Computer Network Router User Manual

CHAPTER 4
Pickers
Standard Newton Pickers 4-23
Users can also scroll overview pickers with the universal scroll arrows. In
addition, users can scroll overview pickers by dragging from the middle of
the picker past the top or bottom of the picker.
Creating New Items 4
When the item a user wants is not included in an overview picker, the user
doesn’t have to close the picker and go to another application to create the
item. Users can create entirely new items without leaving an overview picker
that has a New button. (If you don’t want users to be able to create new items
from within an overview picker, you can suppress the picker’s New button.)
To create a new item, a user taps the New button at the bottom of the overview
picker. A slip appears in which the user enters just the information needed
for the picker. The new item is added to the picker and to the other information
in Newton storage. For example, tapping the New button in an overview
picker that lists names and fax numbers would bring up a slip in which the
user enters a first name, last name, and fax number. The name and fax
number would be added to the overview picker and to the Names File data.
Later the user could use the Names File application to fill in additional
information for the new person.
Standard Newton Pickers 4
A typical application has some of the following standard Newton pickers
pop up from buttons on its status bar or on separator bars: the Info picker,
New picker, Show picker, Action picker, and People picker. This section
describes all of those standard Newton pickers.
Additional pickers defined by the Newton system are described in other
parts of this book. The Keyboard, Recognition, and Alpha Sorter pickers are
described in Chapter 6, “Data Input.” The Action picker is described in
Chapter 7, “Routing and Communications.” The Filing, Folder, Find, and
Assist pickers are described in Chapter 8, “Newton Services.”