Nokia Series 60 manual Application handling, Shortcuts, Customizing the Application shell

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Shortcuts

When the Application shell has been opened and no navigation has taken place, the numeric keys 1-9 can be used as shortcuts to selecting an application. The keys are mapped directly to the 9 icons in the shell’s initial view, so that key 1 corresponds to the top-left application and key 9 to the bottom-right one.

When the user starts scrolling, the shortcuts are not available. Notice also that numeric shortcuts do not exist inside applications in general.

Customizing the Application shell

The user can adjust the order of applications, as well as create folders and move applications into folders within the Application shell. These managing functions are available through the Options softkey on the left.

Fast application swapping

There is a shortcut to swapping between applications that are currently running. A long press of the Applications key opens the fast swapping pop-up window that contains the icons of the currently running applications. The user can browse and select one of these in the same way as in the full Application shell.

Figure 6-3.Fast application swapping window.

Application handling

This section describes the handling of applications, and interactions between applications, in the Series 60 UI environment.

Some basic assumptions:

There can be only one instance of each application at a time. This means that when the user selects an application in the Application shell, there is never a confusion about which process it refers to: either there is one running instance of the application, in which case it will be displayed, or there is none, in which case a new process will be created.

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Contents Nokia Editorial notes Contents Page Page Page About this document PurposeAudience Where Nokia Series 60 UI Belongs Colour capability 4096 or more colours preferred DisplayExtra keys KeysFollowing keys are required for Series 60 UI Softkeys Call handling OtherApplication window Windows and panesMain pane Standard panes in application windowsTitle pane Status paneNavi pane Context paneContext pane displays the current applications icon TabsBattery pane / Universal indicator pane Signal paneIndicators Navigation textUsing a graphical indicator. It also acts as a Battery paneCharging indicator Pop-up windowsQuery Options menuSoft notification Call windowKeypad functions Presentation of textJustification TruncationTypical functions of the standard keys Keypad toneScroll up / Scroll down Scroll left / Scroll rightLeft softkey Section Selection listRight softkey SendEnd Applications key Numeric keypad 0-9, *, # Clear Edit During callsEditors, can be used together with Power NavigationNavigating in applications Navigation using Tabs Folder hierarchies Highlighting Navigation using LinksList browsing Empty lists and gridsVice versa Scrolling indicator for listsOrder of items and browsing in grids Empty cells are skipped the focus is never on an empty cell List types Scrolling indicator for gridsMenu list Scroll up / down Move focus the list Scroll left / rightSelection list Select Scroll up / down Move focus in the list Scroll left / right Other keys Do the default action of the keyFrom the user required otherwise ignored See section Markable listMarkable list Page Keypad functions for multiselection lists Multiselection listSetting lists Pop-up settingAvailable values in a menu list Slider setting Text settingUsing the Scroll left and Scroll right keys Type, like date/time editorLeft softkey OK Scroll up / downAlways-editable forms FormsForm items Forms without the Options softkeyDone CancelRight softkey Done Text fieldList layouts Adjustable using the Scroll left and right keysSelecting it opens a data query SliderColumn structure of lists List item types Single-line item with Large graphic Single-line item with graphic HeadingTwo-line item Double itemDouble item With large graphic Double item styleDouble item style 2 with graphic Attribute text ABC, value text C usage Setting lists Setting itemNumbered items Item type combinationsFind pane Grid typesMenu grid Selection grid37.A find pane within a selection list of names in Phonebook Options menu39.Submenu in the options menu SubmenusOther option menus Unavailable itemsOK options menu Add recipientFunction Options templateFunction in the context Edit options menuSMS Mandatory Confirmation note Error noteInformation note Permanent noteUse a confirmation note when Some guidelines concerning note usageSoft notifications Ungrouped soft notificationGrouped soft notification Many simultaneous soft notifications Discarding soft notificationsConfirmation query Queries45.A confirmation query List queryMultiselection list query Data query Password queryIndicators Signal and battery indicatorsData queries with multiple fields Indicators in Navi pane Status indicatorsSoft indicators Editing indicators in pop-up windowsWhen all tabs are not visible As the editing mode numeric/alphanumericScrolling indicators Operator indicatorApplication-specific indicators IdleApplication shell Shortcuts Application handlingCustomizing the Application shell Fast application swappingMultitasking Opening and closing applicationsApplication interactions Phone Simple one-call cases, the Phone application looks like this Volume control Call handlingEnd Viewers and players Text viewersImage viewers Audio and video players Multimedia viewersKey Text editing# key Edit keyEdit menu 10.Special character window Editing indicatorsDocument handling Selecting textCreating new documents Saving edited data Groups FoldersFetching data Settings