BlackBerry Tip: Hold Down on the Alt Key While Scrolling To Jump Cursor Across the Screen.

 

I received an email the other day from one of our readers/podcast listeners (thanks Chris!) that brought up a good tip that some of you may not be aware of and also raised a valid question/concern:

Have you noticed that on the Curve 8900 and Curve 8520 holding alt + scrolling left or right scrolls all the way the left or right of the text. Example: when your typing a email or text, once you get a few lines down hold alt and scroll left to right or up and down. I've noticed this doesn't work on the Bold, but I've tried it on the 8900 and 8520.

Being able to fast scroll when reading/composing by holding Alt is definitely a great feature for trackball/trackpad BlackBerry smartphones, but as Chris points out there does seem to be some inconsistency as to what devices/os versions offer this feature. For example, it's working flawlessly on my Tour, on some older devices doesn't work at all, and on my Curve 8900 which just got upgraded to 5.0.0.190, I can fast scroll when composing but not while reading emails. So the question is, does it work for you?! Try holding down alt while scrolling on a message with a lot of text to see if your cursor makes the big jump.

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