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authorLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@nokia.com>2010-11-19 13:30:23 +0100
committerLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@nokia.com>2010-11-19 13:30:45 +0100
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Doc: changes to rotation and new button in scripting
Reviewed-by: ckamm
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@@ -650,7 +650,13 @@
application software must deploy to multiple devices, ensure that your
application layout is properly usable in all orientations.
- Click the rotation buttons to change the orientation of the display.
+ Applications can auto-rotate the screen according to the current device
+ orientation or lock the screen into a particular orientation. Click the rotation
+ buttons to change the orientation of the device. When the \gui {Rotate screen}
+ check box is selected, the screen is auto-rotated to match the orientation of
+ the device. However, some devices do not support screen rotation for all possible
+ orientations. Deselect the check box to rotate the device without changing
+ the orientation of the screen.
\image qt-simulator-view-rotation.png "Rotation buttons"
@@ -778,6 +784,9 @@
Example scripts are located in \tt{scripts/examples/}.
+ To open the folder that contains the scripts in a file browser,
+ select \gui {Open Folder}.
+
\section1 Running Scripts
To run a script:
@@ -1003,11 +1012,21 @@
the z axis (that is, upwards). This is the proper acceleration the device experiences
relative to freefall.
- To simulate movement of the device, use the sliders to specify values for the x, y,
- and z axis in the \gui {Accelerometer x}, \gui {Accelerometer y}, and \gui {Accelerometer z}
- fields. You can also click or right-click the image of the device in the \gui Accelerometer
- field and hold down the mouse button to rotate the image. The accelerometer values change
- accordingly.
+ To simulate movement of the device:
+
+ \list
+
+ \o Click or right-click the image of the device in the \gui Accelerometer
+ field and hold down the mouse button to rotate the image.
+
+ \o Click the rotation buttons buttons to rotate the image:
+ \image qt-simulator-sensors-rotation.png "Rotation buttons in Sensors view"
+
+ \o Use the sliders to specify values for the x, y, and z axis in the
+ \gui {Accelerometer x}, \gui {Accelerometer y}, and \gui {Accelerometer z}
+ fields.
+
+ \endlist
\section1 Device Rotation
@@ -1018,7 +1037,8 @@
\image sensors-rotation.jpg "Rotation"
Click or right-click the image of the device in the \gui Accelerometer field and hold down
- the mouse button to apply the angles to the device. This allows you to test how the application
+ the mouse button to apply the angles to the device. You can also click the rotation buttons.
+ This allows you to test how the application
handles the interaction related to rotating the device.
For more information about how the angles are applied, see