Undo command present in webOS 2.0: meta tap + z [video] 36
Sun, 09 Jan 2011 2:48 pm EST
One of the most requested features that webOS has been missing since it was released has to be undo, and we are happy to say that webOS 2.0.1 has now filled that hole. Although you won't find undo in any of the dropdown app menus, you are able trigger an undo it with meta tap + Z (holding down the gesture area with one finger and pressing Z on keyboard).
Undo works by go back in sets of actions, such as typing (anywhere from one character to a whole paragraph or more), triggering autocorrect, pasting, deleting, etc., and it appears to work throughout most of the OS. So, no more accidently losing one of your memos or a well thought out email, because Undo is here! Keep reading after the break for a video of undo in action.
Correction: undo does work in the browser, don't know why I said that.
In case you're wondering, meta tap + y will not give you redo; it'll trigger a Luna restart. It's worth noting that the fact that there are no menu options to give access to undo leads us to assume that this is a feature that Palm is currently testing and still needs to work some kinks out of. But the fact that it's there and functional tells us that maybe this isn't that far out. webOS 2.1, perhaps?
Source: PreCentral Forums; Via: Abe on Twitter
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How many folks on this board are 2.0 users? (percentage) Isn't it a bit early to be posting TIPS about 2.0? I think it would be a better fit on the boards . . . seeing the info about 2.0 on the main page just stirs me up a bit more! Any1 else agree?
Not really a tip... this hasn't been announced, and it's not really complete. So consider this more of a "Hey, look what we found!"
That's a bit selfcentered. I've been using my Palm Pre 2 in The Netherlands now for almost two months. I really appreciate these tips. Didn't know about this one. :-)
How are they going to go about executing all these keyboard commands when they release a slab phone?
In the video yesterday the showed that the VKB can be brought up with what currently brings up the Wave Bar.
I agree with Derek on this - Great news: makes me look forward to WebOS 2.X even more! As for the Keyboard commands on a tablet/slab: I think we'll be looking at either a more expanded drop-down menu, an enhanced virtual keyboard (with meta-functions) or perhaps both???? I'm hoping we'll have a much clearer idea one month from now....
Yeah. I was thinking that maybe you would hold down the gesture area for X amount of seconds and then you would get a small strip at the bottom of the screen with the most relevant options.
So 2.0 runs on a pre 2, plus, and minus. But does it run on a Pixi and Pixi+? I mean it should because the pixi has 100Mhz more than a sprint pre but a weaker processor....
another small but significant change that is much needed. Hopefully coming soon to the pre minus....
the coming months must be turning to the 'coming weeks' or 'coming days'??
They practically all mean the same thing but it's toned down to be more specific. Oct 21 counts as a "coming week", "Month" and "day". But I really hope that it's coming by March.
About FRICKING time !!!!!
Nice! Does is support Redo? Can you both Undo and Redo?
I tried to do redo on my Pre2 and I think it tried to do it, but it luna restarted.
Basically, what happened is as follows:
I typed hellp in the memo app (same as the above screenshot)
It autocorrected to help
I did Meta Tap + Z for undo and it put it back as hellp
I did Meta Tap + Y for redo and it then added another "hellp" to it, making it "hellp hellp"
I did another undo, it all disappeared. I did a couple more redos (without anything appearing) and it luna restarted
a Tab function would be great too!!
+1. Shift + Enter works as Tab on some apps, but not everywhere.
Yes! I have been wanting this feature for some time now. Since learning about the shift+backspace combo to rapidly delete words (awesome tip by the way), I've had many an instance where I've deleted too much and have needed an undo option. This makes me even more pumped for webOS 2.0!
credit should go to manyh http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pre-2/272471-gesture-z-undo-new-webos-...
i just reported what he found
Updated, thanks!
I "+1" the need for a Tab function, hope it's in the works. I actually wouldn't mind a dedicated key for that. Maybe replace Sym key with that and make press-and-hold Tab key bring up Sym function...? Don't use Sym key very often...
in the future: it'd be nice if yall could include a link to the video! Its hard to deal with a flash block in the PC app on any webOS device.. Thx!
eewww... people who bite their fingernails that much really shouldn't make videos showing their hands. and dude, get some help.
@ johnsonx42, fingernails vary a great deal from person to person...I think your comment is petty and unnecessary.
It seems on the internet people forget they are talking about REAL PEOPLE, and civility is forgotten.
my comment probably was petty and unnecessary; perhaps I was in a bit of a mood then as I doubt I would say the same thing at this moment, at least not in the same tone. That said, biting the nails that far down is really unhealthy and unsightly, and indicates a potentially serious impulse control disorder. Of course it's not as if he doesn't know he bites his nails, and for all I know has already sought various treatments. Such compulsive habits can be very difficult to overcome, and some jacka$$ commenting about it on the internet is unlikely no help either way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_biting
Any word on a better copy/paste function? The current all or nothing method sucks. If I want to copy one sentence I have to copy the whole paragraph, sometimes it'll grab the whole damn page.
My BB Pearl could successfully select any text back in 2006. But then it also had voice recording, voice commands, and a great today screen option with upcoming appts & inbox preview.
Oh well, I love the WebOS and will continue to hope for a great device by June when my contract ends. No ultimatums being issued, cause I know they don't give a shit. Just wishful thinking.
I don't know what you're talking about. In a text field, I can select a word with shift+tap, and then expand that selection as far as I want with another shift+tap. If I want to select a letter or two, I use gesture+drag. Works great.
There's an old saying, "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it's probably a duck." So I must say, if it doesn't act like a smartphone and function like a smartphone, then calling it a smartphone is a bit of a stretch. Come on, just getting around to the "undo" function? Next thing you know, webos fans will be impressed by being able to set a calendar entry remonder for more than one one day (like on the old Palm devices). As far as I am concerned, the new windows phones launching without the "copy and paste" function is absolutely ridiculous. That does not make a smartphone. And because the windows devices are to get "copy and paste" from an update makes their devices pre-smartphones. Oh, did I say Pre? Well, maybe Palm and HP will get it all worked out in the coming months, years, or whatever after their February announcement, which is scheduled for in the coming weeks. Whew!
A minor annoyance that came with my Pre2 is that the auto-caps at the beginning of a sentence can't be undone. I was hoping that meta-Z would do it but it doesn't.
On th Pre, when you typed ". h", it would auto cap the H to ". H". The Pre2 still does this, but when you hit backspace, the Pre would revert to ". h" whereas the Pre2 erases the H altogether (". "). Quite annoying. Haven't found a way to fix that, other than typing ". Hh" and manually removing the first H...
Hmm... sounds like an unintended bug.
yo tengo el palm pre p101 no se si se le pueda me ter el webos 2.0.1 o si se pueda modificar mi palm metiendole un prosesador a 1ghz y 1gb de memoria agradeceria su respuesta y cuanto seria del la modificacion de mi palm
It's all cool and exciting....
But if a Pre falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it......
Awesome, now all I need it my WebOS 2.0 update on my Sprint Pre!
Brings tears to my eyes!
Will you please STOP telling us how bloody brilliant WebOS 2.0 is!
Every Monday--indeed every day--I get up and check to see if Sprint has released 2.0 for my rusty ol' Pre Minus, and every day it's not there I grow more comvinced it's not coming.
Oh, release me from the wilderness. Admit me to the glorious dawn of 2.0!! :-(
You have a point. I hate how they (Palm) keep talking about 2.0 so much, but only 1% of their users have it. And it won't be another 3 months at leased until we get the update.
Undo and Redo have been available for months (both with gestures and in the drop-down menu) in webOS 1.5 in the Notes app from Inglorious Apps