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1 <h2>Physical Keyboard</h2>
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3 <p>Here are some keyboard shortcuts available when a <strong>hardware
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4 keyboard</strong> is present. If you&apos;re using a phone where the main input
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5 type is a <strong>virtual keyboard</strong>, please see the VirtualKeyboard help topic.
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6 </p>
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7 <p><strong>Note:</strong> the side that <strong>shift</strong>, <strong>alt</strong>,
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8 <strong>slash</strong>, and <strong>tab</strong> uses can be changed in
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9 preferences between left, right, and disabled.</p>
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10 <p><strong>Note:</strong> to use advanced Sony Ericsson Xperia (mini) pro key mappings you
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11 have to activate the appropriate option in application settings.</p>
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12 <ul>
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13 <li>Control key (CTRL)</li>
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14 <blockquote>Pressing once on the trackball will toggle on
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15 <strong>control</strong> for the next character typed. The cursor will
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16 indicate this state with a &lt; symbol. Note that pressing the
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17 trackball again will send an <strong>escape</strong> key.<br><br>
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18 Xperia (mini) pro: the <strong>Language</strong> key (above right arrow) maps to CTRL.
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19 </blockquote>
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20 </ul>
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21 <ul>
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22 <li>Escape (ESC)</li>
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23 <blockquote>Pressing twice on the trackball will send <strong>escape</strong>
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24 key. Note that some other terminal emulators map pressing <strong>ALT-<i>key</i></strong>
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25 to <strong>escape + <i>key</i></strong>.<br><br>
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26 Xperia (mini) pro: pressing the <strong>Language</strong> key (above right arrow)
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27 twice maps to ESC</blockquote>
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28 </ul>
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29 <ul>
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30 <li>Shift</li>
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31 <blockquote>Pressing the <strong>shift</strong> (up arrow)
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32 key once will make the next key typed its uppercase variant according
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33 to the keyboard layout. This state is indicated with an outline of a
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34 triangle on the top of the cursor. Pressing it twice will turn on <strong>shift
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35 lock</strong> which is indicated by a solid triangle on the top of the cursor.</blockquote>
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36 </ul>
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37 <ul>
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38 <li>Alt</li>
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39 <blockquote>Pressing the <strong>Alt</strong> key once
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40 will make the next key typed its symbol as indicated on the keyboard.
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41 This state is indicated with the outline of a triangle on the bottom of
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42 the cursor. Pressing it twice will turn on <strong>alt lock</strong>
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43 which is indicated by a solid triangle on the bottom of the cursor.</blockquote>
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44 </ul>
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45 <ul>
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46 <li>Slash (opposite side Alt)</li>
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47 <blockquote>The opposite side <strong>alt</strong> key can
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48 be used as a shortcut for the forward slash / character. This aids in
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49 quickly typing directories on the G1.</blockquote>
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50 </ul>
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51 <ul>
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52 <li>Tab (opposite side Shift)</li>
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53 <blockquote>The opposite side <strong>shift</strong> key
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54 can be used as a shortcut for the <strong>tab</strong> key (CTRL-i) for
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55 quick completion in many shells.</blockquote>
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56 </ul>
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57 <ul>
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58 <li>Function keys (F1 through F10)</li>
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59 <blockquote>Hold down the alt key with the shift key and press numbers 1
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60 through 0 to send F1 through F10 respectively.<br><br>
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61 Xperia (mini) pro: pressing the <strong>Language</strong> (above right arrow) key twice
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62 and a number (with <strong>Alt</strong>) maps to F1 through F10
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63 </blockquote>
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64 </ul>
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65 <ul>
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66 <li>Navigation keys</li>
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67 <blockquote><strong>Alt</strong> + Up Arrow = Page Up
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68 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + Down Arrow = Page Down
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69 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + Left Arrow = Home
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70 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + Right Arrow = End
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71 <br><strong>Search key</strong> = URL scan</blockquote>
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72 </ul>
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73 <ul>
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74 <li>Other keys</li>
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75 <blockquote><strong>Alt</strong> + BackSpace = Insert</blockquote>
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76 </ul>
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77 <ul>
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78 <li>Additional mappings for Asus Transformer Series Mobile Dock:</li>
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79 <blockquote><strong>Back key</strong> = ESC</blockquote>
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80 </ul>
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81 <ul>
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82 <li>Additional mappings for Samsung Captivate Glide (SGH-i927):</li>
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83 <blockquote><strong>Microphone key</strong> = TAB
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84 <br><strong>.com</strong> = ESC
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85 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + <strong>Shift</strong> + O = opening square bracket ([)
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86 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + <strong>Shift</strong> + P = closing square bracket (])
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87 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + <strong>Shift</strong> + A = less than sign (&lt;)
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88 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + <strong>Shift</strong> + D = greater than sign (&gt;)</blockquote>
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89 </ul>
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90 <ul>
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91 <li>Additional mappings for Xperia (mini) pro:</li>
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92 <blockquote><strong>SYM</strong> = opens/closes symbol input dialog
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93 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + S = pipe symbol (|)
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94 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + Z = backslash (\)
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95 <br><strong>Shift</strong> + ' = tilde (~)
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96 <br><strong>Shift</strong> + ? = grave accent (`)
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97 <br><strong>Shift</strong> + . = caret (^)
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98 <br><strong>Shift</strong> + , = greater than sign (&gt;)
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99 <br><strong>Shift</strong> + @ = less than sign (&lt;)
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100 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + <strong>Shift</strong> + U = opening square bracket ([)
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101 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + <strong>Shift</strong> + I = closing square bracket (])
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102 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + <strong>Shift</strong> + O = opening curly bracket ({)
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103 <br><strong>Alt</strong> + <strong>Shift</strong> + P = closing curly bracket ({)</blockquote>
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104 </ul>