Undocumented feature? Hidden button between scroll wheel and home button?

[dvdmon]

I happened across this a few times by accident but didn't until today figure out what I was doing to get this to work. I also didn't see it mentioned in the manual, but I only looked through the manual, rather than reading it cover-to-cover.

Anyway, it appears that at least for me (using a Sprint HTC Touch Pro with orginal ROM), I can switch between my Email, SMS, and Picture Mail inboxes by clicking to the left of the home button and to the right of the scroll wheel.

In addition, it seems that this same button lets you cycle through the different tabs of the Touch Flo Interface when you are on one of its tabs.

This also brings up another point - I wonder if this "button" so to speak is programmable and if so how - what is it's equivelent name for programs such as AE Button Plus? And, do the other buttons on the the phone have this "extra" button - I experimented a bit but I couldn't figure out any extended functionality. Finally, does this "button" have any functionality in other applications or parts of the OS?

[stanglifemike]

Around the scroll wheel you have up, down, left, and right buttons....

[cornelious2]

yea thats how the dpad works. pretty standard knowledge. just above the wheel and just below the wheel is up and down also.

[dvdmon]

Maybe I've been pressing the Dpad in the wrong spot all along then? I've been pressing basically right on the circle part. I guess that's why I keep having problems scrolling up and down in certain things. This makes a lot of sense. I just wish that it was a bit more obvious! They could have put dark gray arrow marks where the up/down/right/left buttons are supposed to be... Am I the only one who's been under the wrong assumption that I was?

[i360]

Your right.. I was wondering in the past when I was using bloaTF3d why when I pressed the home button (Or near it in this case) that it would scroll across the tabs and not to the main screen (home). Now it makes sense....

And spam should be eaten, not posted.

[auto_exec]

Yikes, pretty harsh responses here... while I admit it's funny (I loled), it's true that I haven't necessarily seen this documented anywhere (granted I did figure this out the first day I got my TP).

[stanglifemike]

Originally Posted by auto_exec

Yikes, pretty harsh responses here..

Just joking around, no harm intended

[CozBoogie]

Let's try to refocus and get back on topic...sheesh!

late,
Coz

[RicoRich196]

This picture basically explains where the up/down/left/right areas are. Sprint decided to leave that out.

[dole]

the bottom portion of the screen (with hard keys) is capacitive, which means it can tell where you're pressing on the bottom portion and (i believe) it's just not hardware switches right underneath the home/back/call/end "button" on the screen. so when you press the home, call or left "buttons" on the left side, it's pressing the same button and it can tell if your finger's between the home and call buttons and interprets it as a "left". if you want to press "left", you're better off staying farther away from the rim of the center button than you think (especially for palm converts). rich's pic above was the one i wanted to find and reference. interesting the "arrow" goes all the way to the sides, though, didn't know that.

check the following link, may also explain things a little bit...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/h...t-not-how-you/