I have the habit of checking my facebook account every day after lunch for some time. Today I found one of my friends shared a video about Multi-touch application. I do watch all the videos which are shared by him, so I did the same with this as well. After watching the video, I installed the application and explored it. It was a great experience. Some of the features available in application are unique and very helpful. I have never seen such gestures even with Microsoft touch demo applications. So even I thought of sharing it, not just with my facebook friends but also with members of this forum (Since some of the members of this forum are involved in development of multi-touch applications. I hope exploring this application may help them).

The application that I'm talking about is "StNotePad Touch". After browsing the application website, I came to know it's an evolution of StNotepad. StNotepad have several unique features and are carried forward along with new multi-touch gestures. I will not talk about unique features of StNotepad (perhaps you will experience it once you install it), but If I forgot to talk about new and unique multi-touch gestures, then there is no point in writing this article.

Let's us have a look at available touch gestures within StNotepad Touch.

The various gestures of StNotepad discussed below describe preferred one-handed gestures and are two finger gestures. The gestures can be performed by any finger and there is no compulsion on use of a particular finger for a particular gesture. Thus, the gestures can even be performed with two hands as per user's preference. This makes clear that the application is user-friendly.

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Copy Gesture:

Copy gesture copies a highlighted portion of text into clipboard. To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger perform a "C" shaped curved movement on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, followed by first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Paste Gesture:

Paste gesture pastes clipboard data at the cursor position. To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger perform a "V" shaped continuous movement on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, followed by first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Cut Gesture:

Cut gesture moves a highlighted portion of text into clipboard. To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger perform a "X" shaped continuous movement on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, followed by first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Space Gesture:

Space gesture inserts a single space at the cursor position. To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger perform a horizontal movement towards right on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, followed by first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Backspace Gesture:

Backspace gesture removes a character preceding the cursor position. To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger perform a horizontal movement towards left on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, followed by first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Tab Gesture:

Tab gesture inserts tab spacing at the cursor position. To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger perform a "7" shaped continuous movement on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, followed by first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Enter Gesture:

Enter gesture inserts a new line at the cursor position. To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger first perform a vertical downward movement and then horizontal left as a continuous movement on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, then first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Delete Gesture:

Delete gesture removes a character subsequent to the cursor position. To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger perform a "D" shaped continuous movement on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, then first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Save Gesture:

Save gesture saves the current document being edited.  To perform this gesture place one finger stationary on the touch screen, then using another finger perform an "S" shaped continuous movement on the multi-touch screen while the first finger is still held stationary on the multi-touch screen. The release of second finger, then first finger from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Redo Gesture:

Redo gesture performs the action contained in last undo process. To perform this gesture place two fingers simultaneously on the touch screen and at the same time perform clockwise curve movement using both fingers simultaneously. The release of both the fingers from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Undo Gesture:

Undo gesture cancels the last performed action. To perform this gesture place two fingers simultaneously on the touch screen and at the same time perform anti-clockwise curve movement using both fingers simultaneously. The release of both the fingers from the multi-touch screen completes the gesture.

Zoom Gesture:

Zoom gesture increases or decreases the font size in the editor. To increase the font size place two fingers simultaneously on the multi-touch screen and at the same time perform an outward movement using both fingers simultaneously. To decrease the font size place two fingers simultaneously on the multi-touch screen and at the same time perform an inward movement using both fingers simultaneously.

Select All Gesture:

Select all gesture highlights all content present in working document in the editor. To perform this gesture simultaneously place two fingers on the document.

Scroll Gesture:

Scroll gesture scrolls through the document. To perform this gesture either use one finger or two fingers on the multi-touch screen and perform vertical movement. The direction of movement determines the scroll direction.

Apart from all these ease gestures, StNotepad Touch have a beautiful context menu using which the edit functionalities can be performed with single touch.

You can watch demo video of these gestures from the links
http://stforms.net/stnotepad-touch/demo/
OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3SY6Sb4EWA

Now I’m sure that even you feel to explore StNotepad Touch. For more information check the link http://stforms.net/stnotepad-touch/

I hope you like StNotepad Touch just like me. I thank the developer for providing such a wonderful application.

Conclusion

Of course, not everything about StNotepad Touch is provided here. Exploring StNotepad Touch by installing it on your machine will let you know all about it.