOIN and use) = MENU + L (not actually upper-case)
popular categorieS = MENU + s (can someone think of a reasonable mnemonic?)
Maybe from an older version of gmaps etc, but the following suggested shortcuts failed to do anything … maybe they might work in some context, but I don’t know what that would be:
Select map mode = MENU + m (did not work on Ally / current gmaps version)
History MENU + h (did not work on Ally / current gmaps version)
Go to Settings MENU + p (did not work on Ally / current gmaps version)
Zoom in MENU + i (did not work on Ally / current gmaps version)
Zoom out MENU + o (did not work on Ally / current gmaps version)
GMail shortcuts (while viewing message)
Reply All = a
archivE = e (2 keys to archive messages? am I misunderstanding something?)
Forward = f
next (older) message = j
previous (newer) message = k (anyone have a better mnemonic?)
goto Label = L (not upper case)
Mute conversation = m
Reply = r
assign label = v (better mnemonic?)
archive = y
GMail shortcuts (while viewing message-list)
Compose = c
goto Label = L
archive = y
(by using j and k for down/up, I think google’s engineers havs just declared that ‘vi’ won the vi-vs-emacs multi-year-flame-war)
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would u pls tell me how tab key works in emulator when we have to switch from one text box to another.
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This is a GREAT help, thanks so much! However, pressing MENU + ENTER does not take me to the home page; it just opens the Menu normally, but with Go highlighted. Am I doing something wrong? The ENTER key is the little arrow button pointing to the left, isn’t it?
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