Navigating Icons in a Windows Classic Home Screen Plug-in
4/8/2010
Individual icons in the Windows Classic Home screen plug-in are hardware navigable.
Note
This section applies to the Windows Classic Home Screen Overview and not the new Windows Default Home Screen Overview.
You can navigate the icons by using the D-pad, keyboard, or stylus. Upon receiving focus, the left-most icon will be highlighted.
Navigating Icons by using the D-pad
The following table shows the keys to use to navigate Icons by using the D-pad.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Left |
Move focus to the icon on the left. If the current icon is already the left-most, release focus to the previous plug-in. |
Right |
Move focus to the icon on the right. If the current icon is already the right-most, release focus to the next plug-in. |
Down |
Release focus to the next plug-in. |
Up |
Release focus to the previous plug-in. |
Action |
Action will be the same as tapping the icon on the screen. This can be simulated by sending a tap message (located to the center of the icon) to the application hosting the icon. |
[Other] |
Do nothing. |
Navigating Icons by using the Keyboard
The following table shows the keys to use to navigate Icons by using the keyboard.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Left |
Same as D-pad. |
Right |
Same as D-pad. |
Down |
Same as D-pad. |
Up |
Same as D-pad. |
Enter |
Same as D-pad. |
[Other] |
Do nothing. |
Navigating Icons by using the Stylus
User will act on an individual icon by just tapping on it.
Exceptions
- If the user rotates the device while an icon is selected, the selection is dismissed.
- If an icon is selected and the process that owns the icon removes it from the Home screen, the selection is dismissed.