Device Basics
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Touchscreen Navigation
Your device’s touchscreen lets you control actions through a variety of touch gestures.
Touch
Touch and Hold
Drag
Slide or Flick
Pinch and Spread
Rotate
Touch
Touch once with your finger to select or launch a menu, option, or application. A light touch
works best.
Touch and Hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, a link in a Web page), simply touch and
hold the item.
Drag
Touch and hold your finger before you start to move it. Do not release your finger until you have
reached the target position.
Slide or Flick
To slide, quickly move your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. To flick, move
your finger in lighter, quicker strokes than sliding. This finger gesture is always used in a vertical
motion, such as when scrolling through contacts or a message list.
Pinch and Spread
Pinch the screen using your thumb and forefinger to zoom out or spread the screen to zoom in
when viewing a picture or a Web page. (Move fingers inward to zoom out and outward to zoom
in.)
Rotate
For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to
landscape by turning the device sideways.
Note:
The Auto-rotate screen check box in
Home
>
Menu
>
Settings
>
Display
needs to be selected for the screen orientation to automatically change.
