[kelton]

So may I ask about the status on keyboard shortcuts?

I think I recall some sort of slight improvement on shortcut features, but nothing as nice as the 9930.

With my old 9930, I could assign every key. I could hold the "L" and call Lewis. I could hold the "D" and open notes. "J" called Joanna.

Very simple and obvious, but an amazing convenience that allowed me to use the phone almost without looking... no need to open a window or fiddle with the phone.

What kinds of shortcuts are currently available and is there any chance that the Q10 will achieve the same level as the 9930?

[Bla1ze]

Open the Help app and search for “Home screen shortcuts." As for 'one key dialing', you never mentioned which OS you're on so I don't know if it is present on yours currently but alas, it is available on later OS revisions.

[FrankIAm]

No pressing and holding keys, atm, but we have these:




C0001BBF0 - BlackBerry 10 help channel.

[Valdar729]

The email shortcut doesn't actually work, btw.

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[FrankIAm]

The email shortcut doesn't actually work, btw.

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It does for me.




C0001BBF0 - BlackBerry 10 help channel.

[whitebluebai]

I didn't use to the instant action at first, but I loved it right now! I think it's amazing

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[Valdar729]

It does for me.




C0001BBF0 - BlackBerry 10 help channel.

Try using the email shortcut with a contact. Doesn't work so well.

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[kelton]

I don't own an OS10 device yet. I have a Note 2. Before that, a 9930. I was hoping a "phablet" would fit my needs.

I love the size for actual usage, but I hate carrying it around.

I'm not up to speed on the debate over keyboard shortcuts, but surely many are rather dissatisfied with those kinds of "shortcuts". (are they any easier than just composing an email the usual way?... .I've actually got to spell the whole word "email"? That's a five-key shortcut!!!)

Dialing someone while driving or in a case when I have only one hand...and pressing one button to get it done.... what's not to like?

Is there at least some gossip that there will be true shortcuts in future updates?
Slab phones are too fiddly, but it's an inherent part of tapping around on glass.
With a physical keyboard, there is no excuse.

[SpencerNSO]

BlackBerry Q10 Keyboard Shortcuts
Contacts

Any key - List views - Search
Calendar

P - Agenda/Week/Schedule/Month - Go to previous day/week/month
N - Agenda/Week/Schedule/Month - Go to next day/week/month
C - Agenda/Week/Schedule/Month - Create a new event
T - Agenda/Week/Schedule/Month - Jump to today
S - Agenda/Week/Schedule/Month - Switch to search view
I - Schedule and week view - Move between Day/Week/Month/6 Month in sequence
O - Schedule and week view - Move between Day/Week/Month/6 Month in sequence
D - Schedule and day view - Move between Day/Week/Month/6 Month in sequence
W - Schedule and week view - ?Move between Day/Week/Month/6 Month in sequence
M - Schedule and Month view - Move between Day/Week/Month/6 Month in sequence
E - Event detail - Switch to edit mode
Phone

Phone Any key - Call log screen, Call contacts screen - Initaites search.
Return/Enter - KeyPad screen - calls the number
Number keys - KeyPad screen - inputs digits
?Enter/Return - Contacts search - Call top search result
?Backspace - KeyPad screen -Clear
?Numeric Keys - In Call screen - DTMF Tone
Enter/Return - In Call screen - Send MMI Command (in call keypad)
?H - In Call screen - Place call on hold
?$ - In Call screen - Toggle speakerphone
File Manager

T - Nothing focused - Top
B - Nothing focused - Bottom
S - Nothing focused - Search
Home Screen

Any key - Search/Type'N'Go
BlackBerry Hub

T - global, no focus - Jump to Screen Top
B - global, no focus - Jump to Screen Bottom
C - global, no focus - Create New Email
S - global, no focus Search, Find
R - global, no focus - Reply
L - global, no focus - Reply All
F - global, no focus - Forward
Backspace - Control has focus - Delete selected text or items, or revert auto-correct
N - Message preview - Next message
P - Message preview - Previous message
W - Message preview - Flag for follow-up
BlackBerry Messenger & Groups
T - Any scrollable screen - Jump to top
B - Any scrollable screen - Jump to bottom
Space - Any scrollable screen - Scroll down one screen length
Shift + Space - Any scrollable screen - Scroll up one screen length
N - Contacts Tab - Next section header
P - Contacts Tab - Previous section header
S - Contacts Tab - Invoke Search
Alt + Enter - Reply field - Insert carriage return
Enter - Text field - Send message
?Long-press Enter - Screens with multiple input fields - Move focus to the next control
C - Edit status/ Select category sheet - Create New
?R - Chat View/ Picture + List Comment - Move focus to reply field/ Comment field
?I - Viewing a picture - Zoom in
?O - Viewing a picture - Zoop out
?E - User profile - Quick access to edit personal message
SMS / MMS
T -In chat - Scroll to top of page
B - In chat - Scroll to bottom of page
?R - Message list view - Reply to message
C - Any screen - Compose message
BlackBerry World

T - Any List View - Jump to Top of view
B - Any List View - Jump to Bottom of view
N - Any List View - Jump to Next Section Header Below
P - Any List View - Jump to Previous Section Header Above
Space - Any List View - Scroll one screen length down
Shift+Space - Any List View - Scroll one screen length up
S - Any view - Search
BlackBerry Remember

T - Nothing focused - Jump to top of screen
B - Nothing focused - Jump to bottom of screen
C - Nothing focused - Create new entry
Delete - Focused item - Delete selected item
Word To Go Card

