Blackberry Q5 User Manual page 195

User Guide
Gestures for text entry and editing
When you select text to cut, copy, or delete, the size of the text block depends on the size of a text chunk you have set. A
text chunk can be a character, word, line, sentence, or paragraph, or a header or link on a webpage.
Task
Switch the BlackBerry Keyboard layout
Accept word prediction
Select text
Clear a text selection
Extend the text selection
Decrease the text selection
Change the size of a text chunk
Delete a block of text (for languages that read left to right)
Delete a block of text (for languages that read right to left)
Cut a block of text
Copy a block of text
Paste a block of text
Gesture
With the point of regard on the BlackBerry Keyboard, swipe
down with one finger.
Swipe up with one finger.
Double-tap and hold with one finger.
This gesture selects a text chunk and includes the cursor
position.
When you have text selected, double-tap and hold with one
finger.
When you have text selected, swipe from left to right to
increase the selection by one text chunk.
When you have text selected, swipe from right to left to
decrease the selection by one text chunk.
If the text selection becomes empty when you swipe to
decrease the selection, the selection extends in the
opposite direction. For example, if you get to the beginning
of the selected text, the new selection is the configured text
chunk extending to the left. If you get to the end of the
selected text, the new selection is beyond the previous end.
Swipe up with one finger while in the content to increase
the size. Swipe down with one finger while in the content to
decrease the size.
Swipe from right to left with two fingers.
Swipe from left to right with two fingers.
Swipe left, and then right with two fingers.
Swipe right, and then left with two fingers.
After you copy or cut text, swipe down and then up with two
fingers.
When you successfully paste the text, the BlackBerry
Screen Reader reads the content that you inserted.
Settings
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