Portable electronic device including touch-sensitive display and method of controlling same
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsMark EARNSHAW, Jianfeng WENG
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Abstract
A method of facilitating input at a portable electronic device having a touch-sensitive display including: when a first portion of a keyboard is displayed in a keyboard area on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a navigation input in a navigation area on the touch-sensitive display; and in response to detecting the navigation input, displaying a second portion of the keyboard; wherein the keyboard area and the navigation area do not overlap.
Claims20
A method of facilitating input at a portable electronic device having a touch-sensitive display, the method comprising:
- when a first portion of a keyboard is displayed in a keyboard area on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a navigation input in a navigation area on the touch-sensitive display;
- and
- in response to detecting the navigation input, displaying a second portion of the keyboard;
- wherein the keyboard area and the navigation area do not overlap.
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display configured to display information;
- and
- a processor connected to the touch-sensitive display to:
- detect a navigation input on the touch-sensitive display when a first portion of a keyboard is displayed in a keyboard area;
- and
- display a second portion of the keyboard in the keyboard area of the touch-sensitive display in response to the navigation input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.