2009/11/27

how to copy in the Nokia N900 browser

as this is not 100% obvious (at least for me), writing it here.
In order to do this you need to make use of the "mouse cursor" mode.

Swipe from the left bottom quarter of the screen (basically between the ear-piece/speaker-hole and the URL bar area) in approximatley 1cm.
A pointer in a box will appear
tap it to "lock" the cursor (a red-line appears through it)
Now when you draw on the screen it will high light or otherwise behave like a mouse cursor.

To stop the behaviour, click on the Icon (the one that first appeared and now has a line through it).

The icon will disappear if not used after a few seconds.

You can see it demoonstrated in this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUCc2C4JPJE
Learnt about it here - http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=394006&postcount=37