T-Mobile myTouch 3G, User Manual

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Android Basics 30
AUG-1.6.0-003 T-Mobile myTouch 3G User Guide
The left and right extensions to the Home screen provide more space for icons,
widgets, shortcuts, and other items.
Using the Touchscreen
You can control Android features by using your finger to directly manipulate
icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the
touchscreen. You can also change the screen’s orientation.
Touch
When you want to act on items on the screen, such as application and
settings icons, and when you want to type letters and symbols using the onscreen
keyboard, or press onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger.
Touch & hold
You touch & hold an item on screen by touching it and not lifting
your finger until an action occurs. For example, to open a menu for customizing
the Home screen, you touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu
opens, and then you lift your finger.
Drag
Touch & hold an item for a moment, and then without lifting your finger,
move your finger on the screen. Lift your finger when you reach the target
position. You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them (as described in
“Customizing the Home Screen” on page 47) and you drag to open the
Notifications panel (as described in “Managing Notifications” on page 42).
Swipe or slide
To swipe or slide means to quickly move your finger across the
surface of the screen, without pausing when you first touch it (so you don’t drag
an item instead). For example, you slide the screen up or down to scroll a list.