Nokia N900 Keyboard Shortcuts Galore
The Nokia N900 is one of the first QWERTY-equipped smartphones from Nokia to come with a junkload of cool keyboard shortcuts. Honestly, there’s so many, you probably won’t remember or use most of them, but there are a few that deserve to be highlighted. Thanks to Matthew Miller at NokiaExperts.com for pulling these out of the manual (and discovering a few others, as well).
For starters, (and this isn’t a keyboard shortcut, but it’s good to know, nonetheless), there’s some quick pointers about the notification LED. When it’s flashing blue, that means some application has triggered a notification of some sort. If it’s orange, that means the battery is currently charging, and is not quite full. If it’s green, that means the battery is fully charged, and you can go ahead and disconnect it.
Now, back to that keyboard. Here’s a big list:
General
- Ctrl + Backspace: From within an application this will take you back out to the visual task manager. (Thanks to Chanse for that one.)
- Ctrl + C: Copy text
- Ctrl + V: Paste text
- Ctrl + X: Cut text
- Ctrl + A: Select all
- Ctrl + O: Open (if available)
- Ctrl + N: Create a new item (if available)
- Ctrl + S: Save (if available)
- Ctrl + Z: Undo (if available)
- Ctrl + Y: Redo (if available)
- Ctrl + F: Open search bar (if available)
- Ctrl + Right arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the word
- Ctrl + Left arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the word
Web browser
- Ctrl + N: Open a new window
- Ctrl + R: Reload the current page
- Ctrl + B: Open a bookmark
- Ctrl + D: Add a bookmark
- Ctrl + Enter: Send a message
- Ctrl + R: Reply to a message
RSS Reader
- Ctrl + R: Refresh the feed
Screenshots
- Ctrl + Shift + P: Capture a screenshot. Warm up those fingers first to try this out. (Thanks Nokia Experts reader Matti for the tip.)
Quite good stuff. Matthew’s got some other tips and tricks listed out, so click on over to get the full info. What other keyboard shortcuts have you discovered that aren’t listed here?
