Electronic device and touch method thereof

Abstract

A touch method applied to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchpad and a screen, the touchpad has a plurality of operating functions. The touch method includes: receiving an input gesture through the touchpad; determining whether the input gesture matches with a preset gesture command or not; maintaining an original setting of the touchpad, in response to the input gesture does not match with the preset gesture command; dividing the touchpad into a non-dominant hand operating area and a dominant hand operating area in response to the input gesture matches with the preset gesture command, and after receiving a selecting command in the non-dominant hand operating area, selecting one of the operating functions according to the selecting command; and executing selected the operating function in the dominant hand operation area. An electronic device for executing the touch method is also provided.

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