Input axis rotations

An electronic device comprising:

• a touch-sensitive input device;
• a display device separate from the touch-sensitive input device;
• a plurality of sensors surrounding the touch-sensitive input device;
• and
• a controller coupled to the touch-sensitive input device and the plurality of sensors, wherein the controller is to:
• receive, via the touch-sensitive input device associated with an input axis at a first orientation, a first touch input comprising a swipe across the touch-sensitive input device along a first input device axis,
• in response to the first touch input, cause a pointer in a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed in the display device to move along a first GUI axis,
• detect, via a subset of the plurality of sensors, a direction of a user gesture relative to a side of the touch-sensitive input device, wherein the subset comprises multiple sensors of the plurality of sensors,
• determine an anchor point that is defined by a position of a sensor in the subset,
• rotate the input axis associated with the touch-sensitive input device from the first orientation to a second orientation based on the detected direction, wherein a first axis of the input axis when in the second orientation intersects the anchor point,
• receive, via the touch-sensitive input device associated with the input axis at the second orientation, a second touch input comprising a swipe across the touch-sensitive input device along a second input device axis that is different from the first input device axis, and
• in response to the second touch input, cause the pointer in the GUI displayed in the display device to also move along the first GUI axis.

An electronic device comprising:

• a touch-sensitive input device;
• a display device separate from the touch-sensitive input device;
• and
• a controller to:
• receive, via the touch-sensitive input device associated with an input axis at a first orientation, a first touch input comprising a swipe across the touch-sensitive input device along a first input device axis,
• in response to the first touch input, cause a pointer in a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed in the display device to move along a first GUI axis,
• detect a re-orientation input,
• in response to detecting the re-orientation input, rotate the input axis associated with the touch-sensitive input device from the first orientation to a second orientation that is different from the first orientation,
• receive, via the touch-sensitive input device associated with the input axis at the second orientation, a second touch input comprising a swipe across the touch-sensitive input device along a second input device axis that is different from the first input device axis, and
• in response to the second touch input, cause the pointer in the GUI displayed in the display device to also move along the first GUI axis.