[Testing] regarding the directional pad

[Ruwan F'do]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:16 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 04:05:31PM +0530, Ruwan F'do wrote:
> > What is the mechanism of directional pad of keyboard?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean.
>
> If you mean the touchpad mechanism, it depends on the model.  Some of
> them detect the presence of a finger by changes to resistance, some by
> changes in capacitance.
>
> If you mean the arrow keys on the keyboard, they generate key sequences
> to allow applications to move cursor or objects.  Changing a journal
> entry name or entering a URL in Browse, for example, the left and right
> arrow keys can be used.
>
> If you mean the arrow keys to the left of the display, these have
> various purposes according to the activity being run.  You should try
> them to see what they do; this is what we expect children to do.
>
> If you think an activity could benefit from control through one of these
> interface elements ... and it doesn't respond, then there may be an
> opportunity to raise this as a feature request.
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>

hi,
i mean the key pad which is next to the view-key pad..
i guess it is using for games or zooming process. but i don't have much idea
about that.

-- 
Best Regards,
Ruwan F'do
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