Full keyboard
One of the features that make Motorola Droid a success was the full Qwerty keyboard. Everyone knows that typing on full Qwerty keyboard is faster and easier than the touch screen keyboard. If you have an Android phone that comes with full Qwerty keyboard, master these shortcuts and start opening apps faster and perform other functions quicker. You can also create your own keyboard shortcuts.
Shortcuts for opening Android apps
- Search + B: Open 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
Browser Short cut Keys
- 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 inbox
- Menu + C: Compose new e-mail
- Enter: Open an e-mail
- Alt + Trackball-Up: Jump to top of inbox
- Alt + Trackball-Down: Jump to bottom of inbox
Shortcut keys may vary from device to device. The above should work on most of android devices. Also don’t be afraid to create shortcut for your favorite apps.
The following Android phones come with full Qwerty keyboard:
Intercept (Moment 2), Droid 2, myTouch 3G Slide, FlipOut, Optimus Q,Devour, Backflip, lg Eve, Moment, DROID/Milestone, CLIQ
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