Multi-Operation User Interface Tool
OwnerBrian Meaney, Colleen Pendergast +1inventors
InventorsBrian Meaney, Colleen Pendergast, Dave Cerf
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for performing operations in a user interface of an application. The method activates a cursor to operate as a multi-operation user-interface (UI) tool. The method performs a first operation with the multi-operation UI tool in response to cursor controller input in a first direction. The method performs a second operation with the multi-operation UI tool in response to cursor controller input in a second direction. At least one of the first and second operations is a non-directional operation.
Claims28
A computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by at least one processor, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:
- activating a cursor to operate as a multi-operation user-interface (UI) tool;
- performing a first operation with the multi-operation UI tool in response to cursor controller input in a first direction;
- and
- performing a second operation with the multi-operation UI tool in response to cursor controller input in a second direction,
- wherein at least one of the first and second operations is a non-directional operation.
A method of defining a multi-operation user interface tool for a touchscreen device, the method comprising:
- defining a first operation that the tool performs in response to touch input in a first direction;
- and
- defining a second operation that the tool performs in response to touch input in a second direction,
- wherein at least one of the first and second operations is a non-directional operation.
A computer readable medium storing a media-editing application for creating multimedia presentations, the application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising:
- a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of multimedia clips that are part of a composite presentation;
- and
- a multi-operation navigation tool for navigating the composite display area, the multi-operation navigation tool for performing (i) a first type of navigation operation in response to user input in a first direction and (ii) a second type of navigation operation in response to user input in a second direction.
A compute readable medium storing a computer program which when executed by at least one processor navigates a composite display area of a media-editing application that displays graphical representations of media clips, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:
- receiving user input having a particular direction;
- when the particular direction is predominantly horizontal, scrolling through the composite display area;
- and
- when the particular direction is predominantly vertical, scaling the size of the graphical representations of media clips in the composite display area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.