Gestures for the Mobile Application
Applications for touchscreen mobile devices let users accomplish certain tasks utilizing various gestures like fingertip swipes or taps. What these gestures do can differ from one application to another. The following table describes what certain gestures do depending on where you use the gesture within the MediaCentral UX mobile application.
Location | Gesture | Description |
Sidebar | Tap the Back button | Navigates to the location named on the Back button. |
Sidebar | Touch and hold the Back button | Navigates back to the Launch pane, regardless of your position in the file structure. |
Sidebar | Tap stars (while in edit mode) | Selects or deselects items as Favorites. |
Launch pane | Tap name of a Favorite item (while in edit mode) | Lets you modify the item’s name as it appears in the Favorites list. |
Script Editor | Swipe Left | Displays the Cue List. |
Script Editor | Tap and hold | Opens a menu allowing you to cut, copy, and paste text, as well as modify text formats. |
Script Editor (Cue List sub-section) | Tap a production cue or machine control instruction | Auto-scrolls the story text so that the associated production cue marker comes into view. |
Script Editor (Story sub-section) | Tap a production cue marker | Auto-scrolls the cue list so that the production cue or machine control instruction associated with that marker comes into view. |
Media Viewer | Touch and drag in the timeline | Moves to new position in viewer’s video playback timeline. |
Media Viewer | Tap in the timeline | Moves the Playhead to that position on the timeline. |
Media Viewer | Pinch in on full screen viewer | Minimizes viewer back to original size and position within the Script Editor. |