Device and method for editing text in portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorChang-Ho LEE
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Abstract
A device and a method for editing text in a portable terminal are provided. The device includes displaying content comprising at least one unit of text, receiving an input of at least one unit of text through a first display area, changing to an editing mode for editing the content when the input text is released from the first display area while dragging the input text to replace a specific word included in the content located at a second display area, and replacing the specific word with the input text when the input text is completely dragged to the specific word.
Claims20
A device for editing text in a portable terminal, the device comprising:
- a display unit;
- and
- a controller configured to display content comprising at least one unit of text on the display unit, receive an input of at least one unit of text through a first display area, change to an editing mode for editing the content, when the input text is released from the first display area while dragging the input text to replace a specific word included in the content located in a second display area, and replace the specific word with the input text when the input text is completely dragged to the specific word.
A method of editing text in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying content comprising at least one unit of text;
- receiving an input of at least one unit of text through a first display area;
- changing to an editing mode for editing the content, when the input text is released from the first display area while dragging the input text to replace a specific word included in the content located at a second display area;
- and
- replacing the specific word with the input text when the input text is completely dragged to the specific word.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.