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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:16 PM, James Cameron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org">quozl@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 04:05:31PM +0530, Ruwan F'do wrote:<br>> What is the mechanism of directional pad of keyboard?<br><br></div>I'm not sure what you mean.<br><br>If you mean the touchpad mechanism, it depends on the model. Some of<br>
them detect the presence of a finger by changes to resistance, some by<br>changes in capacitance.<br><br>If you mean the arrow keys on the keyboard, they generate key sequences<br>to allow applications to move cursor or objects. Changing a journal<br>
entry name or entering a URL in Browse, for example, the left and right<br>arrow keys can be used.<br><br>If you mean the arrow keys to the left of the display, these have<br>various purposes according to the activity being run. You should try<br>
them to see what they do; this is what we expect children to do.<br><br>If you think an activity could benefit from control through one of these<br>interface elements ... and it doesn't respond, then there may be an<br>
opportunity to raise this as a feature request.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>James Cameron<br><a href="http://quozl.linux.org.au/" target="_blank">http://quozl.linux.org.au/</a><br></font></blockquote></div>
<div><br>hi,</div>
<div>i mean the key pad which is next to the view-key pad..</div>
<div>i guess it is using for games or zooming process. but i don't have much idea about that.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best Regards,<br>Ruwan F'do<br></div>