User guide

Chapter 2 : Basics 21
When you're working in an application, the centre of the gesture area
displays a lit bar.
• Tap the bar to minimise the app and display Card view (see Manage
applications in Card view).
• The lit bar also appears when you tap the centre of the gesture area to
maximise a card in Card view.
• When the screen is off, the lit bar pulses when a notification arrives and
continues to pulse until you tap the notification or turn on the screen (see
Get notifications when the screen is locked or off).
Tap
Tap with the tip of the finger, not the fingernail. Tap fast and firmly, and
then immediately lift your fingertip off the screen. Don't bear down on
what you're tapping. Don't wait for a response; the response comes after
you lift your finger. Don’t linger on the gesture; a tap takes a split second
to do.
Tap the centre of the gesture area to do the following:
• When you're working in an application, tap the centre of the gesture
area to see Card view. Card view shows you all the applications that
are currently open, displayed as a series of cards (small windows).
• When you're in Card view, tap the centre of the gesture area to
maximise the app in the centre of the view.
Swipe
A swipe is most often a horizontal gesture, from right to left or left to right.
Do it fast, do it lightly. In a swipe, your fingertip just skims the surface of
the touchscreen or gesture area.
One kind of swipe you'll use a lot: back. Make the back gesture from
right to left anywhere in the gesture area. Back takes you up one level
from a detailed view to a more general view of the application you're
working in. For example, when you finish reading an email message,
make the back gesture to close the message and return to your list of
messages. Or when you finish writing a memo, make the back gesture to
close and save the memo and return to the display of all your memos.
When you make the back gesture in an application and that's the only
screen of that app that's open, you minimise the app and go back to
Card view.
In Web, the back gesture performs the same function as the back button
on the browser, allowing you to move back through previously viewed
pages.
The forward gesture, available in Web only, is a swipe from left to right
anywhere in the gesture area. The forward gesture allows you to move
forward through previously viewed web pages.
Drag
Drag is the gesture you make for a slow scroll up and down, such as in a
list, in a document or on a web page. Slide your fingertip slowly along
the surface – no need to bear down.
Drag an item: Tap and hold the item. Wait till you get a visual cue that the
item is ready to be dragged and then drag it. Lift your finger to drop it.