Additionally, it brings a redesigned settings menu, quick
app switch shortcut and the much - requested clear all button.
Along with Multi-Window support, Nougat also adds one of my favorite multitasking features from custom ROMs, a quick
app switch shortcut.
Not exact matches
There are two user - definable
shortcut keys which offer up the camera and voice control by default and are easily
switched to those
apps you want, be it Twitter, Facebook or a particular email account.
- Lockscreen
shortcuts: — added additional slot — added option for scale correction - QuickSettings management: — added option for Haptic feedback (vibrate on tile press)-- QuickAppTile: use default theme for launcher dialog — Moto: improved scaling of Signal tiles (WiFi, Cellular)- Battery settings: — percent text in status bar is now independent of existing stock percent text — added master
switch for battery settings - Recents: added option for always visible Clear All button (non-OOS only)- Actions: improved killing of foreground
apps — kills only what's really visible to the user — removes killed task from the recents panel - Screenshot: use native method if available (e.g. uses OnePlus screenshot on OOS)- GB's
App Launcher: added option for choosing theme - Media: allow volume keys skip track for music playing remotely - Fixed app init on FBE devices for lockscreen shortcuts and QuickApp tile - Improved handling of explicitly triggered SystemUI restarts - Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Turkish translations (thanks to Fatih Firin
App Launcher: added option for choosing theme - Media: allow volume keys skip track for music playing remotely - Fixed
app init on FBE devices for lockscreen shortcuts and QuickApp tile - Improved handling of explicitly triggered SystemUI restarts - Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Turkish translations (thanks to Fatih Firin
app init on FBE devices for lockscreen
shortcuts and QuickApp tile - Improved handling of explicitly triggered SystemUI restarts - Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Turkish translations (thanks to Fatih Firinci)
Thankfully, keyboard
shortcuts are supported in Android, so you can Alt + Tab to
switch between
apps, Control + C to copy and Control + V to paste text, and more.
You can
switch launcher, of course, and the Google Assistant
shortcut on the home button will stay in place, but you might lose those fancy
app shortcuts in the process.
Gmail with version 7.11 is the latest
app to
switch, while also adding
shortcuts for Google Calendar and Contacts.
Basically, instead of just
switching the shade and menus back to gray, the system UI now takes advantage from the newly introduced (API 27) WallpaperColors API, and grabs color from your phone's wallpaper,
switching many aspects of the SystemUI like the quick settings panel, the mini QS / notification shade, the volume sliders, the power menu and even the Pixel Launcher (both
app drawer and folder /
shortcut background) to a darker hue if the wallpaper is dark / black, and keeping it brighter if the wallpaper is light.
Windows 7 and Vista have all the same Windows + X
shortcut keys as other versions of Windows, such as Win + E for explorer and Win + D for the desktop, but adds in all of the Win +
keys to launch the shortcuts in the Vista Quick Launch menu (or switch to apps in Windows 7), as well as Win + X for mobility center, etc..
They're effective in stemming the annoyance with having to navigate the tricky way to display the charms with just a mouse, and they also allow users to quickly
switch apps with just the mouse — something traditionally reserved for the Alt - Tab keyboard
shortcut.
It also features dedicated function and iOS
shortcut keys to do things like
switch between
apps, bring up the search function, access the Home screen, and control volume without needing to touch the iPad's display.A folio - style stand locks into place at an ideal typing and viewing angle, allowing the iPad to be used equally well on a flat surface like a desk or a lap.
It was so infuriating that I'd often opt for the trusty old Alt - Tab keyboard
shortcut to
switch apps.
Keyboard
shortcuts are also here: exiting to the home screen,
switching apps and initiating a system - wide search.
These changes, along with other time savers like the Quick Settings mini-toggles, camera
shortcuts and the quick
app switching feature really start to add up.
Time savers like the Quick Settings mini-toggles, camera
shortcuts and the quick
app switching feature really start to add up.
First, the most obvious changes: Android 7.0 brings a completely redesigned notification area, together with revamped notifications, inline reply support, split - screen multi-window and a new double - tap
shortcut for
switching between the last two
apps.
When you
switch into the
apps menu, for example, the four shortcuts remain, but the Apps shortcut is now replaced by one for the main Home scr
apps menu, for example, the four
shortcuts remain, but the
Apps shortcut is now replaced by one for the main Home scr
Apps shortcut is now replaced by one for the main Home screen.
IPad users can also get split screen
apps and improved
app switching and keyboard
shortcuts.
(You set a radius and when your phone leaves that area, your thermostat should automatically
switch to Away mode and back to Home mode when you return — this only works if you create related rules in the
Shortcuts section of the
app).
For example, the removal of the home button means you double press the camera button to launch the camera on the Galaxy S8, just like Google's
shortcut, while double tapping the recent
apps key lets you quickly
switch to the
app you most recently used.
Switching between
apps, opening applications, and returning home (after you disable the S Voice home key
shortcut) all happen fairly quickly and smoothly.
This enables some powerful capabilities, including the ability to
switch apps via keyboard
shortcuts (Alt - Tab) and run full Office on a big screen.
The keyboard is coded to iOS's keyboard
shortcuts to quickly bring up Spotlight,
switch between
apps, and select or move your cursor through writing.