User Interface: Home Screen
Functional Description
The Qt Extended Home Screen is the most important element of the phone
user interface. It provides important information and allows fast
access to the most used features of the phone.
Features
Pressing and holding a number key on the keypad or writing a number or letter on the touchscreen activates the Speed Dialing function (if any) associated with that number/letter, provided that the phone is not locked or keypad guarded.
The user is able to set an image to be displayed in the background of
the Home Screen. This setting is made in the Home Screen application.
The current profile is displayed when it is anything other than "General". The context menu has a shortcut to the Profiles application.
Messages regarding the state of the phone are prominently displayed
on the Home Screen. Available messages include:
- Searching for GSM/VoIP networks
- Airplane safe mode
- GSM Network unavailable
- No VoIP network
The launcher can be reached with a single button press (usually Key_Select).
Displays the number of missed calls since the Missed Calls list was last viewed. The context menu has a shortcut to the Missed Calls list.
Displays the number of new messages that have arrived since the messages were last
checked. The context menu has a shortcut to the new messages.
The Home Screen shows status indicators for:
- Locked phone
- Redirected calls
- Alarm active
- GSM Network name
- Cell Location (only if Cell Broadcasts are turned on in the Call Options application)
The exact representation of each of these indicators is determined by the active theme.
The dialer is accessed from the Home Screen by pressing a numerical key or tapping the dialer icon on touchscreen devices.
The user is shown the digits they have currently entered. Pressing the Delete key removes the last entered number. Pressing the Dial button dials the entered number. Pressing the Hang-up button exits the application.
The Home Screen provides a way to quickly guard the keypad from
accidental key presses. An incoming call can still be answered by pressing the answer button.
Qt Extended can be configured to return to the Home Screen on activation of a Power Management setting. The user can opt to have the device automatically locked when this occurs.
e.g. When the device's display is turned off, Qt Extended returns to the Home Screen.
The user is warned if no Power Management settings are enabled.
The Home Screen is themeable without writing and compiling code.
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