New(?) Droid keyboard shortcuts

[kepley]

Good evening, DF! I was bored with my Droid, so I started just swiping my finger around on the touch keyboard. Needless to say, it started entering in numbers and other numbers while I was on the letters screen. Just wondering if this was a new thing for Froyo or if it has just been hiding from me. Either way, I see this saving time while texting.

All you have to do is hold down on the touch keyboard (works in both landscape & portrait) and, while keeping you finger pressed down, swipe up. A new group of numbers, punctuation and whatnot will appear. If anyone's confused (no doubt plenty of you are, with the way I explained it) just look at the screenshot! dancedroid

 

[RW-1]

Yes, that is new to froyo...

 

[FrostMan]

And with that I found the part of my keyboard that is not themed lol.

 

[Droid_3.0]

O_O you unlocked the secrets of the key board... na its been there since 2.1 congrats on you discovery thought

 

[techdaring]

What is it using for or just simple a key ?

 

[iamnotjohn]

Good evening, DF! I was bored with my Droid, so I started just swiping my finger around on the touch keyboard. Needless to say, it started entering in numbers and other numbers while I was on the letters screen. Just wondering if this was a new thing for Froyo or if it has just been hiding from me. Either way, I see this saving time while texting.

All you have to do is hold down on the touch keyboard (works in both landscape & portrait) and, while keeping you finger pressed down, swipe up. A new group of numbers, punctuation and whatnot will appear. If anyone's confused (no doubt plenty of you are, with the way I explained it) just look at the screenshot! dancedroid

oh man, thanks for the tip. LOL never knew that function... dancedroid awesome haha

 

[arasky]

is there anyway to keep the top rows up longer than you holding it? for instance if i want to type a bunch of letters and numbers consecutively, can i have all six rows being shown at the same time without touching the screen?

 

[microsnook]

I dont get how to activate this?