Method and device for selecting text in electronic terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorZhibiao Cheng
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for selecting a text in an electronic terminal, and the method includes: receiving an operation for entering a text selection mode and entering the text selection mode; displaying a start marker for indicating a start position of the selected text, an end marker for indicating an end position of the selected text, a start guideline which refers to a straight line passing through the start position and extending along a character direction in the text within a predetermined range, and an end guideline which refers to a straight line passing through the end position and extending along a character direction in the text within a predetermined range.
Claims14
A method for selecting a text in an electronic terminal, comprising:
- receiving a user input for entering a text selection mode, and entering the text selection mode;
- displaying a start marker for indicating a start position of a selected text in the text selection mode, an end marker for indicating an end position of the selected text, a start guideline and an end guideline, wherein the start guideline refers to a first straight line passing through the start position and extending along a first character direction in the selected text within a first predetermined range, and the end guideline refers to a second straight line passing through the end position and extending along a second character direction in the selected text within a second predetermined range;
- and
- changing the start position or the end position according to operations of a user on the start guideline or the end guideline,
- wherein when a first drag operation of the user on any position of the start guideline is received, the start position is changed to be a position where the first drag operation ends;
- and
- when a second drag operation of the user on any position of the end guideline is received, the end position is changed to be a position where the second drag operation ends.
A device for selecting a text in an electronic terminal, comprising:
- an input interface;
- a processor configured to receive a user input for entering a text selection mode through the input interface, and enter the text selection mode;
- and
- a displayer displaying, under a control of the processor, a start marker for indicating a start position of a selected text in the text selection mode, an end marker for indicating an end position of the selected text, a start guideline which refers to a first straight line passing through the start position and extending along a first character direction in the selected text within a first predetermined range, and an end guideline which refers to a second straight line passing through the end position and extending along a second character direction in the selected text within a second predetermined range,
- wherein the processor is further configured to change the start position or the end position according to operations of a user on the start guideline or the end guideline,
- wherein when a first drag operation of the user on any position of the start guideline is received, the start position is changed to be a position where the first drag operation ends;
- and
- when a second drag operation of the user on any position of the end guideline is received, the end position is changed to be a position where the second drag operation ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.