T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 15 September 8, 2008
Touch screen & trackball

Selection

To select an item or button on the screen, you can either:
•Roll the TRACKBALL to highlight the item, then click the TRACKBALL to select the item; or
• Touch the item directly with your fingertip. You will know when an item on the screen is selected
when its color changes, usually to yellow or orange.
Tip: To hear a sound when an item is selected, select the Audible selection check box in Home >
Settings > Sound & display.

Context menus

To open the context menu for an item on the screen, you can either:
•Roll the TRACKBALL to highlight the item, then press & hold the TRACKBALL; or
• Touch & hold the item on the screen with your fingertip. You must hold for one full second before
the context menu will appear.

Scroll

To scroll up or down in a list or page on the screen, you can either:
•Roll the TRACKBALL up/down; or
• Slide your finger up/down on the screen. With repeated short, quick brushing gestures, you can
accelerate the scroll. Touch the screen to stop the scrolling.

Crop pictures

When creating wallpaper or an icon from a picture, you can control how the picture is cropped.
Touch & hold an edge of the cropper to reveal the sizing arrows, then drag the edge in or out to
size. Touch & drag the center of the cropper to move it with the picture.

Drag items

In some contexts you can drag items on the screen with your fingertip. Moving the cropper frame
within a picture is one example.