Keyboard
Contents
XFCE
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| Shoulder Button L | Shift |
| Shoulder Button R | Ctrl |
| D-pad | Cursor Keys |
| L-Nub | Mouse Cursor |
| R-Nub | Mousebutton Mode (L=L mousebutton click, U=Double-L-click, R=R mousebutton click, D=Middle mousebutton click) |
| Game A | Home |
| Game B | End |
| Game Y | PgUp |
| Game X | PgDn |
| Fn key | Sticky, so can be pressed before a key which you want to modify. |
| Shift-Enter | Compose mode. Compose mode allows <shift><enter><fn> s a to combine " and a to get a special character, for example. |
| Alt/Ctrl/Start(1 sec) | Kill(long hold) |
| Pandora key | Quick-press pulls up start menu. Longer press brings up kill-tasks menu. Hold and flick power switch does a hard-reset of the Pandora (in case of software crashes; see also power modes). |
| Shift + mouse hold L + dragging Shoulder Button L + mouse hold L + dragging |
move window around |
| Shift + mouse hold R + dragging Shoulder Button L + mouse hold R + dragging |
resize window |
- In XFCE, if a program is greater than the Pandora's screen resolution, you can scroll by holding down shift (or the left shoulder button) then clicking anywhere in the window and dragging it around.
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| Shoulder Buttons | Move left or right through the categories |
| D-pad | move through the PNDs and folders |
| Select | Options |
| Game A | Toggle detail panel |
| Game B or Start | Select item (run PND or go inside folder) |
| Game Y | Read documentation for PND, if it exists |
| Game X | If detail panel is on, remind yourself of controls |
| Keyboard | Type a letter to skip to the first PND beginning with the letter. |
| Space | App menu |
- In minimenu, pressing Y when an icon is highlighted brings up the readme files.
Keycodes
This table might be useful if you're trying to map keys in some program, or writing a program:
| Pandora button | Keycode | Hex Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Space | key 32 | 0020 |
| Pandora | key 147 | 0093 |
| D-pad up | key 273 | 0111 |
| D-pad down | key 274 | 0112 |
| D-pad right | key 275 | 0113 |
| D-pad left | key 276 | 0114 |
| Game A | key 278 | 0116 |
| Game B | key 279 | 0117 |
| Game Y | key 280 | 0118 |
| Game X | key 281 | 0119 |
| Shoulder L | key 303 | 012f |
| Shoulder R | key 305 | 0131 |
| Select | key 306 | 0132 |
| Start | key 308 | 0134 |
Sources: 1, 2, 3 4 (note: the last two links give different keycodes for the gaming buttons. Possibly both numbers will work?)
Other notes
- In DOSBox, in order to use the colon symbol, you have to press shift (left shoulder button) + Fn + ";". This also goes for the underscore symbol.
See also:
History
In the months before the first preorders were taken, there was much discussion and community voting about the best layout. This was one of the final votes. The final layout was different from either one of the two most popular community proposals, but incorporated some of the suggestions such as having a "Pandora" button.
Matrix
The matrix layout is detailed on p.20 of the Hardware hacker's guide (here). A more readable version appears below. A .svg version of the Pandora's keyboard layout (made by cosurgi) can be downloaded here. (broken link)
the mat
