Electronic Device and Method for the Electronic Device to Navigate Between Windows
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsPanu Johansson, Joakim Mårtensson
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a display and a processor configured to detect a first gesture in a predefined area of the display while a first window is currently displayed in full screen on the display and upon detection of the first gesture instruct the display to display a gallery of previously opened windows, and detect a second gesture in the predefined area on the display. The second gesture is a movement along the display. The processor is further configured to instruct the display to scroll based on the movement through the gallery.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions, which cause the processor to be configured to:
- display a first window in full screen on the display;
- detect a first gesture in a predefined area of the display while the first window is being displayed in full screen on the display, wherein the predefined area is a part of the display;
- instruct the display to display a gallery of previously-opened windows above the predefined area in response to detecting the first gesture in the predefined area;
- detect a second gesture in the predefined area on the display;
- and
- instruct the display to scroll through the gallery in response to detecting the second gesture in the predefined area,
- wherein the second gesture is a movement along the display.
A method performed by an electronic device comprising a display, comprising:
- displaying a first window in full screen on a display of the electronic device;
- detecting a first gesture in a predefined area of the display while the first window is being displayed in full screen on the display, wherein the predefined area is a part of the display;
- instructing the display to display a gallery of previously opened windows above the predefined area in response to detecting the first gesture in the predefined area;
- detecting a second gesture in the predefined area on the display;
- and
- instructing the display to scroll through the gallery in response to detecting the second gesture in the predefined area, wherein the second gesture is a movement along the display.
A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions for storage on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by a processor, cause an electronic device to:
- display a first window in full screen on a display of the electronic device;
- detect a first gesture in a predefined area of the display while a first window is being displayed in full screen on the display, wherein the predefined area is a part of the display;
- instruct the display to display a gallery of previously opened windows above the predefined area in response to detecting the first gesture in the predefined area;
- detect a second gesture in the predefined area on the display;
- and
- instruct the display to scroll through the gallery in response to detecting the second gesture in the predefined area, wherein the second gesture is a movement along the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.