Submenus
A submenu is a group of related menu items that appears as a subset of a menu item in the full menu. By including items in a submenu, users can find frequently used items or important items more easily in the full menu. Submenus typically include the following types of actions:
- sending items in multiple ways (for example, sending a picture in an email message, an MMS message, or as an audio postcard)
- sorting, searching for, finding, and filtering items in different ways (for example, filtering messages by sender or subject)
- changing views (for example, day, week, or agenda view in a calendar)
Action
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BlackBerry
devices with a trackpad only
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BlackBerry devices with a touch screen and a trackpad
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When a menu item is highlighted in a full menu,
display a submenu.
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- Click the trackpad.
- Move a finger to the right on the trackpad.
- Press the Menu key.
- Press the Enter key.
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- Tap the menu item.
- Click the trackpad.
- Move a finger to the right on the trackpad.
- Press the Menu key.
- Press the Enter key.
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Choose a menu item from a submenu.
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- Click the trackpad.
- Press the Menu key.
- Press the Enter key.
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- Tap the menu item.
- Click the trackpad.
- Press the Menu key.
- Press the Enter key.
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Close a submenu.
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- Move a finger to the left on the trackpad.
- Press the Escape key.
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- Tap outside the submenu.
- Move a finger to the left on the trackpad.
- Press the Escape key.
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Close a submenu and a full menu.
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Press the Escape key twice.
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- Tap outside the full menu and the submenu twice.
- Press the Escape key twice.
- Open or close the slider.
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An arrow appears when submenu items are available for an item in the full menu.
Figure 1. A full menu item with an arrow
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Figure 2. A full menu and a submenu
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