Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GeT sTARTed 10
Touch & type
To select or activate somethin g, touch it.
To type something, such as a na me, password, or sear ch terms,
just touch where you want to ty pe. A keyboard pops up t hat lets
you type into the eld.
other common gestures include:
• Touch & hold. Touch & hold an item on the sc reen by touching
it and not lifting your ng er until it respon ds.
• Drag. Touch & hold an item for a momen t and then, with out lift-
ing your nger, move your nger on the sc reen until you r each
the target position. For e xample, you can move apps a round
on the Home screen.
• Swipe or slide. Quickly m ove your nger ac ross the surfac e of
the screen, without pausi ng when you rst touch (so you d on’t
drag something instead ). For example, you can sl ide a Home
screen left or right to vi ew the other Home sc reens.
• Double-tap. Tap quickly twic e on a webpage, map, or other
screen to zoom. For exampl e, double-tap a p icture in Chrome
to zoom in, and double- tap again to zoom out .
• Pinch. in some apps (such as Map s, Chrome, and G allery), you
can zoom in and out by plac ing two ngers o n the s creen at
once and pinching them to gether (to zoom out) or spr eading
them apart (to zoom in).
• rotate the screen. The ori entation of most screens rotate s
with your device as you turn it . To lock or unlock the scre en’s
vertical orientatio n, swipe down from the top right of any
screen and touch the Rotati on icon in Quick s ettings.