Controls

MeshClient is built around the d-pad and face buttons. The bar at the bottom of the screen always shows the buttons that do something right now, so you rarely need this page. It’s here for when you want to know everything a button can do.

The keys below are the ones printed on the Brick. On a desktop, the same keys map to a keyboard or a game controller.

Everywhere

Button	What it does
Left / Right, L1 / R1	switch tab
Up / Down	move the cursor; hold to keep scrolling, faster after a few rows
L2 / R2	jump a page of rows, or a whole group on screens drawn as cards
A	act on the row under the cursor
B	go back; hold it to go all the way back to the tab’s own list
SELECT	help for what’s on screen
MENU	quit

Per tab

Tab	Y	X	Other
Messages	write a message	delete a conversation (press twice)	in a conversation: X reacts with an emoji, START resends a failed message
Nodes	message the node	pin a node to the top	A opens a node’s details
Map	zoom out	zoom in	d-pad pans, START fits everything, L2 / R2 switch to the list of places
Radio	forget a pairing (twice, in the device list)	disconnect (twice, in the device list); refresh on the other pages	A on a card’s button opens that page
Settings	save the section	refresh from the radio	A edits a row

The keyboard

The keyboard opens whenever you’re typing: a message, a search, an address or a setting. It works like a games console keyboard.

Button	What it does
d-pad	move around the keys
A	type the key under the cursor
X	backspace
Y	space
START	send, or finish
B	close the keyboard, keeping what you typed
L2 / R2	move the text cursor one character, to fix a typo without deleting the rest
L1 / R1	change the key set: abc, ABC, symbols, then three pages of emoji

ABC gives you one capital letter and then returns to abc. To lock capitals on, for a callsign, switch back to ABC straight after typing a capital. The bottom-left key also steps through the key sets, so you can reach everything without the shoulder buttons.

To throw a draft away, use the ✕ key on the grid.