Systems and methods for interacting with displayed items

A device comprising:

• a display;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• responsive to a user establishing a contact point with a surface of a contact panel of the device using a predefined series of contact-based gestures on the contact panel, to enter a navigation mode, operate the contact panel in the navigation mode during which a selection element for selecting one or more items of a user interface (UI) in the display, is maintained at a determined location in the display, wherein the display comprises a wearable display device that provides a field of view to the user, and is different from the contact panel;
• move the UI together with a first item of the UI in the display relative to the selection element maintained at the determined location, by sliding the contact point relative to and along the surface of the contact panel in the navigation mode, to cause the first item to move along a path in the display towards the selection element while the selection element remains at the determined location in the display, wherein a haptic response is generated by the surface of the contact panel responsive to the first item moving into a selection threshold of the selection element while sliding the contact point on the surface of the contact panel, the haptic response indicating activating of a selection mode and that the first item is selectable using the selection element, wherein activating the selection mode comprises displaying supplemental information or at least one supplemental selectable item corresponding to the first item;
• and
• initiate selecting of the first item, that is moved within the selection threshold of the selection element, by removing the contact point with the contact panel, wherein the first item is selected if a duration that extends from establishing the contact point with the contact panel, to the removing of the contact point with the contact panel after sliding the contact point on the contact panel, meets at least a threshold value.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

• responsive to a user establishing a contact point with a surface of a contact panel of a device using a predefined series of contact-based gestures on the contact panel, to enter a navigation mode, operate the contact panel in the navigation mode during which a selection element for selecting one or more items of a user interface (UI) in the display, is maintained at a determined location in the display;
• move the UI together with a first item of the UI in the display relative to the selection element maintained at the determined location, by sliding the contact point relative to and along the surface of the contact panel in the navigation mode, to cause the first item to move along a path in the display towards the selection element while the selection element remains at the determined location in the display, wherein a haptic response is generated by the surface of the contact panel responsive to the first item moving into a selection threshold of the selection element while sliding the contact point on the surface of the contact panel, the haptic response indicating activating of a selection mode and that the first item is selectable using the selection element, and the display comprises a wearable display device that provides a field of view to the user, and is different from the contact panel, wherein activating the selection mode comprises displaying supplemental information or at least one supplemental selectable item corresponding to the first item;
• and
• initiate selecting of the first item, that is moved within the selection threshold of the selection element, by removing the contact point with the contact panel, wherein the first item is selected if a duration that extends from establishing the contact point with the contact panel, to the removing of the contact point with the contact panel after sliding the contact point on the contact panel, meets at least a threshold value.