A - Nothing focused- Select all
T - Nothing focused - Top
B - Nothing focused - Bottom
Space - Nothing focused - Scroll down one screen length
Shift + Space - Nothing focused - Scroll up one screen length
I (+) - Nothing focused - Zoom in
?O (-) - Nothing focused - Zoom out
W - Nothing focused - Original size
Sheets To Go App
T - Nothing focused -Top
B - Nothing focused - Bottom (farthest down user-edited cell on that tab)
S - Nothing focused - Find
?U - Nothing focused - Undo
Space - Nothing focused - Scroll down one screen length
Shift + Space - Nothing focused - Scroll up one screen length
?N - Nothing focused - Next tab
?P - Nothing focused - Previous tab
I (+) - Nothing focused - Zoom in
O (-) - Nothing focused - Zoom out
W - Nothing focused - Original size
Sheets To Go Card

T - Nothing focused -Top
B - Nothing focused - Bottom (farthest down user-edited cell on that tab)
S - Nothing focused - Find
?U- Nothing focused - Undo
Space - Nothing focused - Scroll down one screen length
Shift + Space - Nothing focused - Scroll up one screen length
?N- Nothing focused - Next tab
?P- Nothing focused - Previous tab
I (+) - Nothing focused - Zoom in
O (-) - Nothing focused - Zoom out
W - Nothing focused - Original size
Print To Go

T - Nothing focused -Top
B - Nothing focused - Bottom (farthest down user-edited cell on that tab)
S - Nothing focused - Search
?Space - Any scrollable screen - Scroll down one screen length
?Shift + Space - Any scrollable screen - Scroll up one screen length
Instant Action

BBM (name) - Begin a BlackBerry Messenger message to a specific contact
email (name) - Begin an e-mail to a specific contact
call (name) - Begin a phone call with a specific contact
text (name) - Begin an SMS text message with a specific contact
Facebook (status message) - Update Facebook status
Twitter (message) - Post a tweet
LinkedIn (message) - Update LinkedIn status

[Funq]

Try using the email shortcut with a contact. Doesn't work so well.

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It didn't work for me on the last official MR, but it does work on my 10.2 leak (1047).

[kelton]

Wow! Thanks for the listing of existing shortcuts.

They are still lacking. From the home screen, every single key should be available as a one-button shortcut to something. If fast/efficient communication is the objective, this will hopefully be a part of one of the updates.

[Anonymous2039]

You know what would be really nice? If they added a Ctrl key, and any shortcuts used with this were global and would, say, open the browser when you press Ctrl+B anywhere in the OS.

Q10 and Canadian all the way!

[iamagod]

I wish there was a keyboard shortcut to hang up calls in the phone app. Tapping glass to end the call is so unsatisfying. Maybe the spacebar?

There has to be more shortcuts coming, especially home screen application shortcuts like in OS7. BlackBerry needs to understand that the hard keys can be leveraged so nicely to increase productivity, enhance functionality and offer something truly unique in the smartphone space.

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[gnirkatto]

Try using the email shortcut with a contact. Doesn't work so well.

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Why?
It's perfect. I use it all the time.

By the way, instead of typing "email name" it will also work with "mail name". For all you key press savers out there.

Another hint, probably new to some of you: as the search algorithm starts to look for letters at the beginnings of each first and last name, it's often sufficient to just type the initials of a contact. Example:

Instead of "email (John) Smith",
"mail j s" might also work for you.

Great stuff, and lightning fast, imho. Show me how fast you can do that, you Apples & Androids.

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[DS1331]

Why?
It's perfect. I use it all the time.

By the way, instead of typing "email name" it will also work with "mail name". For all you key press savers out there.

Another hint, probably new to some of you: as the search algorithm starts to look for letters at the beginnings of each first and last name, it's often sufficient to just type the initials of a contact. Example:

Instead of "email (John) Smith",
"mail j s" might also work for you.

Great stuff, and lightning fast, imho. Show me how fast you can do that, you Apples & Androids.

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No he's right, typing "email dave" doesn't work on OS under 10.2 they fixed it after though.

Sent from BBQ 10 / HTC One

[Valdar729]

Why?
It's perfect. I use it all the time.

By the way, instead of typing "email name" it will also work with "mail name". For all you key press savers out there.

Another hint, probably new to some of you: as the search algorithm starts to look for letters at the beginnings of each first and last name, it's often sufficient to just type the initials of a contact. Example:

Instead of "email (John) Smith",
"mail j s" might also work for you.

Great stuff, and lightning fast, imho. Show me how fast you can do that, you Apples & Androids.

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Do you have more than one email account? This is a well known bug, and failure, for bb10 devices. There are lots of posts in the forum about it

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[gnirkatto]

I have 3 email accounts and it worked in 10.1 and also in 10.2.
I guess we were/are on different OS levels.

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[Valdar729]

I have 3 email accounts and it worked in 10.1 and also in 10.2.
I guess we were/are on different OS levels.

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Can you post a picture of it working on 10.1? I know it works on 10.2, but I haven't seen anyone get it working on 10.1, and I'm running the latest 10.1 leak.

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[gnirkatto]

I'm not going to downgrade for a screenshot.
This feature was the first one I tried out, coming from the 9900, right after the Q10 was released.

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[DS1331]

Heh

Sent from BBQ 10 / HTC One

[Valdar729]

I'm not going to downgrade for a screenshot.
This feature was the first one I tried out, coming from the 9900, right after the Q10 was released.

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Then you're a lucky one. You're the only person I have seen that said it works on 10.1.

The point is, big oversight on blackberry's part.

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[joe_23]

I wish shift delete still deleted a message that was not yet sent

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